The president of the L.A. Fire Departments labor union, Freddy Escobar, long a critic of what he called an insufficient fire ...

President Freddy Escobar of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City reportedly earned over $540,000 in 2022, according to ...

Her proposal included the goal of hiring 227 new positions at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) with approximately half of them being firefighters. Bass also requested in the proposal that ...

On a Sunday morning in January 2022, Freddy Escobar, the longtime president of the firefighters' union representing the Los Angeles Fire Department, clocked in for a 24-hour shift. The next night ...

As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department, I’ve never experienced the devastation that we're seeing in LA today, where thousands of structures and more ...

The LAFD did not respond to a request for comment. Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI hire” and ...

The proposal was released after her State of the City address. Exempted from the cuts is the Los Angeles Fire Department, which would get more funding to hire more firefighters. Bass' proposed new ...