Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,706.6 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for ...
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase
In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...
Pacific Coast Highway Reopens Nearly 4 Weeks After Devastating Fire
The stretch of the highway along the Pacific Ocean between Santa Monica and Malibu reopened to regular traffic. Some local ...
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles slashed its fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending for its homeless population, a move that has fallen under scrutiny as wildfires rage.
What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation ...
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Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns the Los Angeles Times, has also criticized the city’s handling of the fire department budget ... according to a Dec. 4 memo by Fire Chief Kristin Crowley.
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Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on
But even with a fully funded fire department, Hudley-Hayes said she believes Los Angeles ... Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson told CNN on Friday the $17.4 million cut ...
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75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire ... department was seriously underfunded. Los Angeles Fire Captain Freddy Escobar has served 35 years as a firefighter and is the president of the United Firefighters of Los ...
Duplex fire injures woman, kills dog in Los Angeles County
A structure fire that erupted in a Pomona Valley duplex unit injured a woman and killed one dog early morning Saturday, ...
Fact Check: Did Los Angeles Cut Fire Department Funding by $17.6M?
The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the ...
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped into residential neighborhoods this week, killing at least 11 people and ...