Mayor Karen Bass joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla to survey damage in Pacific Palisades following her return to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Bass was seen walking the streets of Pacific Palisades, where more than 15,000 acres have burned and roughly 1,000 structures destroyed since the Palisades fire began Tuesday evening.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer a question after being pressed on her initial absence as wildfires raged across her jurisdiction.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was caught off guard Wednesday when Sky News reporter David Blevins confronted her with