** FILE ** Interim Los Angeles fire chief Douglas L. Barry, speaks during a news conference in a Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 photo, in Los Angeles. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, hoping to eradicate what critics have called a culture of discrimination, hazing and sexism, has chosen Douglas L. Barry, a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department to serve as the city's first black fire chief. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)