Los Angeles’ fire chief becomes a target of the right

When Kristin Crowley moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s, she had a degree in biology from Saint Mary’s College, Indiana – and the plan to become an orthopedic surgeon. But an internship as an emergency paramedic at the fire department will take the life of the Wisconsin-born competitive athlete (including basketball) in a completely different direction. “I walked into the fire station – and within seconds there was a wonderful connection to everything I had done before,” she said in an interview in 2022. “It was perfect.”