Fired Los Angeles fire chief loses appeal to get her job back after making case to City Council
LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Fire 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.
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