As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?

The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.

The wildfires in California have been absolutely devastating over the past two days, forcing at least 30,000 residents to evacuate the Pacific Palisades. Several people have shared footage of the destruction in Los Angeles on social media.

Arrests near wildfire zones in Los Angeles continue to increase as more National Guard members have been deployed to the region.

The last evacuation warnings for the Hurst Fire burning in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles County were lifted on Saturday.

Los Angeles police have arrested four people on arson charges for allegedly trying to ignite new fires as firefighters continue to fight the Palisades and Eaton blazes that have killed a combined

The money will go to organizations like the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, World Central Kitchen and more.

In a memo that has not been previously reported, chief told city fire commissioners that L.A. relied almost entirely on overburdened “hand crews” from other jurisdictions to handle its brush fire emergencies.

You don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone.

The musician, who postponed his album release due to the fires, will spread his donation throughout three different organizations