Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?
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Here’s what we know about L.A. fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, culture, class, religion and opinion.
Image of three LA Fire Department leaders is missing context | Fact check
The image shows three members of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s leadership team. But they're only three members of the 14-member leadership team.
The claim: Los Angeles Fire Department is using women's handbags to put out California fires
Los Angeles residents grapple with long recovery as firefighters make gains in wildfire battle
As weather conditions improve and firefighters make progress in containing the Los Angeles wildfires, hazards remain at the site of each blaze. Follow for live updates.
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
Los Angeles winds to intensify; officials 'grid searching' for fire victims: Updates
Winds could threaten small signs of progress firefighters made over the weekend with the devastating Pacific Palisades Fire.
Fire crews in Los Angeles brace for more heavy winds; at least 24 killed, thousands of buildings lost
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire department by $17.6 million from the previous year. At the time, the city of Los Angeles was negotiating the union contract with the firefighters' union, the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.
Los Angeles Warned of New Extreme Fire Danger: 'As Bad as It Gets'
Portions of Southern California are under an "extreme" risk for fire danger amid strong winds until Wednesday.
Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
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 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 16 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a flare-up of the massive Palisades Fire.
LA fire chief says city failed department amid ongoing Southern California wildfires
Chief Kristin Crowley said during an interview Friday that the city failed the department amid the ongoing wildfires in Southern California that have taken at