Another round of gusty Santa Ana winds will lift the fire danger starting Tuesday in parts of the Southland. National Weather Service forecasters said winds could begin ramping up as early as Monday night, with “weak to moderate” Santa Ana winds anticipated for Tuesday through Thursday. “Winds will peak Tuesday into Wednesday, but look much […]
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A 20-year-old man from Bakersfield was arrested after he stole a truck from a driveway and led officers on a multi-county chase early on New Year’s Eve, police said. According to the Simi Valley Police Department, a resident in the 3000 block of Fletcher Avenue awoke to the sound of his pickup truck starting in
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Firefighters from a severely damaged fire station in Huntington Park are being relocated to a station in Vernon, County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Saturday. The fire broke out early Wednesday at LA County Fire Station 164 at 6301 Santa Fe Ave. No injuries were reported, and the flames were extinguished in about an hour and
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Goodbye, Scanner. Austin Police, Fire, EMS will Stop Making Messages Available to Public Public safety agencies in Austin — police, fire and EMS — will soon go radio silent to the public after they switch to an encrypted radio system. This means that the current publicly available scanner information, which residents can use to listen
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A Los Angeles County sheriff’s dog was recovering and “resting comfortably” on Thursday, April 18, after getting shot by an assault suspect during a search in Compton, officials said. “During the course of the search, the suspect discharged his firearm, which struck K9 ‘Kjeld,’ resulting in an injury,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. “Fortunately,
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United States Navy F/A-18’s will be flying into Long Beach Airport and will be conducting a fly-over for the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend. This may be a good opportunity for Civilian and MilAir monitoring in the area. The tentative schedule that has been provided to the Long Beach Airport is: Thursday, April 18,
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The question of whether Redondo Beach should switch to Los Angeles County for its fire department services is back, following a 4-1 city council vote Tuesday night. L.A. County Fire will now proceed to Phase Two of its study of Redondo Beach and its fire department/paramedics/harbor patrol. The city will hire a third party consultant
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A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California Climate change is a primary driver of escalating wildfires in California, with extreme temperatures and dry air spawning more intense burning, according to a UCLA study released Tuesday. The study, published in
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It’s been a while, but the SCMA will begin holding its monthly meetings in person beginning June 14th. The meetings will be held at our old stomping grounds: Dinah’s Family Restaurant 6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 (Southwest corner of Sepulveda and Centinela Ave.) We’ll be
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San Bernardino County firefighters on Thursday used snowcat vehicles to reach the scene of a burning home in Lake Arrowhead after multiple reports of a “large explosion,” officials said. The blaze was reported before 9 a.m. in the 28400 block of Larchmont Lane, where several trees caught fire near the house. There was no immediate
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