Serge Kovaleski

2 months ago | myheraldreview.com | Mike Baker |Maureen Farrell |Serge Kovaleski

Desperate to gain control of flames that were raging through Pacific Palisades last month, the Los Angeles Fire Department issued an urgent call for any available personnel to report for possible deployment. But there was a problem: Dozens of the rigs that would have carried extra crews that day were out of service. The city maintenance yard was filled with aging fire engines and ladder trucks, many of which were beyond their expected service life. kAmr9F@?8 w@[ 2 7:C67:89E6C 2?5 F?:@?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Mike Baker |Maureen Farrell |Serge Kovaleski

Gil Carpenter, a fire chief in Benton, Ark., said his department was facing steadily rising costs for new trucks. And suppliers who were once responsive, he said, have grown more distant and focused on profits. "When is enough enough?" Mr. Carpenter asked. "And at what point are you going to sacrifice public safety for profits?"Image The fire engine industry was once made up of small, local manufacturers, many of whom built dozens or hundreds of trucks per year.

Sep 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | Serge Kovaleski |Daniel Heyman

Fotios Geas, a convicted Mafia hitman, was serving life in a federal prison in West Virginia when, prosecutors say, he rained lethal blows on the head of the Boston crime boss James (Whitey) Bulger while two other inmates acted as lookouts. On Friday, Mr. Geas, 57, was the last of the three men - who had all agreed to plea deals several months ago - to be sentenced in the 2018 murder, receiving an additional 25 years.

Aug 28, 2024 | sanjuandailystar.com | Miriam Jordan |Hamed Aleaziz |Serge Kovaleski

By Miriam Jordan, Hamed Aleaziz and Serge F. KovaleskiA federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked earlier this week a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million immigrants in the country without legal permission who are married to U.S. citizens, ruling in favor of 16 Republican-led states that sued the administration. Judge J.

Aug 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Miriam Jordan |Hamed Aleaziz |Serge Kovaleski