BRIEFLY : FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE 2-STORY BUILDING BLAZE.Flames engulfed a two-story building just south of downtown Thursday, drawing more than 100 firefighters, one of whom was slightly injured, officials said. The blaze broke out about 9 p.m. at Main Street and Pico Boulevard Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. It is named after Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of California. and quickly burned through the roof, said 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. spokesman Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. . The major-emergency fire was knocked down in an hour. One firefighter broke a finger and was taken to an area hospital. Arson investigators will join the investigation, as is routine in major fires, he said. - Daily News Detectives recover restaurant supplies LONG BEACH - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. detectives raided a warehouse Thursday and recovered $1.5 million in restaurant supplies and food items allegedly stolen by a fraud ring, officials said. No arrests were made at the warehouse in the 2300 block of East Artesia Boulevard, said Deputy Michael Irving. The raid culminated a three-month investigation into an alleged scheme known as a ``bust out "Bust Out" is the twenty-third episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the tenth of the show's second season. It was written by Frank Renzulli, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by John Patterson and originally aired on Sunday March 19 2000. ,'' in which suspects made ever-greater purchases of supplies on credit until they built up enough trust with wholesale suppliers to make a large-volume purchase that would be stolen and resold to other suppliers, he said. - Daily News |
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