Det. Matthew Gale, a 15-year veteran of the department’s elite Emergency Service Unit, was escorted out of the Kings County Hospital Center as dozens of members of New York’s Finest saluted and clapped, while bagpipes played.
Mayor Karen Bass put her desire to be reelected ahead of the truth when it came to the failures leading up to the Palisades fire — scorching former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley in her alleged path of lies — according to a new defamation lawsuit brought against Bass by Crowley. Crowley served as Fire Chief...