New questions are being raised about whether the City of Los Angeles and its fire department did enough to prepare in the days ahead of the deadly Palisades Fire. The fire department did not hold ...

A fierce fire was burning in a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon. Officials said the blaze had reached "major emergency status" with more than 88 firefighters on scene.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a revised budget for ... Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky highlighted the budget for the Los Angeles Fire Department was spared largely because of the Palisades ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley criticized the city's decision to cut more than $17 million in funding for the department, and says that the city let her and her firefighters down.

She pointed to a series of memos she sent to the city identifying ... as interim fire chief. In a statement Friday, she said: "Acting in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety, and ...

At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday denied former L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal of her dismissal in a 13-2 vote. Councilmembers Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez were the ...

L.A. is a city built out into flammable wildlands ... to mountains as high as 10,000 feet. The Los Angeles Fire Department has long been a leader in knocking down urban wildfires.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley suggested that the city had failed its residents. During an interview with local news station KTTV on Friday, Crowley said: "We are screaming to be properly ...

The Palisades Fire put ... on the city’s water system after three million gallons were used in just 15 hours, according to officials. Sheila Kelliher, captain of the Los Angeles Fire Department ...