Politics Union leader detained in Los Angeles last week is well-known figure by Jeanne Kuang • CalMatters June 9, 2025, 9:03 a.m.

Up to 100 protesters focused on the arrest, in California, of a union leader who joined demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The post Joining Los Angeles protesters and ...

Escobar may no longer be head of the union, but he is still an LAFD firefighter. He says this week, he goes back to being a full-time captain at Fire Station Number 2 in Boyle Heights.

He’s a friend. He’s a great union leader,” SEIU Member and Retiree Kevin Doyle said. He said Huerta was injured and went to the hospital. “He was not in any way interfering,” Doyle said.

The union representing Los Angeles City firefighters was placed in emergency conservatorship Monday after an audit uncovered what its umbrella organization called misuse of union funds by top leaders.

An updated audit examining the finances of the former president of the Los Angeles Fire Department's labor union found he failed to properly document more than $200,000 worth of credit card ...