The Los Angeles City Council rejected former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal on Tuesday to reinstate her title as the department’s head, leaving the public to wonder ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget proposal that would fold the LAFD’s Equity Bureau into the Professional ...

The LAFD did not respond to a request for comment. Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI hire” and ...

Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, standing with members of the city council, announced the removal of LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley over her handling of the Palisades Fire. Feb. 21, 2025. Los Angeles ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been fired by Mayor Karen Bass. Bass's office made the announcement Friday morning, saying she had been removed from the post effective ...

LAFD paramedics say response times are lagging with fatal consequences as dept. chief admits urgent need to “do better" on 911 calls ...

Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment and discrimination among its 3,400-member ...

Mayor Karen Bass previously approved a merit-based pay raise of 2.5% for former Fire Chief Kristen Crowley — weeks later ... city’s under-funding of the LAFD. That led to a one-on-one meeting ...

“Well, labor is with Chief Crowley on this ... “This is an issue of public safety and for the operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department — the City of Los Angeles is moving forward ...

In one of his final acts as mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti stood alongside Kristen Crowley ... to mechanics and others. Crowley, who was also the LAFD's first openly LGBTQ+ chief, asserted ...