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The bill would make looting a felony instead of a misdemeanor and increase possible prison sentences to four years instead of one, and comes as law enforcement agencies report elaborate attempts to take advantage of victims.
Read More →The message began “**Attn all personnel**” and said that the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s hazmat team reported the air in Altadena is “‘hazardous, containing lead, asbestos and other harmful particulates.”
Read More →“The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology,” said Alex Villanueva, who was Los Angeles County sheriff between 2018 and 2022.
Read More →The firefighter imposter was one of 29 people who had been arrested on suspicion of looting in Los Angeles since the wildfire disaster started last week, officials said.
Read More →"At one point, we will be able to do a more thorough search of these impacted areas — some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them — where we will be able to bring in K-9s...hopefully not discover too many fatalities," Sheriff Robert Luna said.
Read More →Twenty people so far have been arrested for looting, Sheriff Robert Luna said, adding that "depriving these poor people who have been through so much…absolutely unacceptable."
Read More →"We've been having a lot of grass fires. So oftentimes -- part of our job is -- we respond to all emergencies, and fire being one of them," Deputy Zack Ervin said.
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The Kern County Sheriff's Office said during the evacuations, at around 4:35 p.m., the deputies and the officer discovered that the fire had spread to an area blocking the roadway.
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The 2018 Camp Fire became the costliest wildfire in California history with a total of 85 civilian deaths and an estimated $16.5 billion in damage. The public safety response to the rapidly unfolding disaster was—in totality— valiant and brave and seemingly superhuman even if at times wholly improvised.
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The Ready, Set, Go! materials point out the critical role law enforcement plays when an evacuation from a wildfire is needed. Information is provided both in a detailed, yet concise, video as well as a flyer, which IAFC suggests can be kept in patrol cars.
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