The text messages show how officials first started to realize how bad things were getting and that the windswept blazes had the upper hand.

Text messages released to ABC News through a public records request provide new insight about what local officials were ...

The exchange of messages reveals how authorities initially assessed and activated the lowest level of emergency management to ...

Text messages sent to and from former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley leading up to LA County’s disastrous wildfires and the weeks ...

City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson tried to put the Chief Crowley controversy to rest. His fast-track strategy ...

The Los Angeles City Council is set to hear former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal on Tuesday, March 4, a critical test ...

The Los Angeles City Council will hold a hearing Tuesday to reconsider reinstating former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief ...

A hearing will be held at City Hall Tuesday to appeal her firing by Mayor Karen Bass, who has been heavily criticized for the ...

After she was ousted, Crowley decided to remain in the department at a lower rank, an option she had under civil service ...

Crowley will need support from at least 10 of 15 council members to be reinstated–an outcome that remains highly uncertain.