THE BUZZ: CLAPPING BACK — Gov. Gavin Newsom is creating a new disaster playbook to confront President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and adversaries in the information battle that erupted after the ...

From Donald Trump to Todd Starnes, the right wing responds to California wildfire tragedy with insults and bigotry.

Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that ...

The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia and Kenneth fires are burning in Southern California, destroying more than 10,000 ...

California’s wildfires have sparked a political blame game, with Elon Musk and MAGA supporters accusing Democrats’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies of undermining disaster response ...

DEI-chasing conservatives, champing at the bit, have located another shiny tragedy for which to breathlessly dog-whistle. As ...

Forecasters described the coming windstorm as a once-every-five-to-10-years calamity. So the LAFD began to marshal its defenses in the days before the arrival of the winds, taking the type of ...

In the days that followed, Crowley became the target of an anonymous five-page memo, featuring Fire Department letterhead, that claimed to be from “LAFD Chief Officers” and accused Crowley of ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was the subject of a blistering five-page letter from current and retired LAFD Bravest demanding she step aside immediately after failing to properly manage ...

It’s just one of the black marks against the LAFD — which include allegations that a deputy chief was drunk while overseeing a 2021 wildfire in the Pacific Palisades, the very same area ...