As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?

As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” are in the region, which could fuel the growth of new or existing wildfires in Los Angeles County and Ventura County.

The extreme red flag warning goes into place overnight and ends Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.

Arrests near wildfire zones in Los Angeles continue to increase as more National Guard members have been deployed to the region.

According to Azusa police, a man who has admitted to setting a fire at a park has been arrested as the investigation continues.

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire department by $17.6 million from the previous year. At the time, the city of Los Angeles was negotiating the union contract with the firefighters' union, the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.

As firefighters continue their attempts to quell the series of destructive fires that broke out across Los Angeles County last week, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate, it's important to know what the next step is for those who fled their home in the face of a fire.

One of the two major fires that devastated this region — the Eaton fire — is not even in the city of Los Angeles; it is in an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County. The response to the Eaton fire was led by the county fire department; the city fire department was at the forefront in fighting the Palisades fire.

More evacuations were lifted Saturday as containment of the deadly Palisades Fire rose to 49%, with firefighters catching a break from the weather thanks to low clouds and good humidity levels. Winds are expected to remain calm through the weekend,

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.