At a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council voted against Kristin Crowley's appeal to be reinstated as LAFD chief, after she was removed by Mayor Karen Bass last month.

Crowley remained with LAFD at a lower rank but her new position was previously unspecified. As of Tuesday, her new title is Assistant Chief of LAFD’s Operations Valley Bureau. The former chief ...

Ex-LAFD chief Krisin Crowley attends appeal hearing Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her dismissal over her handling of the Palisades Fire to the City Council ...

"I said that the LAFD is not capable, nor do we have the proper resources, to adequately conduct an after-action report for the Palisades Fire due to the sheer magnitude, scope and complexity of ...

At the hearing, the former LAFD chief disputed many of Bass' stated reasons for her firing. Crowley talked about her actions on Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire began, comments she made publicly ...

The union that represents LAFD firefighters — United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112 — has stood firmly behind Crowley. “We are outraged at the termination of Fire Chief Crowley ...

"Any fires that develop during this period may experience rapid growth and extreme behavior," the briefing added, noting that the LAFD was expected to pre-deploy resources on Jan. 7 and that ...

Despite having lost, the special meeting was an opportunity for Crowley to publicly defend herself against the Mayor's public accusations that she failed to properly lead the LAFD during the fires.

In January, Conan O’Brien described his hosting gig at the 2025 Academy Awards as a “moving target” in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. “We have a million ideas, but ...

ABC News previously reported that although the LAFD's budget saw a $17.5 million budget cut in May 2024, the measure occurred while fire employee union contract negotiations were underway.

On Feb. 21, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass relieved L.A. Fire Department (LAFD) chief Kristin Crowley of her duties in the wake of fallout over how recent deadly firestorms in the city were handled.