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FDNY firefighters get salary raise
The Associated PressFirefighters have reached agreement on a new contract with New York City that gives them a 3.5 percent wage increase retroactive to 2006 and an 8.6 percent increase for 2008-2010. The Uniformed Firefighters Association made the announcement Wednesday.Tags: Contracts
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Downed power lines possible cause of Sesnon fire, officials say
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFire officials are looking at downed power lines as a possible cause of the destructive Sesnon fire in Porter Ranch. But no official cause of the fire has been determined and investigators are still looking at all options, said Chief Michael Freeman of...Tags: San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Los Angeles Fire Department, Natural Resources, Ventura County, Ventura (Ventura, California)
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Hollywood commissioners approve building of controversial hotel
South Florida Sun-SentinelA proposed 41-story hotel near the Hollywood-Hallandale Beach border has the neighboring cities at odds, as Hollywood commissioners cleared the way for the controversial project Wednesday. The commissioners unanimously passed a special zoning change that...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Hallandale Beach, Tourism and Leisure, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Wind, tensions around Los Angeles fires diminish; evacuations lifted, but threat remains
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant blue skies. Gone were the convulsive winds that at times reached gale force. Nowhere could Los Angeles...Tags: Ventura County, Ventura (Ventura, California), Landforms, Santa Ana, House Building
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California wildfires from space
Maryland WeatherNASA's Aqua Earth-observing satellite yesterday afternoon snapped this spectacular image of smoke from the California wildfires as Santa Ana winds blew it out over the Pacific. Here's how it looked from the ground.......Tags: Wildfires, Santa Ana, NASA
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Easing winds aid firefighters' effort in San Fernando Valley blazes
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCalmer winds early Wednesday kept the largest of two San Fernando Valley wildfires from making a run toward the sea, averting a disaster scenario that has played out regularly over recent decades. The blazes, which have claimed two lives, destroyed 49...Tags: San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Weather Reports, Natural Resources, Los Angeles Fire Department, Santa Ana
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Plantation firefighter honored for saving woman from fire
SunSentinel.comParamedic/Lieutenant James Wallett has been named the Plantation Fire Department's Member of the Year for saving a woman from a burning apartment. Wallett, 38, also was named Firefighter of the Year in 1997. On March 13, Wallett pulled a woman out of... -
Ventura County brush fire closes part of PCH
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout 100 Ventura County firefighters are battling a small coastal fire that broke out earlier this morning and has closed a roughly five-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway near Point Mugu, CHP and Ventura County fire officials said this morning....Tags: Road Transportation, Ventura County, Ventura (Ventura, California), Transportation
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GOP seeks police, veterans to work Milwaukee polls
Associated Press WriterDemocrats accused the Wisconsin Republican Party on Wednesday of trying to intimidate voters by seeking people with military and law enforcement experience to watch Milwaukee polls on Election Day. State GOP executive director Mark Jefferson called such...Tags: Polls, Election Day, Referenda, Defense, Government
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3,600-acre Camp Pendleton fire nears containment
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Juliet fire at this sprawling base spread to 3,600 acres Tuesday, but no additional evacuations were ordered and no structures were damaged. By late afternoon, officials said the fire was 60% contained. Although a cause had not been determined,...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Defense, Emergency Incidents
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Fire officials look for $4 million in budget cuts
The city's Fire Department is examining how to cut roughly $4 million from its budget as part of that agency's contribution to a citywide effort to reduce expenditures. In recent public appearances, Mayor Sheila Dixon has said that she has asked all of...Tags: Advanced Training, Sheila Dixon
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Winds ease but crews on edge after two San Fernando Valley blazes
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersSanta Ana winds calmed down today as watchful residents and firefighters at the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley waited to see whether they would kick up and further fan two wildfires that have already claimed two lives, 14,000 acres and 49...Tags: Metal and Mineral, David Kelly, Antonio Villaraigosa, Ventura County, Disasters
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