The president of the L.A. Fire Departments labor union, Freddy Escobar, long a critic of what he called an insufficient fire ...

President Freddy Escobar of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City reportedly earned over $540,000 in 2022, according to ...

Freddy Escobar made nearly $540,000 in 2022. He doubled his base salary with overtime payouts, earning a total of more than ...

Three leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department's labor union were suspended on Monday after an audit found nearly $800,000 in misused union funds.

The suspended union president said he has a thumb drive that proves the money was properly spent, but when he went to drop it ...

Findings from a forensic audit found that over $800,000 in credit card expenses by top union officials were unaccounted for ...

“Whatever they say I don’t have, I have,” he said. Read more:A Times investigation: LAFD union head made $540,000 in a year, with huge overtime payouts He said he compiled years of ...

The union is allowed to place its board members on full-time leave from their LAFD jobs while they still collect their regular salaries. The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts ...

An audit of the Los Angeles firefighters union found extensive undocumented spending by top officials, prompting its parent organization to place the local chapter under conservatorship.

The head of the union representing Los Angeles Fire Department employees took home more than half a million dollars last year, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. In 2022, the most recent ...

Long before the devastating fire in Pacific Palisades, leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union complained that the agency did not have enough money to keep the city safe.