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A group of volunteers is watching closely for suspicious behavior and reminding the public about the high fire danger along roadsides in Orange County near wilderness areas and parks. “Most of the county’s major wildfires have started from a roadside, whether by accident or intentional, and were caused by people,” said Dave Raetz, who heads up the Fire Watch…
Scores of Los Angeles police officers who have symptoms related to the coronavirus or who must quarantine because of possible exposure have the choice of self-isolating at home or moving into the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A., according to two law enforcement sources. The officers will be housed on at least two floors of the…
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…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which a passenger aircraft was given wrong directions by traffic controllers and guided toward the San Gabriel Mountains, where it flew just hundreds of feet higher than the peak of Mt. Wilson before turning around, according to publicly available flight data. Bound for Taiwan, the EVA Air Boeing…
Coming in December! Our SCMA President, Rick DiFiore, WA6KFI, is about to publish an all new scanner guide featuring Southern California Federal and Military frequencies. This guide is like nothing else out there and any scanning enthusiast needs to get a copy of this book! No price has been announced yet, but the SCMA will…
Los Angeles teachers have said they will strike on Monday if a labor deal isn’t reached. By Eric Leonard – NBC Los Angeles Published Jan 11, 2019 at 5:37 PM | Updated at 8:53 PM PST on Jan 11, 2019 Law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles said Friday preparations had been made for campus safety should…
