Tag: fire
Santa Monica Firemen Rescue Dog While Fighting Fire
SANTA MONICA—On Tuesday, March 21, at approximately 4:05 p.m., the Santa Monica Fire Department received 911 calls of a fire at 1857 7th Street. At...
Over 100 Firefighters Help Extinguish Hollywood Strip Mall Fire
HOLLYWOOD—Firefighters from Los Angeles Fire Department took 51 minutes to extinguish flames at a strip mall located at 4659 W Fountain Avenue in Hollywood...
Human Skull Found In Sherman Oaks Being Investigated
SHERMAN OAKS—The Los Angles County Coroner’s Office retrieved a skull found on Sunday, March 12 along the hillside below Mulholland Drive at Beverly Glen Boulevard...
Small Brush Fire Doused Near Griffith Observatory
GRIFFITH PARK—A small brush fire was reported near The Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park at 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7. Only a tiny section of the...
Man Almost Set On Fire Inside Starbucks Restaurant
SANTA MONICA – A fight inside Starbucks on Ocean Avenue near City Hall on Feb. 20 at 10:25 a.m. got out of control when...
Beverly Hills Home Of Ryan Seacrest Catches Fire
BEVERLY HILLS—Television personality Ryan Seacrest’s Beverly Hills mansion sustained damage from a fire that broke out on Sunday, February 19. Seacrest, 42, shared on...
LAPD Arrests 3 In Connection With 1993 Westlake Fire
LOS ANGELES—Authorities have arrested 3 people in connection to a Westlake apartment complex that was set on fire on May 3, 1993. Ten residents, seven children...
Man Sets Himself On Fire In Hollywood Hills
HOLLYWOOD HILLS—The Los Angeles Police Department discovered the burned body of a man laying in a Hollywood Hills street on Friday, December 16.
The body was...
Man Who Set Fire To Chinese Consulate Sentenced To 35 Months
SAN FRANCISCO—The Daly City resident who set fire to the San Francisco Chinese Consulate was sentenced to 35 months in prison on Thursday, December 1.
On January 1,...
Tax To Add Fire Patrol Passes
SANTA MONICA/HOLLYWOOD HILLS—Tax measures to increase fire patrol in the cities of Santa Monica and Hollywood Hills passed on Tuesday, November 8.
Measure FF implements...
Tractor Causes Fire In Woodland Hills
WOODLAND HILLS—Four homes were evacuated on Wednesday, August 3, after a tractor hit a gas line and started a fire.
The Los Angeles Fire Department...
Fire Erupts In Hollywood Hills
HOLLYWOOD HILLS—An 18-acre brush fire erupted in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday, July 19, where the Los Angeles Fire Department did their best to...
Magnesium Fire Causes Odor Above San Fernando Valley
STUDIO CITY—Officials from the Los Angeles Fire Department battled magnesium mixed with flames on Tuesday, June 14 when a fire engulfed a plastics warehouse in Maywood,...
Attempted Arson At DASH Boutique
WEST HOLLYWOOD—The DASH Boutique, owned by the Kardashian sisters, in West Hollywood was part of an arson attempt on Monday, June 6 when someone...
Fire Is Part Of Nature
UNITED STATES—Plants have very different priorities from those who enjoy growing them. The colors and fragrances of flowers that we find so appealing are...
New Fire Chief For Santa Monica
SANTA MONICA—Bill Walker was chosen by City Manager Rick Cole to serve as the new Fire Chief of the Santa Monica Fire Department, according...
Inmate Firefighter Dies In Malibu
MALIBU—On Thursday, February 25, Shawna Lynn Jones died after battling a brush fire on Mulholland Drive in Malibu. She was a 22-year-old inmate firefighter...
Fire At Westwood Commercial Building
WESTWOOD—On Tuesday, December 29, at around 6:45 a.m., a fire at a two-story Westwood commercial building located on 10537 West Santa Monica Blvd., was...
Woodland Hills Fire Aided By 32 Firefighters
WOODLAND HILLS—On Wednesday, December 16, at around 3:09 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire located on 5818...
Westside Power Outage Affects 29,000 LADWP Customers
WESTWOOD—Over 29,000 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in the areas of Westwood and Pacific Palisades lost power at approximately 2 p.m....
