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LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block
The Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, created in November 2022, was supposed to spearhead recruitment of ...
Flames will appear above Pacific Palisades again. This time to see what caused January’s deadly fire
A fire test will begin Tuesday evening and run until Thursday. Investigators hope it will help them determine how the ...
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Kristen Crowley: L.A.’s First Female Fire Marshal
Kristen Crowley, the first female Fire Marshal of Los Angeles oversees fire prevention and public safety. From aspiring surgeon to top firefighter, she rose through the ranks with purpose. Her story ...
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LA mayor and fire chief's public feud: Inside the fallout over January's wildfire
How the conflict between two key leaders played out, each side's accusations and what the LAFD budget numbers reveal.
Three months after wildfire, Mayor Bass proposes adding more than 200 jobs to LAFD
Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...
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The City Refuses to Disclose LAFD Actions During Palisades Fire
LAFD and Mayor Karen Bass have not been cooperative ... Furthering the city's distrust in the mayor, on February 21, Bass removed Kristin Crowley from her position as fire chief under the ...
Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
The Los Angeles mayor kept an upbeat tone in her annual State of the City address, but her proposed budget offered a reality ...
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Three months after Palisades fire, mayor proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs
In the days after the Palisades fire broke out, then-Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that budget cuts had hampered ... A Times investigation found that LAFD officials chose not to order roughly 1,000 ...