The revelations — unveiled in a criminal complaint and attached affidavit Wednesday charging the alleged arsonist, Jonathan ...

The challenges that firefighters faced during the Palisades fire included an ineffective process for recalling firefighters who were off-duty and fire chiefs with little to no experience handling a ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s extensive review of its Palisades fire response detailed challenges including staffing ...

The Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and leveled much of the community suffered from leadership and communication challenges exacerbated by limited resources.

On top of extreme weather conditions and dry vegetation that fueled the devastating Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and leveled much of the community, leadership and communication challenges, ...

A firefighters sprays water on a house in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited ...

A firefighter battles the Palisades fire as homes burn along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Jan. 8 (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The first 911 call came at 10:29 a.m., from a resident of ...

A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go ...

The first 911 call came at 10:29 a.m., from a resident of Piedra Morada Drive in Pacific Palisades. Amid high winds, a fire was visible in the distance, the flames flickering over a chaparral-choked ...