LOS ANGELES − A Los Angeles city councilwoman is calling for former fire Chief Kristin Crowley to appeal her controversial firing by Mayor Karen Bass, telling USA TODAY in an interview on Monday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has removed the L.A. Fire Chief Kristen Crowley from her position in the wake of the devastating wildfires that burned through thousands of acres of land, and reduced ...

If she has lost that confidence, she has every right to change out the head of a department" or fire chief, he said earlier this week. The Los Angeles City Charter allows the mayor the ability to ...

Los Angeles has only approved four permits to rebuild homes destroyed or damaged during the January wildfires in the wealthy enclave of Pacific Palisades that charred some 7,000 homes. A handful ...

In this Dec. 5, 2024, file photo, Los Angeles City Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is seen here in Long Beach, Calif. Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE.