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NASCAR has instituted several new rules to make racing more competitive and limit two car drafting this coming season. Among the new rules that has nothing to do with the cars themselves – drivers may communicate with their spotter and their crew during a race but not with other drivers, spotters or crewmen from other…
Naming his third fire chief in five years, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today nominated Interim Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings to take over the permanent post. “As a native Angeleno, it always gives me a sense of pride to appoint someone who has similar experiences and has worked their way up,” Villaraigosa said at news…
A fire that damaged a 129-year-old Episcopalian church Saturday morning (1/13/18) in Pasadena has prompted an arson investigation. Authorities said the cause of the non-injury fire at Church of the Angels, which was reported at 2:20 a.m. at 1100 N. Avenue 64, just east of the Los Angeles city limits, is being investigated as suspicious. The Los…
Last week in Long Beach the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Aero Bureau held a press conference to unveil the new Super Puma Helicopters. The County of Los Angeles recently approved the acquisition of three previously owned Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopters by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Aero Bureau. These ships will…
A 47-year-old National City man was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay $9,606 in restitution after pleading guilty to transmitting two phony Mayday calls that sent the Coast Guard on rescue missions. Sean Berry admitted that while at his home he broadcast the phony messages on the maritime international distress and…
Flying C-130 Hercules aircraft and equipped with roll-on Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) which dispense retardant, U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard crews have been training around the country to help suppress wildfires this season. The highly specialized, critical training requires sighting and flying with a Forest Service lead aircraft, flying at…
