Former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley will stay with the department, although it won't be as chief. KTLA's Annie Rose Ramos reports on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley lost an appeal to get her old job back in a hearing Tuesday before the City Council that included the 25-year department veteran’s first extensive public comments about the events that led to her firing.

The Los Angeles City Council denied former Los Angeles Fire Department chief Kristen Crowley’s appeal to be reinstated after her Feb. 21 removal by Mayor Karen Bass.