Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,706.6 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for ...
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 properly fund the fire department.
Valencia-Taghavi LLP Sponsors Los Angeles Fire Department Heroes Celebration with Special Guest George Lopez
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Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At a commission meeting just last month, Escobar told LA city officials short staffing in the fire department was “dire” warning “someone will die.” LAFD has approximately 3,500 firefighters who are ...
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A City in Financial Crisis: How Damage from the Palisades Fire Will Impact the L.A .Economy
LOS ANGELES - As Los Angeles' 2025 budget season entered its review and revision phase in January, so did one of the most ...
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
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Dems blame LA fire on 'climate change' despite city cutting fire department budget
Democratic lawmakers are claiming the severity of the Los Angeles wildfires was a result of climate change, despite reports that the city's fire hydrants ran out of water and the fire department's ...
LA City Council approves a pause on evicting extra tenants due to the wildfires
David Kaishchyan of Apartment Association of Greater LA argued against it, focusing on the issue of unauthorized pets.
Rumors About LA Fire Department Budget Cuts Are Missing Context
The January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles resulted in an online rumor concerning LA Mayor Karen Bass reducing funding for firefighters.
LA relied on teen volunteers for years despite fire chief's warning, but leaders can't be sued: lawyer
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two ...