Four years ago, Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez stood on the steps of City Hall and celebrated the creation of the Youth Development Department. She had pushed since 2018 for the ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been fired by Mayor Karen Bass. Bass’s office made the announcement Friday morning, saying she had been removed from the post effective ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has kept her search for a new police chief largely hush-hush, refusing to identify the finalists and even declining to say when the interviews were taking place. But some ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday, Feb. 21, removed Kristin Crowley as the city’s fire chief, ending weeks of speculation about Crowley’s future as head of the L.A. Fire Department – though ...

Mayor Karen Bass Thursday attempted to fend off criticism related to allegations of a budget cut for the Los Angeles Fire Department as part of overall reductions stemming from a city deficit.

As wildfires raged across Los Angeles County in early January 2025, a persistent rumor claimed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — whose city accounts for about 40% of the county's population — had cut the ...