For years, fire officials in Los Angeles have argued that it’s better for taxpayers to pay overtime than to hire new firefighters. This conclusion has been based on formulas using a firefighter’s salary and benefits versus overtime costs. But budgeting experts and consultants who reviewed the...
Councilman Gary Coffey said the raises were necessary to keep high-caliber firefighters in Covina. “We lose them all the time to cities and counties who have more money,” he said. Firefighter union President John Gembrini said his 34 members have been paid less than their counterparts in o...
Joe Neguse on low firefighter salary05:31 Wildfire in Napa County causes mandatory evacuations at nearby hospital00:51 Chris Jansing Reports Los Angeles fire captain details 'strain' on city's water system04:19 Share this - Copied The Palisades Fire put a serious “strain” ...
One exception is the Angeles National Forest, which has robust year-round staffing, officials said. “I haven’t had those challenges that the other municipal fire chiefs have had to deal with, like, ‘Hey, where’s the Forest Service?’” said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthon...
LOS ANGELES — One of the highest-ranking black executives in Los Angeles County government sued the county and several of its officials Monday, alleging that he was victimized by racial discrimination and denied job benefits. In a federal lawsuit asking $1 million in damages, Edgar H. Hayes,...
“I want to come back to Lahaina and come back to Maui and try to be a firefighter,” he said. Montgomery’s family lost its two-bedroom apartment to the fire, but also found opportunity. He and fellow Lahainaluna football captains were invited to ...
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Grief is an uneasy inheritance, but McKinnon had accepted its terms. If generations of women before her could bear this pain, then so could she. Just as Titterington had been in their lives, so had he been in hers. ...
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, left, and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the highest-ranking Latino in a statewide elected position in California, endorsed Gavin Newsom for governor on Thursday. ...
By Los Angeles Times Staff (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) My goal was just stir things up. It was the same when I started doing poetry in 1971. I thought the format of reading poetry was getting really dead, and I still believed it could be a viable f...
Schumacher served 20 years as the county’s chief probation officer, becoming a nationally recognized expert in the field. Those who have worked with him say he is cool under duress and a “corporate firefighter,” able to solve problems and develop support for his programs or those of superi...