Los Angeles Geared Up for Fire Risk, but Fell Short
There were too many houses to protect, and not enough engines,” one fire captain in Los Angeles said. Though fire officials say they were well-prepared and simply overwhelmed by the elements, questions are being raised about whether the intensity of modern fires requires a new playbook.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the ...
Even in the best of circumstances, a crisis like this would be a vector for bad information. The close Trump ally is only ...
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
Chief Kristin Crowley said during an interview Friday that the city failed the department amid the ongoing wildfires in ...
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 21,595.8 acres after being active for ...
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via email on Friday. This week's fires in ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was cut by nearly $17.6 million this fiscal year. That’s a roughly 2% decrease from ...
Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...
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