Dakota Smith

By and LOS ANGELES — As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders

In the wake of the Palisades fire, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees have reported a pair of incidents that raised alarm inside the utility.

Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

For years, Los Angeles city employees could communicate through Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

The union that represents more than 3,000 Los Angeles city firefighters renewed its support for Fire Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday, denouncing an

LOS ANGELES — The union that represents more than 3,000 Los Angeles city firefighters renewed its support for Fire Chief Kristin Crowley on

Some residents are beginning to assess the damage to their homes as firefighters appear to turn a corner in containing the blazes. Despite the progress, some fire experts expressed remorse.

With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take ahead of the deadly Palisades fire.

Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its available extra

LOS ANGELES — Bracing for another round of extreme fire weather conditions, Los Angeles Fire Department officials on Monday had staffed all of its