LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a ...
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Just weeks after devastating fires, Mayor Bass ousts LA Fire Chief
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted ... as Chief Kristin Crowley's replacement. Bass' decision comes weeks after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in early January that devastated ...
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Karen Bass admits she felt ‘terrible not being here for my city’ amid fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass admitted to her blunders during the fires that broke out in her city while she was out of the country. The Palisades and Eaton fires burned over 37,000 acres of land ...
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LAFD pushes back against Mayor Karen Bass
The Los Angeles Fire Department is pushing back against Mayor Karen Bass after claiming Chief Crowley did not warn her in advance about the high winds that fueled the Palisades and Eaton wildfires.
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Mayor Bass touts opening of 'one-stop rebuilding center' in aftermath of Eaton and Palisades fires
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As the effort continued to clear fire debris from residential properties in the Eaton and Palisades ... Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she's been shocked at how slow ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Ousts Fire Chief Over Wildfire Mismanagement
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed LAFD chief Kristin Crowley ... the 2025 L.A. wildfires – primarily the Palisades and Eaton blazes – burned 57,660 acres, destroyed 16,249 structures ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass axes fire chief Kristin Crowley over wildfire response weeks after she blasted politician’s leadership
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ... Crowley had said. Bass, Crowley, and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have all faced relentless criticism from the moment the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited on ...
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LA mayor ousts fire chief amid wildfire response criticism
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted ... Deputy Ronnie Villanueva her replacement. Bass' decision comes weeks after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in early January that devastated ...
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1 month later after SoCal fires: LA Mayor Bass promises independent investigations, vows to rebuild
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Marking the one-month anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says it has been 31 days since the city launched the largest disaster ...
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LA fire union prez blasts Mayor Karen Bass for axing chief Kristin Crowley over wildfire response: ‘Scapegoat’
The Los Angeles Fire Department union boss blasted Mayor Karen Bass for firing department Chief ... a broad-based analysis into the Palisades and Eaton fires that burned through 37,700 acres ...