The fire chief spoke at a press briefing with Mayor Karen Bass after her supposed ouster. The department said claims of her firing are false.
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has revealed that her brother lost his Malibu home in the still-raging Palisades wildfires.
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.
The Los Angeles Fire Department estimates that about 10,000 structures have been burned down or damaged in the city's fires. That includes houses, sheds, garages and cars. Celebrities who lost their homes in the fire included model and actor Paris Hilton, actor Billy Crystal, and actor Miles Teller. The death toll rose to 24 on Monday.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ deputy mayor — whose purview included oversight of the city’s fire department — was placed on administrative leave last month after the FBI
Nearly 153,000 people have signed a petition demanding Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass resign, citing mismanagement of the city's wildfire crisis.
Bass has faced widespread outrage over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after fires ignited.
LA Mayor Karen Bass’s popularity has taken a nose dive over her handling of the wildfires, with a shocking number of residents in the famously liberal city now even willing to vote Republican, a
Bass is not the only person to be widely criticized for their response to the California wildfires, with Governor Gavin Newsom also in the spotlight.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is facing mounting backlash over her response to the wildfires that have torn through her city, raising questions about her own political future as the region
LOS ANGELESKaren Bass may have been born and raised in ... s devastation and launching a donation drive for the fire department seeded with his own $5 million contribution.
Being a county supervisor can be hard work in California, but in times of crisis, it’s a lot less uncomfortable than being a mayor, Robert Greene argues.