From Arcata on the North Coast to Hemet in the Inland Empire, California cops and firefighters are chipping in more money to pay for their pensions while the cities that employ them struggle to manage fast-rising retirement costs. The new pension charges – a 12 percent paycheck deduction in Sacramento, an extra 8 percent deduction in Clovis, a pay cut and 12 percent pension contribution in Oroville, for example – reflect a calculus at local governments that workers are better off in the long run putting money into the California Public Employees’ Retirement System today rather than banking on the $350 billion pension fund earning its way out of its recession losses.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon after a body was discovered on a rural Benton County road south of Kennewick. Benton County Fire District 1 firefighters discovered the remains inside a burning vehicle on Nicoson Road shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday., the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald

State of Mississippi Fire Academy, Jackson, pumper. Typhoon X cab and chassis; Cummins L9 400-hp engine; Hale CPB 250-gpm PTO pump and Hale Qtwo 1,500-2,000-gpm two-stage pump.

A fire destroyed a home early Monday morning in the Minnehaha area. Vancouver Fire Department firefighters were dispatched about 3:24 a.m. to 6303 N.E. 38th St. for a report of a residential fire. The first engine arrived in less than five minutes, and its crew saw smoke and flames billowing from the front eaves of the home.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 5:53:29 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian