Crowley on Friday contradicted that narrative, drawing a connection between reductions to her department’s operations and the struggle to beat back the wildfires. Crowley was hired in 2022 by ...
Driven by unrelenting winds, a massive brush fire engulfed over 15,000 acres through the Pacific Palisades area, destroying or damaging more than 1,000 structures and forcing thousands of people from ...
“The hydrants are down,” said one firefighter in internal radio communications. “Water supply just dropped,” said another. By 3 a.m. Wednesday, all water storage tanks in the Palisades ...