Inmates Tackle L.A. Wildfires for Under $30 a Day
When deployed, those firefighters earn from $5.80 to $10.24 a day, depending on experience, and an extra $1 an hour during active wildfires, according to the corrections department. That means the ...
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Over 1,000 inmates battle LA wildfires, earning pathways to firefighting jobs
There are currently 35 “conservation camps” spread across 25 counties established in California run by CAL FIRE and the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD). While the number of inmates ...
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Another fire breaks out in Ventura County, California | Morning in America
Tue, January 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM UTC ...
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Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
Inmates that meet certain qualifications ... an 18-month training and certification program at the Ventura Training Center in Ventura County. Cadets who complete the training center program ...
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Ventura County officials identify 'person of interest' in Kenneth fire
The Kenneth fire burns in the Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve in West Hills on Thursday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) ...
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L.A. and Ventura counties will see strong winds this week, at ‘major risk’ of wildfires
In November, a wind-driven wildfire in Ventura County razed 243 buildings and damaged dozens more in Camarillo and nearby communities, authorities said. The tally placed the Mountain fire as the ...
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Sheriff: inmate dies following jail attack
$40,000 BOND. AN INMATE AT THE RACINE COUNTY JAIL DIED FROM INJURIES IN AN ATTACK. DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER INMATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS THIS MAN, DEVANTE CARRAWAY.
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'Eggs are costing more than meat:' Bird flu depletes egg supply, sends prices skyward
In Ventura County, prices are much higher and at least one grocery, a Vons in Ventura's midtown, ran out of eggs Monday night. At WinCo Foods in Ventura, the price of a dozen Hickman cage-free ...
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Ace Ventura star John Capodice dead: Actor who starred alongside Jim Carrey dies at 82
Capodice starred in over 150 films and TV series during his decades-spanning career career, famously starring in General Hospital and alongside Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura. He died on Monday with ...
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North Carolina Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates
The other inmates whose sentences were commuted are: Iziah Barden, 67, convicted in Sampson County in 1999; Nathan Bowie, 53, convicted in Catawba County in 1993; Rayford Burke, 66, convicted in ...
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Orange County inmate dies 2 days after theft arrest
An inmate of a maximum security jail complex died in his cell just two days after he was booked on theft and drug charges, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said ...