During Escobar's tenure, L.A. firefighters have weathered some tough times: COVID. The Palisades inferno. Fewer fire stations ...

While she was fired by the mayor as the department’s No. 1 following the devastating Palisades fire, Crowley is staying with the agency.

“You all tell us how much you support firefighters, how much you love labor,” Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, the union representing the rank-and-file, pointedly ...

Following one of the most destructive wildfires in LA’s history, Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin on February ...

A City Council committee Friday weighed-in on potential funding measures to support the Los Angeles Fire Department, which could lead to a potential bond or sales tax.

A former top officer of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union has been removed from his post and faces an internal investigation over allegations that he engaged in financial ...

Freddy Escobar, 55, visits Station 26, where he once worked. The head of the L.A. firefighters union has seen his name recognition increase after the Palisades fire. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...

With piercing brown eyes, a biker mustache, a gravelly voice and the build of an NFL defensive end, Freddy Escobar has long cut an imposing figure in Los Angeles' political conflagrations as head ...