The complaints of the author, Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, reached Mayor Karen Bass' office in mid-November, after the LAFD ...

Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook's email adds to the growing evidence that city and LAFD officials attempted to burnish the ...

The LAPD said in a new after-action report that officers rushed into neighborhoods as the Palisades Fire exploded on Jan. 7 to help with evacuations and traffic control, but some of the initial ...

An LAPD after-action report on the Palisades fire cited poor coordination with the Los Angeles Fire Department, unstable communications and unclear command structures as key factors behind evacuation ...

The deletions and revisions are likely to deepen concerns over the LAFD's ability to acknowledge its mistakes before and during its response to the blaze — and to avoid similar mistakes in the future.

The following is the Dec. 17, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Ship Maintenance: Fire Prevention ...