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The old ways of fighting fire with fire, water and foam may work, but
some inventors say they have better ideas: a freezing blast capable
of encasing a two-story home in ice, for example, and a blimp that
emulates a rainstorm.
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All the rock wall climbing, lanyard weaving and campfire singing at
Camp Harmony in Malibu would have been a good enough escape for 200
campers bused in from shelters for the homeless.
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Two Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus drivers were jailed
over the weekend in unrelated traffic accidents that killed one
pedestrian and injured another.
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The fire question in brushy Topanga Canyon parrots the earthquake
question throughout Southern California: not whether the Big One will
come, but when.
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Those Westside rats have gone too far this time, moving into tony,
ivy-adorned homes and dining al fresco in sidewalk cafes.
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The brass fire pole, that abiding image of firehouse tradition, may
be going the way of the Dalmatian.
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Even after donating billions of dollars to relief efforts after Sept.
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Will accused murderer Robert Blake take a place among the cast of
characters–Sara Jane Olson, Mike Tyson and, of course,
O.J.
Simpson–who have starred as themselves in real-life courtroom dramas?
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A judge has extended an order halting work on a project to drain and
deepen the 95-year-old Grand Canal in Venice, a victory for
environmentalists who want to keep the sloshy crab habitat in a
semi-natural state.
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The Make-A-Wish Foundation faces the possibility that, for the first
time in its 22-year history, it may have to deny a request from a
terminally ill child, officials say.
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