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We opened the show by telling you about Karen Bass,

now being targeted by the former fire chief, Kristen Crowley.

Officially, it's a claim that Crowley is making.

This leads to a lawsuit, and she's saying Bass defamed her when she got fired

over, you know, the fire fiasco in the Palisades when Bass was in Africa.

Michael Monks has looked into this matter, and he has more details.

I am holding the claim in my hands.

And it's interesting to look at this thing because it's basically the same document you

would fill out if you fell down the steps at City Hall or if a city vehicle might have run

over your foot.

In fact, they've got this, you know, our listeners can't see it, but you can.

There's a diagram where you could basically indicate with an X, which part of a street this crash might have happened on.

So it's a very simple city employee document that she is filed.

But as you know, this is a legal claim that could be a precursor

to a lawsuit. So let's go back to earlier this year. Palisades catch on fire in a very

significant way, destroys this neighborhood. And Mayor Karen Bass is under public pressure. And Chief

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