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Los Angeles Fire Department comes under attack

Los Angeles mayor's office, fire department push back against speculation chief was dismissed

The Los Angeles Fire Department pushed back against speculation that its chief, Kristin Crowley, had been dismissed as crews continue to battle the wildfires across the region.

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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.

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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 cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return. (AP vi

CBS News on MSN · 17h

L.A. Fire Department, mayor's office rebut claim chief was dismissed

LA’s fire chief is at center of a public spat with City Hall

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LA’s fire chief is at the center of a public spat with City Hall as wildfires rage

The devastating wildfire in Pacific Palisades has put leaders on the defensive and led to a public spat over resources.

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Kristin Crowley: LA fire chief publicly criticizing the city’s budget cuts

East Bay Times · 1d

Hydrants’ failure casts Los Angeles fire chief into public spat with City Hall

Three years later, the mood between Crowley and City Hall has changed. The wildfire in Pacific Palisades that has burned more than 5,000 structures to become the most destructive in city history has put leaders on the defensive and led Crowley to engage in a public spat with Mayor Karen Bass over resources even as the battle against flames continues across the Los Angeles area.

Wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles

NBC News on MSN · 25m

Are arsonists responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires?

A law enforcement task force has been set up to uncover what caused the fires. The local agencies involved — the Los Angeles fire and police departments and the county Sheriff’s Department, as well as Cal Fire — are considered to be among the most skilled in the country. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leading the probe.

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Wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles: Here's how you can help

LOS ANGELES − As Los Angeles enters its sixth day as the epicenter of fire, residents whose lives have been torn asunder by the blazes have called to the better angels of the nation for help. The six fires have killed at least 16 people and sent over 100,

USA TODAY on MSN · 11h

Los Angeles wildfire victims: These are the people who lost their lives

As a shell-shocked and devastated city contends with raging wildfires, anxious families in and around Los Angeles await news from house-by-house searches. The grim task began during a respite from the powerful Santa Ana winds which whipped the fires into hurricanes of destruction,

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Los Angeles Fire Conditions to Worsen as Death Toll Expected to Rise

Crews have made headway in the fight against the city’s largest blaze, but resurgent winds could pose a fresh danger.

16 dead, 16 missing as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week

Firefighters scrambled to make further progress against wildfires that have killed 16 people in the Los Angeles area as ...

Live updates: Los Angeles wildfire death toll rises as firefighters fight heavy winds

The Palisades Fire – the largest blaze – has killed at least five people. The Eaton Fire, above Altadena in northern Los ...

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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on

As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 ...

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Are cars ‘structures’? Here’s a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

The damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it’s tallied. Neighborhoods have been erased, ...

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Los Angeles burglary suspect disguised as firefighter, as looting arrests reach about 29 people: sheriff

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said a burglary suspect disguised as a firefighter, as police arrested about 29 for looting and other criminal activity.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat1h

‘Eerily reminiscent’: North Bay crews, search and rescue teams, join Los Angeles fire lines

Crews say they feel an obligation to help the firefighting brethren from Southern California who responded to fires in the ...

L.A. fire chief meets with mayor after saying the city failed her agency

Kristin Crowley, in multiple interviews, drew a connection between budget cuts to her department and the city’s struggle to ...

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