CHP Guardian Units
Security outside the Hancock Park home where Obama was holding a fundraiser Monday evening. It takes a few CHP motors (Guardian Units) to secure the motorcade when the Prez is in town.
Credit: Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times
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In the nightmarish days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, with fears running high of another strike on the way, L.A. County Fire Department’s elite urban search and rescue team remained in place—first in line to respond here if the West Coast was next. But some of its members, called up by FEMA and…
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