In announcing McDonnell's selection last October, Mayor Karen Bass laid out several goals, including "looking forward to working with him to grow and strengthen LAPD..." Last month's deadly Palisades fire showed the department can be stretched thin during ...

The Los Angeles Police Commission made the request on Tuesday following allegations of racist and sexist comments made by recruitment officers.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been let go effective immediately, Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday.

Kristin Crowley, who was fired by Mayor Karen Bass as chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department last week, notified the city Thursday she is appealing her

Bass has appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva as interim fire chief. Villanueva served with the LAFD for 41 years before retiring in September 2024.

Bass told Fox11 that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not warn her against taking an overseas trip to Ghana in the days before the Santa Ana winds fueled wildfires that devastated entire communities

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has removed LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley Friday following weeks of tensions that mounted over preparations for the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in January.

Fire Chief Kristin Crowley had been critical of the way the department was funded. The mayor said the day the Palisades Fire erupted, the chief sent 1,000 firefighters home.

Many saw L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’s firing of the city’s fire chief Kristin Crowley as inevitable. But can Bass and the city find a footing after a serious risk between two of its most key

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In announcing McDonnell’s selection last October, Mayor Karen Bass laid out several goals, including “working with him to grow and strengthen LAPD.” Last month’s deadly Palisades fire ...

Mayor Karen Bass meets a graduating class and new recruits at LAPD Police Academy in December 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)