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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WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s president said that Ukraine used Starlink services provided to the country for offensive purposes in its war against Russia, an application the company didn’t intend to support when it enabled service in the country. Speaking at the Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference here Feb. 8, Gwynne Shotwell described Ukraine’s use
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Dennis Buchanan, a 29-year veteran of the Long Beach Fire Department, has been appointed chief, succeeding the recently retired Xavier Espino, City Manager Tom Modica announced Wednesday. Buchanan, who becomes the department’s first Black/Latino chief, will begin his new role immediately, Modica said. “Chief Buchanan is a true professional and community-oriented manager, who I know
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary scene of U.S. fighter jets getting ready to strike a Chinese balloon had many people along the Carolina coast straining their necks and pointing their smartphones to the sky to capture the moment of impact. But a group of aviation enthusiasts was, instead, intently scanning radio frequencies for the exchanges between the
On Monday evening February 6, 2023, there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that mainly affected Turkey and Syria but also other neighboring countries with 3,700 people dead and more than 16,000 injured until the last hours, but it is suspected that there are more. According to information received from the emergency coordinators of the IARU R1
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It is very rare to hear about a mid air collision of two helicopters which then land safely with no reported injuries of the five occupants. It happened Tuesday night Nov. 22 at Brown Field near San Diego during a night training exercise that included two Blackhawk varients. One helicopter suffered damage to the main
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The Ventura County Air Unit is adding a new bird to the flock. County officials approved the $14.5 million acquisition of a Bell 412EPX helicopter to be used for search-and-rescue missions by the aviation unit as well as for general law enforcement operations. The decision was passed unanimously during a Board of Supervisors meeting last week. The new helicopter will
The latest version of the Department of Homeland Security National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) is now available for download. You can find this PDF file at this link: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NIFOG%20Ver%202.0_508%20version_FINAL_9_23_2021_%28signed%29.pdf The electronic version is also available at the Apple App store and Google Play for your mobile devices: Apple https://apps.apple.com/us/app/enifog/id1231552691 Google https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saic.eNIFOG&hl=en_US&gl=US Source: Chris Parris
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A Whittier man has been charged with starting a fire last week that destroyed two homes and damaged four others in a canyon neighborhood, authorities said. Kevin Whitlock, 54, was charged with six counts of arson of an inhabited structure or property and one count each of arson of property of another and arson of
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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
