October 2010

Come Out Sunday for Some Fantastic Chili & Lots of Fun

October 20, 2010

The Chino Valley Fire Foundation, the Professional Firefighters, and the Chino Valley Independent Fire District. will be hosting their 16th annual firefighters fun muster and chili cook off. The Chino Valley Professional Firefighter’s & Chino Valley Fire Foundation will be hosting their 16th Annual Firefighter’s Fun Muster & chili Cook-Off on Sunday, October 24, 2010 [...]

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PG&E Buyouts Could Harm Community

October 20, 2010

Offers by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to purchase land and damaged homes from victims of last month’s pipeline disaster will jeopardize efforts to rebuild a devastated community, San Bruno’s mayor warned Tuesday at a a joint legislative hearing about pipeline safety and the San Bruno disaster in Sacramento. Also at the hearing, PG&E revealed [...]

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Minor injuries reported in crash along Highway 101 in T.O.

October 19, 2010

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Firefighters on scene of structure fire

October 19, 2010

Firefighters responded to a structure fire in northeast Oceanside Thursday morning, an emergency dispatcher said. The blaze was reported at 11:20 a.m. on the 700 block of Sepia Court, just east of College Boulevard and south of Highway 76. It was initially reported as a second alarm fire, the dispatcher said. A firefighter with the [...]

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Third fire in months destroys house: Merced woman, 2 firefighters injured

October 18, 2010

An occupant and two firefighters suffered burns resulting from a structure fire at 1143 El Portal Drive early Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to the single-family residence at about 4:30 a.m. after receiving calls from neighbors, said Battalion Chief Don Long of the Merced Fire Department. Flames had engulfed the back patio, he said. The attic [...]

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Firefighters discover body in San Pablo

October 18, 2010

- Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body after firefighters were called to reported a house fire early this morning, the Contra Costa Fire District said. The one-alarm fire was reported just after 2 a.m. at a single-story home in the 2600 block of Ohare Avenue, the fire district said. Firefighters arrived and found [...]

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Injured Modesto firefighter back on the job

October 18, 2010

Big hugs and a warm reception met Modesto firefighter Jim Adams on his first day back to work after a devastating accident in January. “My life will never be the same. To come back here to start working again … it’s just normalizing my life,” Adams told well-wishers at Modesto Fire Station No. 1 this [...]

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Whitman has reason to want police, firefighters as allies

October 17, 2010

Meg Whitman has repeatedly said she exempts police and firefighters from her plan to switch state workers from pensions to 401(k)-style retirements because they have dangerous jobs. But analysts say the GOP gubernatorial nominee’s stance is also a shrewd political move. Police and firefighter unions hold tremendous power in Sacramento and can use their cash [...]

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50 firefighters snuff blaze that damaged two homes

October 17, 2010

Two homes were damaged by a two-alarm fire just off Highway 50 on Friday afternoon. The Sacramento Fire Department reports that it took more than 50 firefighters to bring the fires under control, in part because a live overhead electrical line came down and was touching the street. The fire broke out just after 2 [...]

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