L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
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Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department ... County, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images In an interview with a local FOX station on ...
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the ... The data shows the department needs 62 additional fire stations, according to the fire chief.
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Concerns over Oakland fire station closures elevated by destruction in Los Angeles
Since the Palisades Fire kicked off the storm of destructive blazes tearing across parts of Los Angeles County earlier ... the Oakland Fire Department temporarily shut down Stations 28 and 25 ...
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‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
“If we cut one position, if we close one station … the residents ... including from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which covers areas outside the city, including hard-hit Altadena.
Los Angeles wildfire live updates: Huge federal probe underway into deadly Los Angeles wildfires
Additional water tankers and firefighters converged on the Los Angeles area on Monday in anticipation of strong wi ...
Los Angeles wildfires claim at least 24 lives as Gavin Newsom faces new funding scrutiny
California authorities have confirmed that 24 have died as wildfires continue to rage around Los Angeles on Sunday. Meanwhile ...
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Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
LOS ANGELES -- Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire ... FOX station on Friday, Crowley responded after being repeatedly asked if the city failed her and her ...
Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000 ordered to evacuate
India's Tata Consultancy Services expects its retail and manufacturing clients in North America to step up spending on tech, ...
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Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
Some have criticized the Los Angeles Fire ... department’s stations. The Board of Supervisors cut 1,281 positions in 2020,” he told The Post. “Every single LA City and LA County appointment ...