The Los Angeles City Council backed Mayor Karen Bass’s decision to fire L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley, voting 13-2 to affirm the firing. Crowley would have needed ten votes to be reinstated.
Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is contesting her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass, appealing directly to the City Council to reinstate her, which it can do by a two-thirds vote (10 of 15 members).
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass fired L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday, claiming that she failed to pre-deploy firefighters ahead of the Palisades Fire and refused to allow an investigation.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is blaming L.A. Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kirsten Crowley — again — for they city’s failure to prepare adequately for the extreme winds that spread the Palisades Fire on January 7.
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) could have pre-deployed ten engines to the Pacific Palisades ahead of the deadly Palisades Fire on January 7, but chose not to, according to former fire chiefs quoted by the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley, the first woman and openly gay person to serve in the position, is facing calls to resign as the destructive wildfires rage on in Southern California.
Calls for Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley to retire are heating up after her handling of the fires that have devastated communities and killed numerous people.
Rick Caruso, the billionaire developer who ran for Los Angeles mayor in 2022, managed to protect his Palisades Village mall from the Palisades Fire — as well as some other local businesses — but the homes nearby were destroyed.
Approximately 100 Los Angeles firefighting vehicles have reportedly been sitting in a repair lot as fires devastate community members.
Freddie Escobar, the president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles County (UFLAC), told Breitbart News on Monday that the Palisades Fire was the latest example of the City of Los Angeles being neglected by its leaders.
California’s leaders are “charlatans and empty suits” for neglecting infrastructure and embracing performative politics, according to world-renowned historian and political commentator Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, who exposed policy failures he says have turned Los Angeles into a burning wasteland, comparing the city’s devastation to the World War II firebombing of Dresden.
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) successfully resuscitated a cat found inside a burning apartment.
A burning body found hanging from a tree at Griffith Park in Los Angeles is most likely the result of a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Hollywood star Anne Heche is hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns after her vehicle crashed into a residential home in Los Angeles.
40% of Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters have failed to turn up for voluntary vaccination against the coronavirus, following a pattern of reluctance seen among many front-line health care workers and first responders.
LOS ANGELES, California — Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) rescued a man clinging to the side of a burning high-rise on Wednesday morning in the heart of West Los Angeles.
The last couple of years haven’t been the best for the NFL, with attendance and TV ratings dipping, in part due to some players protesting during the anthem.
Los Angeles Police Department officers, Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, and local volunteers have been working feverishly to save animals at risk from ongoing fires in the region.
On Monday, an Orthodox Jewish man who was on his way to a Los Angeles synagogue for morning prayers was viciously beaten by an unknown assailant.
Last weekend, the Chabad of Pacific Palisades honored local police and firefighters with a community barbecue that drew guests from well beyond the Jewish community itself.
A raging blaze ripped through the top floors of a six-story commercial office building in Los Angeles’s Westlake District on Monday evening. Two people were reportedly rescued from the fire and one of them is being treated for non life-threatening injuries.
A car moving in the same direction as a Metro Expo Line train cut in front of it to make a turn, causing a horrifying crash, leaving 21 people injured and the driver of the car fighting for his life.
LOS ANGELES, California — The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) who caused a massive downtown Los Angeles fire that destroyed the 7-story Da Vinci apartment complex, melted freeway signs, and damaged local buildings late last year is now set at an unprecedented $170,000.
LOS ANGELES, California — Arson has been confirmed as the cause of a massive, historic fire that destroyed the Da Vinci apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles last week. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), and the Bureau of
