The Times filed a public records request for all text messages sent or received by the mayor while she was in transit that mention fire response or her travel plans.
L.A.'s mayor said she wasn't told about the wind forecast before flying to Ghana. But the city's Emergency Management Department sent weather advisories one day earlier.
Kristin Crowley sent a letter to the Los Angeles City Council on Thursday, informing them she is proceeding with an appeal of the mayor's removal of her as fire chief.
When flames erupted in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, Mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 miles away, on a diplomatic mission to Africa.
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