As wildfires wreaked devastation across Los Angeles, the city official in charge of the fire department was out of the picture – placed on administrative leave in December while he remains under ...

During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on ...

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"The LAFD has not had the funding mechanism to supply enough mechanics and enough money for the parts to repair these engines ...

A Democrat on the LA City Council is slamming “chronic ... and seemingly insurmountable homeless problem in her city. “The fire department was decimated after the financial collapse of 2008 ...

At a commission meeting just last month, Escobar told LA city officials short staffing in the fire department was “dire” warning “someone will die.” LAFD has approximately 3,500 ...

The Palisades fire has spurred criticism of ... president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, the union representing the department’s rank and file. “Everyone was very shocked ...

Why wasn’t the city better prepared? By Shawn Hubler and Alexandra Berzon Three years ago, when Kristin Crowley became the first female chief in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department ...

Some residents might need to wait another week or more before they can return to homes still standing in the Eaton and Palisades fire ... The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department offered ...

Los Angeles' budget priorities continue to face scrutiny over cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department ... at the department as scores of equipment sat idle. Then just last month, LA city council ...

The decimation caused by the Palisades and Eaton fires is catastrophic and abnormal, and Los Angeles is grieving ... reductions in fire department spending. When the city council approved the ...