Bernard Mokam

2 months ago | gvwire.com | Rachel Nostrant |Bernard Mokam

Residents of parts of Los Angeles County on Sunday afternoon felt a minor earthquake centered west of Malibu, California. Preliminary estimates showed that the quake had a magnitude of 4.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Authorities said they had no reports of any injuries or damage in the immediate aftermath of the quake. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the earthquake was not strong enough to have triggered an official earthquake response.

Jan 10, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Isabella Kwai |Lola Fadulu |Bernard Mokam

Firefighters were working to contain a large blaze that broke out at an apartment building in the Bronx early Friday, injuring at least seven people and displacing many others, the Fire Department said. About 250 firefighters and emergency medical responders rushed to the six-story residential building on Wallace Avenue near Arnow Avenue after a fire was reported just before 2 a.m., the Fire Department said. The blaze on the top floor was elevated to a five-alarm fire about an hour later, it said.

Jan 9, 2025 | nytimes.com | Isabella Kwai |Lola Fadulu |Bernard Mokam

Nearly 200 firefighters were working to contain a large blaze that broke out at an apartment building in the Bronx early Friday, injuring at least seven people, the Fire Department said. Firefighters were called to a six-story residential building on Wallace Avenue just before 2 a.m., the Fire Department said in an email. The blaze was elevated to a five-alarm fire about an hour later, it said, among the most severe classifications.

Jan 5, 2025 | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Ana Ley |Emma Graves Fitzsimmons |Bernard Mokam |Olivia Bensimon |Wesley Parnell | +3 more

The tolling program, the first of its kind in the country, will face its first big test with rush hour traffic on Monday morning. The new fees are intended to push more people to use trains and buses, and raise billions of dollars to improve mass transit.

May 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Maia Coleman |Olivia Bensimon |Bernard Mokam

Police officers cleared two pro-Palestinian encampments and arrested student demonstrators at New York University and the New School early Friday morning after officials at the universities asked for their assistance, New York Police Department officials said. Police officers arrested 56 people - 13 at N.Y.U. and 43 at the New School - according to preliminary information from the Police Department.