Pay raise approved for then-LAFD Chief Crowley before Palisades Fire and dismissal

Pay raise approved for then-LAFD Chief Crowley before Palisades Fire and dismissal

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass approved a pay raise for fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley before the deadly Palisades Fire and her dismissal more than a month after the third-most destructive fire on record in California started on the Los Angeles County coast. In a letter to the city controller dated Dec. 27, Bass approved a merit pay increase in compensation for the 25-year department veteran of 2.5 percent, effective Jan. 12. About two months la…

Palisades fire survivor grabbed her first son's ashes as she rushed to evacuate - L.A. Parent

Diana Tsow and her family had only lived in their Pacific Palisades home for four years before the Palisades wildfire tore through her neighborhood on Jan. 7, destroying homes, schools and businesses. As part of our larger project of sharing community voices and what wildfire survivors need long-term, Tsow shares her story here, a reminder that parenting young children while displaced from natural disasters continues to be a challenge. What was …