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SCMA member Steve Herbert (LA-187, K6CRW) went down to Cabrillo Beach for a swim when he noticed a film shoot going on. He forwarded me some photos he took of the action. He noted that they will be on location filming until the 7th of April. Thanks for sharing your photos, Steve!
The outsourcing of a 137-year-old Fire Department and a proposed $143-per-year tax on parcel owners is part of the price for keeping this bankrupt city from “catastrophe,” the City Council decided on a 4-3 vote Monday. The move follows the advice of several sets of consultants — those responsible for a post-bankruptcy plan that included…
Local officials are warning motorists to prepare for big delays when President Barack Obama arrives in Los Angeles Monday during afternoon rush hour. President Obama is back in town Monday for the second time in a month, attending two fundraisers tonight and heading to the Valley to appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”…
BURBANK, CA — A passenger plane conducted an emergency landing and slid off the rain-soaked runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport Thursday morning, according to reports. The Southwest Airlines Flight 278 came to rest just off the runway, CBSLA reported Thursday morning. It rolled off the end of Runway 8 while landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport,…
On Saturday, November 16, Uniden announced two new flagship scanners – a hand held and a mobile – along with a companion app that will allow you to listen and control the mobile scanner with a computer/tablet/smart phone via the Internet/WiFi. Both will do P25 Phase 1 and 2 digital, be front panel programmable as…
A month after a failure of LA’s radio dispatch system that a City Councilman feared could have put lives in danger, a city engineer reported on Friday that the problems have been fixed. Power went out to the city’s radio communications system April 18 during a test of a backup generator atop Mount Lee in…
A New Jersey radio amateur, David S. Larsen Sr., WS2L, of Highland Park, will surrender his Amateur Extra-class license and pay a $7,500 civil penalty as part of a Consent Decree with the FCC to settle an enforcement action. An FCC Enforcement Bureau Order released June 18 said Larsen violated the Communications Act of 1934…
