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July 11, 2007
Animal Uprising in Long Beach
Crazy animals have begun invading Long Beach by sea and land. Yesterday, a six-foot female blue shark was spotted swimming in circles near docked boats at the Marina Pacifica. The shark was in good health except a for a fishing hook and line hanging from its mouth. Marine workers were forced to sc ... More >>
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August 8, 2007
Smoke one for poverty
This is something interesting I just learned from the Orange County Health Care Agency web site: "(1)The California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) is funded through surtax on cigarettes and tobacco products. CHIP provides funding to hospitals, physicians, and community clinics based on unc ... More >>
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October 17, 2008
Ed McKie Memorial Service This Sunday
On October 1, we reported that Ed McKie passed away from a heart attack in his sleep. We just received word on McKie's memorial service that will take place this Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Memphis Santora in where else but the Artist's Village in downtown Santa Ana. Organizers ask that donations plea ... More >>
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January 1, 2009
A Joke Made at Hamamori's Expense
First of all, I love Hamamori. I love it for all its exorbitant, creative, luxurious food. But as I walked past it today (on my way to Macy's Home at South Coast's Crystal Court), three uniformed paramedics** came out of the restaurant, carrying their equipment. "Someone must have just&n ... More >>
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October 23, 2008
Fire in the Hole
Charity Golf Tournament
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April 10, 2008
Fanning the Flames
Southern California Firefighter Recruitment Fair
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April 15, 2009
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
Finally, some fire at at Taco Bell joint. From Maryland: Discarded cigarettes cause a two-alarm blaze that destroyed a Taco Bell restaurant in Germantown on Monday, firefighters said this week. "What the fire didn't damage, smoke and water did," said Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services spoke ... More >>
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September 27, 2001
Their Masters Image
Nixon Librarys Tribute to the Heroic Rescue Workers
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February 4, 1999
Prescription for Disaster
If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?
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October 16, 2009
Prepare For The Untold Disasters In South County's Future
The St. Regis adopts policy banning bailed-out banker parties: Are you ready for this South County disaster?Do your best to imagine the following:The year is 2010. I Love Bagels has run out of shmear. Golden Spoon only offers gummy bears as topping. Lauren Conrad L.A. Candy has fallen off of the ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Disaster Preparedness Academy
Anaheim Convention Center
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January 20, 2010
Loretta Sanchez: "American Hero"
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is an "American Hero."
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May 19, 2010
Rainbow Harbor Terror Attack is Just a Drill
If you swing by Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach today and notice an unusually large presence of law enforcement types running around like chickens with their heads cut off, you are witnessing neither an actual terror attack nor filming of pick-up scenes for Monday night's 24 finale.
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September 3, 2010
OC Outspends San Diego County for Firefighting
Remember those killer fires that have engulfed huge swaths of San Diego County in recent years? Orange County has suffered its own (a shout out to the '08 Freeway Complex Fire, yo!), but our neighboring county to the south has had to put it up with repeated massive wildfires that past few years ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Orange County Reserve Firefighter Program Blasted by Riverside County Volunteer Firemen
Eliminating volunteer firefighter positions and replacing them with a reserve program would prove disastrous to Riverside County's already battered budget, claims a group formed to save the volunteers.All anyone need do to see proof of this, they say, is to look down the road to Orange County.
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March 11, 2011
Ex-Newport Beach Firefighter Sues Over Alleged Anti-Latino Bias
Who is getting hosed here?Based on his resume, it's difficult to imagine that Christian Benard is lazy. He graduated from the University of Southern California and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before deciding on a career as a firefighter in Newport Beach.But fire department officials fir ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Corrected Day, New Earthquake:] Today's UC Irvine Chaos and Mayhem was Expected
UPDATE, SEPT. 15, 7:23 A.M.: Um, you know those emergency exercises at UC Irvine I reported were happening Wednesday? Major brain fart: the drills are actually TODAY. Just apply the details from the original post on the next page to today, Thursday. But, here's the weird thing: when I thought&nbs ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
John David Hines, Drunk-Ass Fire Capt. Who Mowed Down Cyclist, Gets Jail, Probation and $102k Restitution Bill
John David Hines, the 39-year-old Long Beach Fire captain convicted in September for severely injuring a cyclist in a mid-day hit-and-run crash while driving with a blood alcohol level of .24 percent (three times the legal limit), has essentially received a sentence of some jail, lots of probat ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
John David Hines, Boozing Fire Captain Who Mowed Down Cyclist, May Trade Jail for Prison After Allegedly Getting Hand Sanitizer Drink On
Here's another one I missed while out: Remember Long Beach Fire Captain John David Hines, whose 4 1/2 year prison sentence for boozing and mowing down a cyclist was stayed pending completion of a year in jail, five years of probation and $102,000 in restitution to his victim? He now faces the pos ... More >>

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