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Authorities are searching for two men who walked away from the reentry programs where they were serving the end of their prison sentences.
A historic Nike missile site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was vandalized with hate speech and hazardous chemicals, officials say.
The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city officials have slow-walked releasing maintenance records for each of the agency’s 195 engines.
Domingo Albarran Jr. acknowledged to The Times that he underreported the sale price to the DMV because he did not want to pay taxes, and said he misread the odometer and mistakenly plugged in the wrong mileage.
The International Assn. of Fire Fighters late last year suspended Adam Walker from the influential office of secretary of UFLAC and accused him of improperly depositing about $75,000 into his personal accounts, internal IAFF records show.
The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.
Legislation would close the loophole in California’s pet retail ban by prohibiting brokers from selling or shipping dogs to consumers in the state, in response to a Times investigation.
Thunderstorms and heavier showers are most likely to occur through Monday afternoon, raising the risk of debris flows and mudslides in burn areas.
Hazardous items in the fire zones can include batteries, ammunition, propane tanks, pesticides, and cleaning products that can become unsafe when exposed to heat and fire. Harmful chemicals can be present in the ash in charred neighborhoods, according to experts.
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take ahead of the deadly Palisades fire.
