November 2009

Boulder Creek firefighters respond to duplex fire

November 24, 2009

BOULDER CREEK — Highway 9 was closed Tuesday afternoon while fire crews battled a duplex fire, authorities reported. The two-alarm fire at 133 E. Grove St. was reported at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. People calling 911 said they saw smoke and flames, and the windows of the single-story structure were breaking out. About 10 people, including [...]

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Woman’s Body Found in Galt House Fire Rubble

November 24, 2009

GALT, CA – Firefighters said they found the body of an elderly woman Tuesday in a Galt home destroyed by a fire overnight. According to Cosumnes Community Services District spokesman Steve Capps, the fire began around 10:50 p.m. Monday at the home on Harvey Road. Capps said the flames were controlled in about an hour, [...]

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Firefighters feed 55 families with union dues

November 24, 2009

With their fourth child — 2-month-old Layanna — in UCSF Children’s Hospital battling a serious heart condition, pneumonia and other health issues, Heidi Buckley and Steve Gorham said they are grateful for any help this holiday season. The couple was thankful to get a turkey and bag of groceries Monday from the Vallejo Fire Department. [...]

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Salinas sees surge of fires despite colder weather

November 24, 2009

Firefighters extinguished four fires on Wednesday, one on Thursday, and two more on Monday. Battalion Chief Brett Loomis said the cause of the fires range from arson to electrical sources. The fires act as a reminder for residents to be cautious as winter approaches, he said. “There’s no rhyme or reason for these spurts,” he [...]

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Brush fire in La Habra Heights knocked down

November 24, 2009

Los Angeles County firefighters have knocked down a brush fire in La Habra Heights that initially threatened several homes. The fire, which burned about 5 acres, was reported at 1:20 p.m. in the 2500 block of N. Hacienda Boulevard, said Inspector Matt Levesque of the L.A. County Fire Department. About 100 firefighters, three helicopters, a [...]

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Firefighters on alert in dry, windy weather

November 24, 2009

At about 3 a.m. today, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory, forecasting gusts of up to 50 mph in the passes and canyons of the Santa Ana Mountains today. A dry offshore flow is expected to increase the fire hazard until about noon today, according to the NWS. As a precaution, the Orange [...]

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Firefighters Accepting Food Donations for Charity

November 23, 2009

The Orange County Fire Authority’s Capistrano station is one of several collecting items during a one-day food drive. On Tuesday, November 24, the OCFA will partner with KTLA Channel 5 and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County to hold a one-day food drive at 25 fire stations across Orange County from 5 a.m. until [...]

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ENCINITAS: Firefighter says Leucadia streetscape plan isn’t fire-truck friendly

November 23, 2009

A much-debated beautification plan for Leucadia’s portion of Coast Highway 101 may compromise fire truck access, said one resident who has been a firefighter in the Los Angeles area for two decades. “To me, it looks very problematic,” Los Angeles fire Engineer David Smith said Thursday. Smith, who lives on Leucadia’s El Portal Street, has [...]

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Opinion: San Jose should negotiate all contracts in public

November 23, 2009

San Jose’s city budget has been ailing for nine years, failing to respond to annual doses of service cuts and employee givebacks prescribed by the City Council. Now Council member Pierluigi Oliverio claims to have diagnosed the problem as a chronic case of “unionitis” and recently on this page called for opening the city’s negotiations [...]

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Firefighters squelch Mission Beach house blaze

November 23, 2009

SAN DIEGO – Firefighters made quick work of a fire in Mission Beach Sunday afternoon. The fire was reported on a second floor patio at a home on Mission Boulevard and San Rafael Place at 12:07 p.m., a dispatcher with the San Diego- Fire Rescue Department said. The blaze was knocked down minutes later, the [...]

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