The current high-pressure system over Southern California is expected to give way to weak storms that will send temperatures plummeting down.
Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the wildfire and not informing her.
Kristin Crowley, the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, has been sacked by the city’s mayor over her handling of the Palisades fire last month. The decision was announced by Karen Bass, the mayor, who herself faced a torrent of criticism over the blaze.
Santa Ana winds are returning to San Diego County Wednesday evening, surging temperatures and prompting a wind advisory for much of the region.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall. Bass says in a statement she is removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately.
The shift in weather patterns is expected to bring temperatures into the lower 90s in some areas, with widespread 80s even along the coast.