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The Los Angeles Fire Chief at the Center of the Storm
Kristin Crowley, who is taking flack for her diversity efforts, has publicly criticized city cuts to her department.
Gov. Newsom cut fire-fighting budget while pouring billions of dollars into his ‘Don Quixote’ green ventures: critics
This is not a time to be nickel and diming the people of California around climate investments,” Ryan Schleeter, a ...
LA's fire chief is at the center of a public spat with City Hall as wildfires rage
Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of ...
Fire crews in Los Angeles brace for more heavy winds; at least 24 killed, thousands of buildings lost
The Palisades Fire – the largest blaze – has killed at least five people. The Eaton Fire, above Altadena in northern Los ...
Who Is Kristin Crowley? LAFD Chief Under Fire Over Handling Of Wildfire Response
During a wildfire catastrophe that has killed 11 people and destroyed towns like Malibu and Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles ...
Palisades Fire Spreads East, Death Toll Climbs to 16
The Palisades fire moved east, forcing evacuations in Brentwood and parts of Encino; the death toll from the fires rose to 16 ...
Palisades fire shoots up to 17,200 acres — 1,000 structures destroyed
The wind-driven brush fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu exploded on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and by late evening had charred ...
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James Woods rips LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for focusing on DEI instead of 'filling the reservoirs'
While praising 'the people' of the LAFD, he trashed the leadership of Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, who is openly ... when people abandoned their cars in the street and bulldozers were required ...
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16 dead, 16 missing as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week
Fierce Santa Anas have been largely blamed for turning the wildfires sparked last week into infernos that leveled entire ...
Crashes and Disasters
Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and are not expected to be as ...
New Fire Threatens Los Angeles, as Death Toll Rises to 10
The Kenneth fire exploded in a few hours. The Palisades and Eaton fires each appeared to have destroyed some 5,000 or more structures, officials said, which would put them both among the five most ...
Crime and Public Safety
The wind-driven brush fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu exploded on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and by late evening had charred ...