fire chief kristen crowley has been ousted. fired today by mayor karen bass over the response to those deadly and devastating southern california wildfires. here's reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles. >> from fire chief to just plain fired los angeles mayor karen bass today, terminating chief kristen crowley, blaming her for improperly staffing the palisades and eaton fires. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> in the wake of those deadly fires. bass and crowley initially appeared supportive of each other side by side at news conferences, but it didn't take long for a rift to form. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. >> the fire chief blasting the city for underfunding and understaffing the department, leaving it vulnerable. in turn, bass slammed chief crowley for refusing to put together a required after action report as part of the mayor's investigati

at a press conference this afternoon, mayor bass criticized chief kristen crowley for failing to havese fires broke out. she named a retired deputy from the los angeles fire department as its interim chief. joining us now, nbc news correspondent morgan chesky, who is in los angeles. so, morgan, what more did we hear from the mayor about this dismissal, and what happens now? >> reporter: yeah, that is a very good question, zinhle. we know that mayor karen bass is speaking right now regarding this recent dismissal of now former chief kristen crowley. this really should not come as a huge shock to anyone who's been following their somewhat contentious relationship since those fires broke out on january 7th. we did have a statement from the mayor released shortly before she took to the podium to kind of echo those remarks, and you touched on it briefly, but i should add that one of the key points that the mayor made in releasing crowley from duty was the fact that there were a thousand firefighters that could have been prepositioned, zinhle, could have been on duty on january 7th. the mor

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moments ago, a battle los angeles mayor karen bass says that she has removed the fire chief, kristen crowleying the city of los angeles, where she went to it on a for four days. national correspondent bill melugin cha-ching all of this. >> hi, martha. there's been a whole bunch of public attention after the palisades fire broke out. it is apparently come to this climax as you mentioned, the mayor passed and nothing a short time ago, she is firing chief crowley effective merely. we are standing by for a press conference. she did put out a statement which says in part, "we know that 5,000 firefighters that could have been on duty instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. now chief crowley and george had previously said that mayor basch's slashing of millions of dollars would reduce the department's effectiveness and ability to respond to wildfires. mayor bass on her end in recent days had been play chief crowley for not wanting wanting her excuse me about the fire risk before she left for her trip to africa. bass was at bass was at tonawanda palisades fire first broke out. she decided to lea

. >> big news in southern california los angeles mayor karen bass terminated fire chief kristen crowley today, blaming her for improper staffing during the palisades and eaton fires. tensions between the two formed soon after those tragic fires began. mayor bass was in ghana when the flames broke out, and criticized the department for failing to warn her of the dangerous fire weather conditions. she also says crowley sent firefighters home when they could have been on the front lines. crowley, meanwhile, criticized the city for underfunding the department. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. the fire department needs help. we do not have enough firefighters. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> retired fire chief deputy ronnie villanueva will take the role of interim fire chief for the time being. >> los angeles's new district attorney is asking the court to deny a new trial for convicted killers. eric menendez. the decision closes o

mayor karen bass's decision to terminate kristen crowley comes weeks of public back and forth betweenhas also been under scrutiny for traveling to ghana the weekend before the firestorm broke out. bass says she wouldn't have taken the trip if she was properly warned about the danger. she also blames crowley for improperly staffing the palisades and eaton fires. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. >> we are outraged at the termination of fire chief crowley. period. and our opinion. chief crowley is being made a scapegoat, and she's being terminated for telling the truth. >> mayor bass announced she has appointed former chief deputy ronnie villanueva, a 41 year veteran, as interim fire chief. >> happening on the saturday, a group of volunteers will distribute 1000 air purifiers to people who were affected by that recent martinez refinery fire. community members and volunteers from healthy martinez and 350 martinez. they are all handing out air purifiers to those who live

staying in southern california, los angeles mayor karen bass terminated fire chief kristen crowley fridaytaffing during the palisades and eaton fires. tensions between the two formed soon after those tragic fires began. mayor bass was in ghana when the flames broke out, and criticized the department for failing to warn her of the dangerous fire weather conditions. she also says crowley sent firefighters home when they could have been on the front lines. crowley, meanwhile, criticized the city for underfunding the department. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. the fire department needs help. we do not have enough firefighters. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> retired lafd chief deputy ronnie villanueva will take the role of interim fire chief for the time being. and back here in the bay area, some good news about the environmental impacts of the moss landing battery plant. fire. soil, sediment and water testing in santa cruz county