A federal judge refused a request Thursday, Aug. 6, from San Bernardino city firefighters to stop the city from moving forward with plans to contract out for fire services. The proposal to turn over the fire department to an outside agency is a key element of the city’s bankruptcy plan, which relies heavily on outsourcing some city functions.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press-enterprise

A home-bound heart patient called 911. His leg hurt where a catheter was inserted, but he didn't complain of chest pains. To paramedic Scott Fox, it was the kind of call that might have meant automatically rushing the man to a hospital emergency room. "There was no talking him out of it," Fox recalls.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today

City firefighter Kevin Bell's leg became entangled in wrought iron furniture fighting an October blaze in which he was killed, a report into Bell's death has concluded. Also among the 22 conclusions in the Hartford Fire Department's board of inquiry report is that there was a failure to properly search the room in which Bell was trapped and that other firefighters did not hear Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant

The parents of a 16-year-old girl run over by San Francisco Fire Department rigs after she was ejected during the 2013 Asiana Airlines crash dismissed their wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Ye Meng Yuan was thrown from the Boeing 777 as it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)

A 21-year-old man from Shingle Springs was killed Saturday evening in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire. "Very saddened today and can’t really express how much," said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Cheva Gabor. The agency said Michael Hallenbeck was struck by a tree about 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento