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Good Samaritan custodian puts out car fire
Scott Matthews' wife didn't understand why he insisted on keeping a fire extinguisher in his car — until Sunday. While driving in Newport Beach en route to Costa Mesa — his wife and 13-year-old daughter also in the car — he thought he...Tags: CVS Corp., Disasters and Accidents
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Costa Mesa to keep its Fire Department
Costa Mesa will keep its Fire Department instead of contracting out with county. Just before midnight Tuesday with a 5-0 vote — nearly six hours into its regular meeting — the City Council motioned to rescind the layoff notices issued to 78...Tags: Job Layoffs, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Tom Arnold, Disasters and Accidents
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City employees rack up $6 million in overtime
Costa Mesa city employees brought home more than $6 million in overtime in 2011, nearly a $1-million increase from the year prior. The numbers indicate that, due to staffing reductions, fewer employees worked longer hours in 2011 than in 2010. In 2010,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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Commentary: Can Costa Mesa afford $300,000 firefighters?
Last month, I wrote about the city of Costa Mesa's pension recipient list and pointed out that the number of city employees earning six-figure pensions had increased by nearly 50% in just one year. On the heels of that news, the city has now published its...Tags: Republican Party, Collective Contract, Labor Legislation, Government, Safety of Citizens
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Commentary: McCarthy put politics ahead of pension facts
The most interesting feature of Colin McCarthy's commentary, "Can Costa Mesa affords $300k firefighters?" isn't that he gets so much wrong, but that he describes himself with such humility. At the end of his essay, published in Sunday's Daily Pilot,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Pension and Welfare, Disasters and Accidents, Interior Policy, Politics
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Corona del Mar Today: Fire chief explains fire maps
Newport Beach Fire Chief Scott Poster met with about 40 residents Wednesday evening, explaining the seemingly flip-flopping position that Corona del Mar has on state fire hazard maps. State law requires the Newport Beach City Council to adopt a Very High...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Explosions, Theft, Cell Phones, Disasters and Accidents
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Firefighters extinguish Talbert park blaze
Costa Mesa and county emergency crews responded Friday afternoon to "lots of smoke and lots of fire" at Talbert Nature Preserve, said Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Diamond. Crews arrived about 1 p.m. to a brush fire that affected about a quarter-...Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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Corona del Mar Today: CdM entry project headed to City Council
A project that will enhance the Corona del Mar entryway at MacArthur Boulevard and East Coast Highway — its origins dating back to 1998 — should go before the Newport Beach City Council for further consideration, a city committee decided...Tags: Human Interest, Charity, Explosions, Cancer, Personal Service
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Firefighters injured in Big Canyon released from hospital
Three Newport Beach firefighters injured while battling a fire in a decorative chimney facade have been released from the hospital, authorities said Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a fire in Big Canyon on Rue Deauville about 7:39 p.m. Monday, the...Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Newport firefighters grapple with fires, collisions
Newport Beach firefighters responded to 20 emergency calls Sunday, including a multivehicle collision and residential fires. Firefighters went to a crash about 3:46 p.m. Sunday on Jamboree Road involving multiple vehicles, according to a news release...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Health, Transportation Accidents, Bryan Ray, Disasters and Accidents
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Balboa Peninsula fire causes $20k in damages
A pile of debris caused a house fire Monday in Newport Beach that stopped traffic and caused $20,000 worth in damages, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to a call from a neighbor reporting a fire in the 200 block of East Balboa Boulevard about 2:...Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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Motor home catches fire in Santa Ana Heights
Newport Beach firefighters extinguished a fire Friday morning that had fully engulfed a motor home, authorities said.
The 27-foot rig was ablaze when firefighters arrived at the scene on Southwest Cypress Street in Santa Ana Heights about 9:22 a.m....Tags: Horse (animal), Fires, Disasters and Accidents
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