Better Disaster Planning Passes Key Legislative Hurdle
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino’s bill to improve emergency and disaster preparedness in California was approved today in the Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee. AB 1650 requires public utilities to hold comprehensive disaster preparedness meetings every two years with the counties and cities they service in order to improve readiness and better prepare for natural disasters. […]
Teen loses his life in boating collision on Pyramid Lake
A 16-year old male, who was vacationing in California from Russia, died after a collision that occurred on Pyramid Lake in Castaic at 3:45PM, Sunday, July 1st. A twenty-one foot ski boat collided with a personal water craft (Wave Runner) that had turned into the path of the boat. The ski boat operator jumped into […]
4,000 lbs of Unsafe Illegal Fireworks Seized in East L.A.
Deputies from the East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station Summer Enforcement Team received information that illegal and highly dangerous fireworks were being sold from and stored at a business establishment in a heavily populated community in the 700 block of South Kern Avenue, East Los Angeles. Following up on the information, sheriff’s deputies increased patrols in […]
Fireworks Prohibited on ANF Property
What you need to know if you’re visiting the Angeles National Forest this Independence Day Angeles National Forest Fire Chief James Hall wants to remind visitors and campers that the possession or use of all fireworks, even those deemed “safe and sane”, are prohibited on the forest. Fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices are […]
Flags Fly – Again – at St. Luke’s
By Mary O’KEEFE Congressman Adam Schiff brought by an American flag for St. Luke’s of the Mountain’s Episcopal Church Sunday morning. But he didn’t stop there. Schiff contacted community leaders who also brought flags representing their heritage to stand aside the American flag. The flags that were originally on the church property at the corner […]
Hikers Dog Tired
UPDATED VERSION : Monday 4:45 p.m. By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue responded to a call concerning two stranded hikers and their dog. A La Cañada father, daughter and their dog were being walked out of an area in Angeles National Forest about 200 yards north of Brown Mountain Dam, said Sgt. Gonzales, […]
Units respond to discovery of body
In the early evening on Saturday, a body was found by a hiker in the Angeles National Forest, about a four hour hike from the Stonyvale Picnic Area where lost hiker Ertug Ergun, was thought to be hiking. It has not been confirmed if the body is that of the missing hiker. “Units are on […]
Montrose Search & Rescue Respond to Near Drowning
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. issued the following press release regarding the near drowning on Friday: A toddler was revived by rescuers and airlifted to the hospital Friday after being discovered face down in a forest river. Rescuers were in the area to search for an unrelated missing man. On June 29, 2012, multiple […]
Rep. Schiff Secures Language in Appropriations Bill Calling on Forest Service to Complete Critical Reports
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the Interior Appropriations bill will include language he authored that strongly urges the Forest Service to complete two critical reports still incomplete more than three years after the tragic Station Fire in Southern California. Rep. Schiff has long called for the Forest Service to complete its report on the […]