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‘We Need to Be Fully Funded,’ Budget Cuts Hurt the Fire Fight

Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley said Friday on CNN's “The Lead” that massive budget cuts will “absolutely negatively impact the department's ability to fight Southern California's devastating wildfires.” “It was,” he said. Host Jake Tapper said: “There are a lot of questions in the public's mind about whether the decision to cut […]

Presumptive Bird Flu Case Identified In San Francisco Resident

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 10, 2025  *** PRESS RELEASE ***  Contact: SFDPH Media Desk: DPH.Press@sfdph.org  SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) announced today that a presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a San Francisco resident. The individual is a child who experienced symptoms of fever […]

Biden rips Meta’s fact-checking change, suggests it’s un-American

President Biden on Friday condemned Meta for ending its third-party fact-checking program, calling the change a “shame” that goes against American values. “The whole idea of ​​moving away from fact-checking is that [sic] In response to a reporter's question about Meta's recent policy changes, Biden said, “We have not reported anything related to discrimination regarding […]

LA County spent heavily on woke programs while cutting fire services budget

Los Angeles authorities strip millions of dollars of funds Ahead of one of the most destructive wildfires in state history, hundreds of thousands of dollars were allocated by the fire department to fund programs such as a gay men's choir and housing for homeless transgender people. Deadly fires broke out across Southern California this week, […]

Kurds Ask U.S. Troops to Protect Them from Turkish Invasion in Syria

Syrian Kurdistan's leaders this week called on the United States to provide protection forces and become more involved in preserving the peace in the face of a continued campaign by Turkish proxies to eradicate Kurdistan. A senior official of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), which represents Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), suggested […]