Los Angeles has a new leader at the helm of its fire department: Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva, who was announced ...

Karen Bass says 1,000 firefighters could have been on duty the morning the fires broke out but “were instead sent home on Chief Kristin Crowley’s watch.” ...

Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire ...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass says she was 'acting in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety' in removing Kristin Crowley ...

Fire Chief Kristin Crowley had been critical of the way the department was funded. The mayor said the day the Palisades Fire ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, escalating a public dispute over the city’s handling of the ...

One thousand firefighters who could have been on the job fighting the fires were sent home” on Kristin Crowley’s watch, the ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley after the city's most destructive wildfire, which caused significant damage and fatalities in the LA neighborhood and suburban Altadena.

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

Kristin Crowley's removal, effective immediately, answers a need for "new leadership to the Fire Department," the mayor says.

Mayor Bass cited mismanagement and refusal to conduct a post-fire report as reasons for Fire Chief Crowley's removal.