Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the wildfires in January that killed more than two dozen people.

Mayor faults Crowley for not alerting her to the potentially explosive conditions

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley amid finger-pointing over responsibility for the most destructive wildfire in city history.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been sacked by Mayor Karen Bass. This follows the recent devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, which killed

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that she fired LAFD chief Kristen Crowley over the handling of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley over her handling of the Palisades fire on Friday, adding to the turmoil that has enveloped City Hall. Bass took the step after publicly ramping up criticism of Crowley in recent days, complaining that she had not heard from the chief until after the fire broke out, while also questioning the chief’s deployment decisions, the Los Angeles Times reported. “We know that 1,000 firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke out were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s watch,” Bass said in a statement Friday announcing Crowley’s firing. The mayor also alleged that the chief had refused to participate in an after-action report on the fires after being asked to do so by Fire Commission President Genethia Hudley Hayes, a Bass appointee. A Times investigation found that LAFD officials chose not to order roughly 1,000 firefighters to remain on duty for a second shift as winds were building — which would have doubled the…

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday announced that she was removing Fire Chief Kristin Crowley weeks after Crowley criticized Bass and other LA leaders over the wildfires.

Karen Bass appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva, a 41-year LAFD veteran as interim fire chief.

Mayor Bass cited mismanagement and refusal to conduct a post-fire report as reasons for Fire Chief Crowley's removal.

Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation.

Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall.

Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation. Bass said in a statement that…