LA’s fire chief is at the center of a public spat with City Hall as wildfires rage
Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of department turmoil. As a career firefighter, she ...
Mayor Bass and Fire Chief report updates as fire crew race to contain Los Angeles wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and LAFD Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, shared updates on fire containment as firefighters raced to ...
Los Angeles wildfires: Fresh evacuations ordered Friday evening after Palisades Fire flares up
For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than ...
LA mayor denies sacking fire chief amid growing criticism of response to disaster
The mayor of Los Angeles has denied sacking the city’s fire chief amid growing criticism of the political response to the ...
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
Republicans sound eager to deny fire aid to Los Angeles
As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, conservatives such as Charlie Kirk have gone on the record to suggest that ...
New Los Angeles-area fire prompts more evacuations as officials say over 10,000 structures have burned
More than 10,000 structures have burned, seven people have been killed and of the two main Los Angeles-area fires, as of ...
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Crews race to contain Los Angeles wildfires as menacing winds are forecast to return
Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames ...
L.A. Fire Chief: Yes, The City Of Los Angeles Failed The Fire Department
As California's wildfires continue to spread, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley criticized the city's decision to cut more than $17 million in funding for the department, and says that ...
Are arsonists responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires?
In the case of the Eaton Fire, the investigators are likely to use magnets to help them hunt for the tiny, melted pieces of ...
After days of tension, L.A. mayor and fire chief tried to show they’re working together.
Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles tried to project a unified front with her fire chief amid obvious tension on Saturday, a day after the chief criticized city officials and said they had failed to ...