Cummings named interim fire chief

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today appointed Assistant Chief Brian Cummings, a 31-year-veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, to serve as the agency's interim chief. C.J. Lin in the Daily News,

Cummings will head the department while officials recruit a successor to Chief Millage Peaks, who is set to retire on Sunday.

Cummings has served as Peaks' chief of staff, and met recently with community groups around Los Angeles to explain a new deployment plan that places an emphasis on medical calls.