The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

The legal team representing Jonathan Rinderknecht, the alleged arsonist who prosecutors say "maliciously" started a blaze ...

In the lawsuit, Kristin Crowley and her attorneys allege L.A. Mayor Karen Bass sought to shift blame for the way the city handled last year's catastrophic Palisades fire to Crowley amid mounting ...

A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode ...

The head of the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) revealed this week that the after-action analysis of the devastating Palisades Fire was edited several times to protect leadership, a report ...