VIDEO/PHOTOS: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman, Supergirl, Spiderman and Captain America! Fairfax County Fire and Rescue superheroes dropped by Inova Children’s Hospital in Falls Church for a special surprise Tuesday. “Good to hop up?” Loren Jewell asked her fellow firefighters as she checked her rappelling gear.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.

The U.S. recovery from the latest COVID-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states. In 47 states plus the nation's capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project with contributors from Yale School of Public Health, Harvard's T.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomberg - Metered Site

A potato storage shed near Moses Lake was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters from the Moses Lake Fire Department and Grant County Fire Districts 4 and responded to the commercial structure fire reported in the area of Road O Northeast and Wheeler Road, east of Moses Lake. Grant PUD had to cut power to the area to keep firefighters safe, affecting customers form Road N Northeast to Road Q Northeast and Road 3 Northeast to Road 5 Northeast.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiberone

Just before 6 pm a wildland fire was reported at the Chelan Hills Acres Tracts development in Orondo one mile south of the Beebe Bridge. Smoke was visible for several miles when the fire was reported. The High Corner fire was located 5 miles beyond the State Highway up in the top of the Columbia River Bluffs.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOZI AM & KOZI FM 93.5 FM Chelan

Thousands of dollars worth of equipment was stolen earlier this month from Cal Fire and PG&E trucks, reports Merced Sun-Star.

The two trucks were broken into between about 7:30 p.m. September 9 and 3:45 a.m. September 10. The stolen equipment is worth about $10,000.

Authorities ask anyone with information on the burglaries or stolen equipment to contact the Placer County Sheriff’s Office or to submit an anonymous tip through Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers.