BRIEFLY : 80-ACRE WILDFIRE BEATEN IN SYLMAR.SYLMAR - Firefighters gained the upper hand on an 80-acre brush fire Tuesday night in Sylmar, officials said. No injuries were reported in the wildfire, which started at about 6 p.m. in rugged, remote terrain in the 13900 block of Fenton Avenue, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . An estimated 160 city firefighters tackled the blaze, alongside Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La and U.S. Forest Service crews, who used two fixed-wing aircraft to drop fire retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide on the hillsides, Humphrey said. The city Fire Department also used water-dropping helicopters to battle the blaze, which spread to the edge of the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . An abandoned shed was destroyed in the blaze, but no other structures were threatened or burned, Humphrey said. ?13Daily News Economic alliance gains new partner The Glendale Redevelopment Agency voted Tuesday night to become an investing partner of the Economic Alliance of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , according to Jeanne Armstrong, director of development services with the Glendale Redevelopment Agency. The Glendale Redevelopment Agency is expected to invest about $25,000 in the San Fernando organization in exchange for a voting seat on the alliance's executive board. Both organizations sponsor activities and initiatives promoting regional economic development. ?13Daily News Police panel staff increase approved The City Council gave final approval Tuesday to allowing the inspector general for the Police Commission to double her staff so that it can adequately review the LAPD's handling of domestic violence allegations against police officers. Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officials said four officers have
been disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. from armed field work by a new law prohibiting persons convicted of domestic violence from carrying a firearm. ?13- Daily News Library computers possibly misused Claiming some people are using city library computers to access pornography on the Internet, City Councilman Rudy Svorinich Jr. called Tuesday for the City Attorney's Office to report on ways to limit access to such material. ?13Daily News Crash leaves man dead, wife injured LITTLEROCK - A 69-year-old Canoga Park man was killed Tuesday and his wife seriously injured in a fiery five-car pileup involving a tractor-trailer rig on Highway 138, authorities said. Gennaro Delgatto of Canoga Park was airlifted from the scene of the 8:06 a.m. pileup, but died later at Antelope Valley Hospital, officials said. His wife, Rae Delgatto, 64, remains in serious condition. ?13Daily News Funds committed for health agency The Clinton administration extended its bailout of Los Angeles County's Health Department through the end of the century Tuesday, committing $632 million to the local effort to restructure the troubled agency. County officials had fully expected to get the money, but it was contingent on the Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
(2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing . ?13Daily News |
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