The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...

As Los Angeles faces its most destructive fire, Mayor Bass is criticized for an overseas trip and prior budget cuts impacting ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...

Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...

Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.

California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a probe into “loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported ...

Our state deserves leaders who put people before politics and solutions before slogans. May these tragic fires be the final ...

Can a city lose an entire neighborhood now and simply shuffle on, dragging the local memory like a ghost limb?

In a Dec. 4 memo, Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley said the cuts "have adversely affected the department's ability to maintain core operations." ...

Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been ...

As the most destructive fire in Los Angeles area history rages, Mayor Karen Bass faces criticism over the timing of an ...