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A 93 year old water main broke near the campus of UCLA sending a torrent of raging water through parking structures and athletic facilities. The 30-inch pipe’s rupture shot water 30-feet into the air sending an estimated 20 million gallons roaring onto roads and the campus. Urban search and rescue crews from the LAFD searched the flooded parking garages…
Anyone interested in collecting patches for police, fire, and other agencies or with an interest in collecting memorabilia should set aside January 19th for a visit to the annual Porky D. Swine patch show in Claremont. DATE: SATURDAY, January 19, 2013 LOCATION: Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711 TIME: 9:00am-3:00pm HOSTED…
The following is from the Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 1779. Listen to the MP3 file: Newsline Report: San Diego Power Failure. Read the transcript below.
SCMA club member Steve Herbert (LA-187, K6CRW) forwarded me this article on the future of OTA television broadcasts. The following is from a tvnewscheck.com article: It’s difficult to pinpoint any single year in the history of television broadcasting more momentous than 2016 is likely to be. And when I say broadcasting, I mean the medium,…
Almost 2,700 El Segundo residents turned out to cast their votes on April 10 against Measure P in a resounding move to keep the fire services local. They decided not to dismantle the City of El Segundo Fire Department, formed in 1917, and consolidate its services into the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles…
There’s a lot that can go wrong on California’s 15,181 miles of highway. When major catastrophes strike and an immediate, large-scale, coordinated response from multiple agencies is needed, the California Highway Patrol calls on its fleet of Incident Command Vehicles—the mobile hive-minds of public safety.
