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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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Man Rescued After Resident Hears Calls for Help Coming From Work Site Hole
A man was rescued from a 50-foot deep hole at a construction work site Thursday after a resident heard his calls from help. Firefighters responded at about 8:30 a.m. to the work site in the 1400 block of North Hobart Boulevard. The victim was trapped in the hole, which had about 7 feet of water from recent storms, and holding…
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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...
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As Los Angeles City Hall Grapples With Rats, Working Cats May Be Ready to Pounce
As Los Angeles City Hall struggles with a vermin infestation, and risk of more cases of the disease typhus, an advocate for working cats says they offer a better solution than trapping and pesticides.
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Man Killed After Getting Trapped in Machinery in Gardena
An employee at a Gardena machine shop died Monday afternoon after it was apparently started while he did maintenance inside.
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One Year After Deadly Mudslides, Montecito Marches Forward from Disaster
A large turnout of marchers exemplified the spirit in Montecito to move forward from the flood disaster a year ago. Signs of recovery are evident, but with scores of leveled homes yet to be rebuilt, it remains a work in progress.
