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When Los Angeles police officers moved in to disperse rowdy Super Bowl revelers in downtown L.A. on Sunday night, they did so using a controversial weapon: hard-foam projectile launchers. At least nine times over the course of several hours, officers fired the weapons as they chased unruly celebrators through the streets and broke up gatherings…
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Los Angeles firefighters over a city requirement that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. Judge Michael P. Linfield wrote that “courts have consistently held that government has the power to require vaccinations to protect the public’s health and safety.” He cited…
As telecom companies rev up the newest generation of mobile service, called 5G, they’re shutting down old networks — a costly, years-in-the-works process that’s now prompting calls for a delay because many products out there still rely on the old standard, 3G. AT& T is scheduled to be the first carrier to shut down its…
Heil Sound, the Fairview Heights, Illinois-based manufacturer of professional microphones, has announced the successful transfer of ownership from Bob and Sarah Heil to current President and CEO, Ash Levitt, and Director of Operations, Steve Warford. Sarah Heil has retired, but Bob will continue to do outreach work and product design within the amateur radio space under the…
I’ve been listening to a relatively new system a bit for the past several months: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=10819 This is the California Regional Interoperable System (CRIS). I suppose this is the approximate *statewide* equivalent of the many individual *regional* interoperability systems (such as LA RICS). As I recall, LA RICS will eventually morph into FirstNet. Perhaps CRIS…
Four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). They are Raja Chari, KI5LIU; Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC; Kayla Barron, KI5LAL, and Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH. As the most experienced space traveler, Maurer, who is a European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut,…
The Santa Monica Fire Department announced the launch of a brand-new type of emergency resource, the Community Response Unit (CRU) on Sept. 13. The CRU is a typical-looking ambulance staffed by two Firefighters, but it has a unique mission. The emergency resource strives to provide an alternative response to 9-1-1 calls to better address the…
Legislation calling for $10 billion in federal funding to support deployment of next-generation 911 (NG911) has been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, so the matter can be considered by the full U.S. House as part of the proposed $3.5 trillion budget-reconciliation package. House Commerce Committee members voted 31-25 along party lines—Democrats supported…
A pursuit suspect is dead following an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement in a Hesperia neighborhood that also left three innocent bystanders injured. On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 1:42 a.m. California Highway Patrol Officers were in pursuit of a suspect wanted for shooting at occupants in a vehicle on Tuesday evening on the…
