Report: Less Than 2 Percent Of OC Fire Calls Are Fire-Related
An Orange County grand jury found an overwhelming 70 percent of calls to the fire department are not fire-related at all.
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An Orange County grand jury found an overwhelming 70 percent of calls to the fire department are not fire-related at all.
Lawmakers have approved SB1530 that would allow school boards to directly dismiss teachers instead of deferring to a disciplinary commission.
A brush fire has burned at least 125 acres in Riverside County, according to officials.
Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of suspected Hollywood arsonist Harry Burkhart, will be extradited to Germany to face fraud charges.
A fire burning at an industrial complex -- believed to be fueled by wooden pallets -- burned Saturday night in Fontana.
The Paramount Boulevard bridge above the Pomona (60) Freeway reopened Saturday, 115 days after its predecessor was destroyed in a roiling gasoline tanker truck fire.
Five months after being destroyed by a tanker truck fire, the Paramount Boulevard bridge over the 60 Freeway is set to open just in time for the Monday morning commute.
A fire broke out at a Wendy's in Lancaster, engulfing the entire restaurant until firefighters could get it under control Tuesday night.
The Los Angeles Fire Department is facing renewed scrutiny over its emergency response times after a report found errors in the computer software used to compile the data.
A pre-dawn fire gutted a clothing business in a Palmdale strip mall Tuesday morning. The blaze at 2255 Palmdale Blvd. near 25th Street East was reported around 4 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
An 83-year-old man was killed Saturday in an early-morning fire at a home in Lawndale.
irefighters say a brush fire that scorched more than 150 acres in Kern County is fully contained.
At least one suspect has been arrested in an arson attack of a taxi cab that took place two years ago outside Staples Center following the Lakers Championship win.
Families of 28 police officers and 13 firefighters who died in the line of duty were on hand at a memorial service on Tuesday.
Fire ripped through an extended stay hotel in La Habra Sunday afternoon forcing guests to flee for their lives.
Firefighters contained a blaze Saturday at a modular home in Lake Elsinore to the garage and a vehicle, according to a fire department spokeswoman.
Crews are working to extinguish a house fire in Placentia. Sky2 was overhead just after 11 a.m., as flames and smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the home, which is located in the 900 block of Mathewson Avenue.
A gas fire broke out on the campus of the University of Southern California Friday morning.
Firefighters took 15 minutes to extinguish a fire that raced through a two-story house south of downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night.
A second parent has died as the result of a fire officials in Riverside say was set by the couple's developmentally-disabled daughter.
A driver suffered second-degree burns when propane tanks in the back of his pickup exploded while he waited with his family in a drive-through at a McDonald's restaurant in Coachella, a fire department spokeswoman said Sunday.
A fire that burned in equipment at a rock quarry sent a plume of black smoke into that sky above Irwindale Monday afternoon.
Anaheim police say someone set fire to a bus bench where a homeless man was sleeping and they are investigating it as a case of attempted murder.
Was the plan to reseed the land devastated by a massive 2009 wildfire with trees all just a big waste of money?
Firefighters Saturday were able to contain a vegetation fire in Cherry Valley to two acres.
