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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.

ABC · 1d

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.

CBS News on MSN · 21h

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

Los Angeles, Santa Ana winds

CNN on MSN · 16h

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 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack.

The Boston Globe · 9h

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 forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week.

MarketWatch on MSN · 3h

24 dead as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week

Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week.

Wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles

NBC News on MSN · 4h

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.

Hosted on MSN · 7h

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 · 15h

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,

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

Hosted on MSN · 16h

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

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

LA's Fire Chief Is at the Center of a Public Spat With City Hall as Wildfires Rage

- Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the West Carson area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,

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.

3hon MSN

California fires live updates: Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 24

At least 24 people are believed to be dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid ...

40mon MSN

Death toll rises to 24 as LA fire crews race to contain historic destruction: Updates

Meanwhile, the Palisades Fire, the most destructive in Los Angeles' history, has now burned over 23K acres, according to Cal ...

Los Angeles County wildfires: The ongoing fight to stop the fires and the devastation of neighborhoods

Days after fires began tearing through homes in the Los Angeles area, families are returning to smoldering neighborhoods as ...

14hon MSN

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, ...

18h

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 ...

14h

‘Completely Dry’: How Los Angeles Firefighters Ran Out of Water

As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...

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 ...

13h

Threat of fires in LA county is still 'very high', says fire chief, as at least 16 killed

Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has called Democrat officials in California "incompetent" over their handling of the ...

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