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Six specialists from California will be on the ground in Oklahoma on Wednesday to help with search and rescue, first aid, hazardous materials, logistics and communications.
No new anti-pension measures are being eyed at either the state or local level in California, and those that have passed are facing increasing difficulty in the courts. With pension funds at record levels and voter indifference rising, the anti-retirement tide may have finally ebbed.
Ash Kalra, San Jose City Councilmember representing District 2, explains that Measure B has eroded employee morale and created the most toxic labor-management relationship in San Jose’s history. The San Jose City Council will be asked Tuesday, for the second time in five months, to fork over nearly another million dollars to continue battling for Measure B and against the city’s own employees.
CalPERS has launched a new video outlining the precedent-setting bankruptcy cases in Stockton and San Bernardino and explaining the impact that city bankruptcies will have on retirement security.
The Sacramento Bee -- and its affiliated newspapers in Modesto, Fresno and Merced -- has renewed an attack on legislation aimed at easing a 100-year-old restriction on firefighter survivor benefits.
The convicted murderer who set a North Hollywood arson fire that killed 34-year-old L.A. City firefighter Thomas Taylor in 1981 is eligible to be released from prison. Watch and share and find out why Mario Catanio deserves to stay behind bars.
Nearly 32 years ago, Los Angeles firefighter Thomas Taylor plunged to his death in a restaurant fire set by arsonist. The man who set that fire -- Mario Catanio -- was convicted of murder, but is up for parole. UFLAC Local 112 and CPF are urging members to help keep Catanio behind bars.
Rain and cooler temperatures provided a much-needed break for firefighters battling the 28,000 acre Springs Fire in Ventura County. But the real miracle may have been the work of the firefighters themselves.
UPDATED: Dry winds and hot temperatures are fanning fires throughout the Southland. A wind-whipped fire in Glendale is forcing school and neighborhood evacuations. Meanwhile, the 18,000 acre Springs Fire in Ventura Co. has reached the ocean and is threatening high-priced homes in Hidden Valley and Malibu.
Even as his home was being evacuated, Assm. Jeff Gorell stood up for firefighters by supporting AB 1373 -- CPF-sponsored legislation designed to help the survivors of firefighters who die from job-related cancer.