Kristin Crowley appeals dismissal as LAFD chief to LA City Council
Kristin Crowley has appealed her termination as LAFD chief to the Los Angeles City Council after she was dismissed from the ...
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LA Mayor Bass says overall communication, collaboration on fire response has been very strong
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and some city leaders continue to be at odds over what happened before the Palisades Fire erupted.
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Before the latest firestorm, LA had been warned that its Fire Department is too small
A memo from the now-former fire chief warned of ongoing staffing shortages and long response times. But Kristin Crowley was ...
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How big should LAFD be?
More than a month before the Palisades Fire, former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley issued a dire warning: Her ...
‘Wildfires are kind of like cancer’: Laguna Canyon is test site for O.C. teen’s system to detect small blazes
Since 2018, when Ryan Honary of Newport Beach entered a fifth-grade science project in hopes of demonstrating how early ...
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Flooding leads to levee failure in Tennessee, 9 deaths in Kentucky with high-water rescues continuing
A catastrophic and historic flooding event unfolded across portions of four states over the weekend, leading to a levee ...
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LAFD Firefighter Inspector escaped disaster
Vehicle swept into ocean during powerful severe storm Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighter inspector narrowly ...
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Couple rescued from rushing waters in Orange County during damaging storm
"This successful rescue operation involved multiple resources — searching from shore, in boats ready to launch, on bridges ...
Cleanup begins after storm ravages Southern California, leaving mud, debris, and forcing swift-water rescues
A Los Angeles City firefighter was hospitalized after his SUV was swept into the Pacific Ocean during a mudslide in Malibu.
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Swift Water Rescuers Check Two Vehicles in LA River
Two vehicles were spotted in the storm-filled Los Angeles River in Paramount Friday and swiftwater rescue teams were deployed to make sure no one was trapped inside. The call came in to the Los ...