Podcast: Another scandal for L.A. Fire Department

A helicopter drops water onto a wildfire
Firefighters battle the Palisades fireplace final Might.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Occasions)

Final Might, the Palisades fireplace ripped by means of the Santa Monica Mountains. About 1,000 folks have been put underneath obligatory evacuation orders, and about 500 houses have been threatened by the flames. As that emergency was unfolding, the man accountable for the Los Angeles Fireplace Division’s operations middle overseeing the fireplace was allegedly intoxicated. That’s in response to an investigation commissioned by metropolis officers.

Right now, we discuss what got here subsequent.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Visitors: L.A. Occasions investigative reporter Paul Pringle, and retired Los Angeles Fireplace Division Assistant Chief Patrick Butler

Extra studying:

LAFD chief deputy allegedly drunk throughout a significant fireplace will get no self-discipline, $1.4-million payout

LAFD obtained complaints that a high official was drunk on responsibility. Some say it was lined up

Raging Palisades fireplace is a harmful warning of California’s new year-round fireplace actuality

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