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60 People Treated for Skin Irritation After a Plane Dumps Fuel Over School Near LAX
Some 60 people were treated for skin irritation Tuesday after a plane dumped jet fuel over an elementary school east of Los Angeles International Airport. Seventeen children and nine adults at Park Avenue Elementary School in the 8000 block of Park Avenue in Cudahy complained of skin irritation, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Students and staff members…
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Southern California Firefighters Are Joining the Battle Against Australia's Devastating Fires
Firefighters from Southern California are deploying to Australia in the fight against bushfires that have forced one of the largest evacuations in the country’s history. The Angeles National Forest Service is sending 20 firefighters to Australia, a spokesman said Friday. The firefighters, who come from all parts of the Los Angeles area, battled the Saddle Ridge Fire in October in…
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Company Says Secure Doors Can Turn Classrooms into Safe Rooms
As districts, educators and law enforcement grapple with ways to protect school communities from the peril of active shooter situations, one company is proposing security doors to transform classrooms into safe rooms. “The idea of a safe room can be implemented everywhere,” said Omer Barnes, founder and CEO of REMO Security Doors. The doors are resistant to gunfire, forced opening…
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Woman With Disability Sues Lyft, Alleging Sexual Assault
A 23-year-old disabled woman sued Lyft Thursday, alleging that the ride-hailing platform knew about a sexual assault problem among its drivers for nearly five years before she herself was attacked earlier this year.
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Neighbor Saw Upland Mom Dangle, Throw Toddler From Balcony
Monica McHaskell had gone to her front window when she heard a baby crying and saw a woman dangling a toddler over the upstairs rail. She then saw something she never thought would happen. She says the baby was thrown over the edge. She immediately sccoped the toddler boy up, went inside her apartment and closed the door, fearing the...
