
Alene Tchekmedyian
Investigative Reporter at Los Angeles Times
@latimes investigative reporter. Tips: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
firerescue1.com | Alene Tchekmedyian
By Alene TchekmedyianLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out to be one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in Los Angeles history might have unfolded differently.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Alene Tchekmedyian
After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out to be one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in Los Angeles history might have unfolded differently.
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3 weeks ago |
firehouse.com | Alene Tchekmedyian
After the Palisades fire ignited, top brass at the Los Angeles Fire Department were quick to say that they were hampered by broken fire engines and a lack of mechanics to fix them. If the roughly 40 fire engines that were in the shop had been repaired, they said, the battle against what turned out to be one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in Los Angeles history might have unfolded differently.
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1 month ago |
police1.com | Alene Tchekmedyian
By Alene TchekmedyianLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who died after a mobile shooting range erupted in flames is suing the Sheriff’s Department for wrongful death, alleging that its failure to properly clean the trailer resulted in hazardous conditions that led to the explosion.
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1 month ago |
latimes.com | Alene Tchekmedyian
The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who died after a mobile shooting range erupted in flames is suing the Sheriff’s Department for wrongful death, alleging that its failure to properly clean the trailer resulted in hazardous conditions that led to the explosion.
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RT @keribla: This was the story @AleneTchek and I wrote about it last year, when we reviewed the investigative file and initally reported t…

RT @keribla: Former @latimes reporter @mayalau is SUING ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva, ex-detective Mark Lillienfeld and the county, saying th…

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