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US DOT begins construction of new light rail transit line in Los Angeles
2014-01-22 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has started construction of a new 8.5-mile light rail transit line along the Crenshaw corridor to improve transit options throughout the Los Angeles region.
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Wildfire in hills near Los Angeles is largely contained
2014-01-19 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire in the hills near Los Angeles was more than 75 percent contained on Sunday, after blackening some 1,900 acres of drought-parched shrubland and destroying five homes, officials said. The so-called Colby Fire, which officials said started from a campfire, was expected to be fully contained by Tuesday, said Nathan Judy, a spokesman for the Angeles National Forest & Fire Department. The blaze, centered in the San Gabriel Mountains on territory that is part of the Angeles National Forest,...
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3 Arrested in Los Angeles Wildfire, Police Say
2014-01-16 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A fast-moving brush fire that erupted Thursday morning quickly burned at least 1,700 acres northeast of downtown Los Angeles, county fire officials said. The police in Glendora said three men had been arrested in connection with the Colby Fire, which broke out just before 6 a.m. in the Angeles National Forest, about 25 miles northeast of downtown. The chief of Glendora police, Tim Staab, said at a news conference that the three men had reportedly been camping in the forest, and that at least one...
Residents evacuated as wildfire burns in forest east of Los Angeles
2014-01-16 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fast-moving California wildfire, started accidentally by three campers, roared out of control in foothills above Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying at least two homes and forcing more than 1,000 residents to flee, fire and law enforcement officials said. The wind-whipped blaze erupted before dawn in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. By mid-morning, the so-called Colby Fire had blackened...
Los Angeles police officers test on-body cameras
2014-01-16 03:00:01| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
LOS ANGELES -- Police officers assigned to foot patrols of downtown Los Angeles began wearing on-body cameras on Wednesday as the city evaluates different models to include in its policing.
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