2025 began with a series of raging fires in Los Angeles, which decimated neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, ...

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has picked a 30-year fire department veteran as the new fire chief months after she ousted the previous chief over handling of the most destructive wildfire in the city’s ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management has faced strong criticism over its handling of the January wildfires. So what potential changes could the office be facing ...