A structure fire briefly rattled a prominent supportive-housing high-rise in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, with fire crews racing to 555 S Crocker Street before quickly declaring the blaze out.

Fire Station 63 covers the Venice area and is typically the first LAFD station dispatched to structure fires nearby, ...

Communication failures and questionable decisions led crews to leave the area prematurely; embers from the small Jan. 1 fire later reignited into the giant Palisades fire.

The testimony raises questions about why LAFD officials did not address concerns expressed to them about weather conditions ...