LA fire chief says city failed residents in wildfire prep, budget cuts: 'Screaming to be properly funded'
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said that the City of Los Angeles failed its residents after failing to ...
Karen Bass Denies Dismissing L.A. Fire Chief: 'This Is False'
The mayor's office told Newsweek on Friday that "The priority remains fighting these fires and protecting Angelenos." ...
LA fire chief lashes out at City Hall over fire preparedness; Newsom demands probe of water issues
Business manager at DWP union said ‘It’s unacceptable that the reservoir was empty for almost a year for a minor repair.” ...
A month before fires, L.A. fire chief warned budget cuts were hampering emergency response
The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...
LAFD Deputy Chief Faces Backlash for Past Remarks on Fire Victims
A resurfaced clip appears to show LAFD's Kristine Larson blaming victims of fires for getting into a position where they ...
LAFD chief slams city leadership for mishandling fire budget amid deadly wildfires: ‘Screaming to be properly funded’
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kirstin Crowley slammed the city’s leadership over its handling of the fire department’s budget as ...
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
Los Angeles fires: More than 10,000 homes and businesses destroyed, at least 11 dead
Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across Southern California Friday, leaving at ...
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
Day 5: Evacuation zone for Palisades Fire expanded as LA blazes now span over 37,000 acres
More than 37,000 acres have burned so far, and at least 11 deaths have been reported, in what could be the most costly fire ...
Head of Los Angeles Fire Department: the city let us down
Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday said the city's administration let the LAFD down, as major wildfires continue to ravage the ...