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Compromise was reached late Friday on CPF-backed legislation -- SB 594 -- to provide greater disclosure of campaign spending by taxpayer-financed non-profits and strengthen the ban on using public dollars for political campaigns.
More than 4,000 firefighters are hoping to gain more ground against the wildfire raging near Yosemite National Park. The Rim Fire has scorched over 280 square miles and continues to grow.
Prospective firefighters from all over California converged on the CPAT testing centers in Orange and Livermore to participate in two CFFJAC-sponsored Firefighter Career Expos.
Fire crews continue to implement defensive strategies against fires from the Corral Complex near Willow Creek which continue to scorch vegetation with no containment. Defensive strategies were also key to battling two other, much bigger fires at the Salmon River Complex and Butler areas.
In June, 19 firefighters from Prescott’s Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew were killed fighting a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz. Six of the men were full-time city employees and their families are entitled to full-time survivors benefits. The other 13, though, were part-time. The city has a special category for those families: out of luck.
It is with great sadness that United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112 announce the loss of one of their own, Fire Captain/Paramedic Matthew G. McKnight, in the line of duty.
Videos capture dramatic moments from Wednesday as the Silver fire swept through several small communities south of Banning. The fire has already burned 10,000 acres, destroying homes and other structures and injuring two firefighters and one civilian.
Dan Pellissier, president of California Pension Reform, told reporters that Los Angeles would follow Detroit to bankruptcy in the next few years. A coalition of firefighters, police officers, teachers and other public employees have joined Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to refute Pellissier's bold claim.
When Andrew Ashcroft died with 18 of his brother firefighters in the Yarnell Hills fire last month, he was pulling full-time shifts. But the City of Prescott says he's only a "seasonal", denying his widow key survivor benefits.
Detroit's bankruptcy can't and shouldn't be blamed on public workers, and it shouldn't be used as an excuse to take away hard-earned benefits. So says an editorial in this weekend's New York Times.