Mayor Bass has appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva, a 41-year-old LAFD veteran as interim fire chief.

Deadly wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area during Mayor Karen Bass’s visit to Ghana and constituents voiced outrage ...

The National Weather Service warned that intense Santa Ana winds were due to hit L.A. two days before Bass left the city for ...

“Acting in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety, and for the operations of the Los Angeles Fire Department, I ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been let go effective immediately, according to Mayor Karen Bass.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that before the Palisades Fire and others erupted, LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley failed to warn her about the risk of a conflagration.

Kristin Crowley has been removed as Los Angeles Fire Department Chief effective immediately, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ ...

Separately, the LAFD has defended its decision not to pre-deploy any engines and firefighters to the Palisades — as they had ...

Bass told Fox11 that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not warn her against taking an overseas trip to Ghana in the days before ...

The rank-and-file firefighters have voiced appreciation for Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley's honesty regarding the state ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is trying to figure out who is in charge of the city and who can be blamed for the damage from its wildfires.