With piercing brown eyes, a biker mustache, a gravelly voice and the build of an NFL defensive end, Freddy Escobar has long cut an imposing figure in Los Angeles’ political conflagrations as head of ...

Freddy Escobar, the president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, broke down in tears when he blamed the fire department’s lack of money for its limited response to the catastrophic LA ...

Freddy Escobar, center, was suspended from his post as president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The president and two other top officers of the Los ...

The parent organization of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union has doubled down on allegations that the union’s top official failed to properly document hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...

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. “It's a damn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Freddy Escobar, head of the LA firefighter's union, has accused Mayor Karen Bass of "retaliation" after the Palisades fire in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top officials at the Los Angeles firefighters labor union were suspended Monday after an audit conducted by its parent organization found over $800,000 in credit card spending, some ...

The parent organization of the Los Angeles Fire Department's labor union has doubled down on allegations that the union's top official failed to properly document hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...

The president and two other top officers of the Los Angeles Fire Department's labor union were suspended from their posts Monday after an investigation by the union's parent organization found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Freddy Escobar, the former head of the labor union representing LAFD firefighters, visits Station 26. (Robert Gauthier / Los ...