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Los Angeles mayor slashes fire department DEI bureau in proposed budget months after woke backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget proposal that would fold the LAFD’s Equity Bureau into the Professional ...
Investigators finish fire test in Pacific Palisades as search for cause of January’s blaze continues
Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating the Palisades fire, ...
Three months after Palisades fire, mayor proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs
Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...
LA City Council explores legal action against Edison over Sylmar’s Hurst fire
The Hurst Fire was one of several blazes that broke out Jan. 7 during extreme Santa Ana winds and caused widespread power ...
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L.A. Firefighters’ Union Under Fire as Leaders Cash In on Overtime Amid Scrutiny
Amid staffing shortages, instead of hiring more personnel, the city has leaned on overtime to fill the gaps. Firefighters are ...
Before the Fire, L.A. Tried to Restore Second Reservoir in Palisades
Water supplies ran dry in the Pacific Palisades fire, in part because a reservoir was shut down for repairs. Records show the ...
LAFD union chief made $540K amid dept. budget issues: LAT
The head of the union representing Los Angeles Fire Department employees took home more than half a million dollars last year, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. In 2022, the most recent ...
Vacant Hollywood home taken over by squatters demolished after fire
An abandoned Hollywood home that neighbors said had been attracting a constant stream of transients and criminal activity was demolished after the property went up in flames. The fire erupted ...