Shawn Hubler

Shifting federal policies, combined with the cost of January’s wildfires, have created “serious financial headwinds” for the city, officials said.

The former chief, Kristin Crowley, said the mayor had falsely accused her of mishandling the Palisades fire, but her dismissal was upheld by the City Council.

The appeal came less than a week after Mayor Karen Bass removed the chief from her job. She blamed her for a lack of preparation as a blaze destroyed the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Civic leaders in the region believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on which one.

Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent reference to the move, called it a “victory.”

New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them, and to Los Angeles.

L.A. Wildfires: Firefighters battle new brush fires as winds buffet parched landscape.

L.A. Wildfires: As city tries to recover, forecasters warn of growing fire threat next week.

As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?