This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. City leaders have highlighted changes they have made since the Palisades fire, from appointing LAFD veteran Jaime ...

A cramped, aging fire station jammed up against MacArthur Park has been dragged into a street war it never asked for — operating like a triage unit in the middle of one of LA’s nastiest fentanyl zones ...

A Los Angeles city firefighter is raising new questions about the department's firefighting apparatus at the Port of Los Angeles after a blaze erupted on a container ship there last month, alleging ...

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame isn't honoring a famous singer or actor. Instead, it's dedicated to some of the brave heroes who battled the Palisades and ...

A Los Angeles firefighters was injured Thursday morning when the department worked to contain a fire at a textiles business in Boyle Heights. The firefighter was hospitalized, but details about the ...

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Following through on a suggestion by a 14-year-old girl, the Los Angeles Fire Department was honored with an Award of Excellence star adjacent to the Hollywood Walk of ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

As the Palisades fire raged, then-Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley went on a television blitz, calling out city leadership for systematically underfunding her agency. The LAFD, she ...

A fire at a commercial building in Boyle Heights was contained Thursday morning, but not before a firefighter was injured. The fire in the 3100 block of East Pico Boulevard was reported just after 8 a ...

A fire forced the evacuation of a high school in Granada Hills Thursday morning. The blaze was reported around 10 a.m. at John F. Kennedy High School, located at 11246 Gothic Ave. Footage from the ...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the ...

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