L.A.'s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty

L.A.'s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned

Jan 18, 2025

Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a "DEI hire" and have questioned her tactics on the morning of the Palisades fire. But to many of her firefighters, she's already a folk hero.