Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...

By Shawn Hubler and Alexandra Berzon Three years ago, when Kristin Crowley became the first female chief in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department, she was lauded as a force for stability.

Kristin Crowley was appointed Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of rampant hazing, harassment, and discrimination among its 3,400-member ranks.

In a preliminary budget request for 2025/26, signed by Fire Chief Kristin ... devastated swathes of Los Angeles, would have shut down 16 fire stations and crippled the department's ability ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reneged wildfire czar Steve Soboroff's $500,000 compensation for 90 days of work after the ...

with both UFLAC and the Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Officers Association penning public letters of support. Still, in the midst of the worst disaster to strike L.A. in a generation ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by $17 million ... over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley admitted to CNN when the wildfires, which ...

Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a windblown dust and ash advisory due to the strong winds and the particles left behind by the fires. Fire chief warned leaders ...

which added that her resignation “would be best for the citizens of Los Angeles.” LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is under fire for her department’s handling of the deadly infernos that broke out ...