Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday deflected questions about her controversial overseas trip to Ghana as newly unearthed photos show her at a cocktail party in the African country when the first fire in the region began to spread. The embattled first-term city leader was at the US ambassador’s home in Accra for the celebratory gathering as part of a delegation sent by the White House for the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. NY Post reporter Brian Faas shares this story.