Paul Pringle and Alene Tchekmedyian at LAT:
- Sources told The Times that Mayor Karen Bass was concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire.
- Bass wanted key findings about the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings removed or softened, the sources said.
- The most significant changes to the report involved a failure not to fully staff up and pre-deploy all available engines ahead of dangerously high winds.