Karen Bass, Palisades and Chief Crowley

Mayor Bass pins blame for Palisades blaze on fire chief, dismisses her
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass dismissed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the Palisades fire. Both leaders blamed each other for the destruction.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass removes fire chief over tensions during deadly blazes
Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley amid tensions between the two over the way this year's deadly fires were handled.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removes LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley over handling of Palisades fire
Bass has appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva as interim fire chief. Villanueva served with the LAFD for 41 years before retiring in September 2024.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires fire chief, cites poor wildfire response
(The Center Square) – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing Crowley’s placing firefighters off duty and the chief’s alleged refusal to conduct an after-action fire report.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sacks fire chief who said city failed residents in wildfires
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.
LA fire chief sacked for leadership ‘failures’ in handling wildfires
Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday — citing what the mayor called failures in leadership ahead of the January windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades Fire,
LA Mayor Bass' clashes with reporters on wildfires removed from leader's social media, livestreams
A new report suggests that LA city leadership has scrubbed clashes between Karen Bass and reporters as a means to rehab her ...
Show Me the Money: Wildfire Recovery Czar Tangles With L.A. Mayor Over Lost Salary
I was disappointed in what happened but I’m choosing to stay on until the end because I have to put the trains on the tracks, ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass gives mind-boggling excuse for being in Ghana as her city burned
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has offered a mind-boggling excuse for being 7,500 miles away in Ghana as her city was ...
Mayor Bass' reasons for removal of LA fire department chief are ‘inaccurate': President of United Firefighters of LA
President of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Freddy Escobar joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to break down Los Angeles ...
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LAFD Claps Back at Mayor Bass
Bass told Fox11 that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not warn her against taking an overseas trip to Ghana in the days before ...
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Mayor Bass fires Kristin Crowley as LAFD chief after tensions over LA fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has removed LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley Friday following weeks of tensions that mounted over ...
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LA Mayor Caught Omitting Reporters’ Testy Questions About Wildfires From Press Conference Videos
Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seemingly edited press conference livestreams shared on her Facebook page to remove ...
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Bass-Crowley rift intensified harsh spotlight on LA’s disaster recovery. Now what?
Many saw L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’s firing of the city’s fire chief Kristin Crowley as inevitable. But can Bass and the city ...