Belmont Beacon - 12/16/2019

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Go to BelmontBeacon.com for Belmont Specific News MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2019 VOLUME 5, NO. 50

LA SUES FAA OVER BURBANK AIRPORT DEPARTING JETS Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced legal action over what he called “excessive noise from aircraft departing the Hollywood Burbank Airport”

Orange County D.A.’s Office Receives $1.47M in Grants to Combat DUI Funding will ensure OCDA will continue to serve as California’s statewide traffic safety training agency The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to continue serving as the statewide traffic safety training agency in an ongoing effort to combat drugged and drunk driving across California. OTS has awarded the OCDA two grants totaling $1.47 million in order to fund the office’s Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver

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Man Arrested for Alleged Death Threats to Riverside Congressional Staffer and Intern A San Bernardino County man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he made more than 10,000 harassing telephone calls this year to government offices and made death threats against a congressional staffer and an intern who answered the calls. Robert Stahlnecker, 48, of Twentynine Palms, was arrested at his residence on charges of threatening federal officers and employees, interstate communications with threat to injure a person, and anonymous telecommunications harassment. He made his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court

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Cops and Firefighters Pull Man Out from Burning Apartment Complex in San Bernardino - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News

In an effort to find relief for residents and businesses in the southeast San Fernando Valley and Santa Monica Mountains, City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office is suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over what’s been called the “southerly shift” of planes departing Hollywood Burbank Airport. FAA has allowed this change in departure flight tracks with no public notice, public comment or proper environmental review. The southerly shift has caused a significant increase in airplane noise and traffic, and the lawsuit seeks judicial action to require FAA to order its air traffic controllers to direct aircraft to depart the airport using historic departure tracks. "We're fighting to get relief for tens of thousands of residents and businesses in the southeast Valley and Santa Monica Mountains who've

borne the brunt of increased aircraft noise and other impacts," said Feuer, during a news conference in his office. "Today we're urging the Court to order the FAA to return to previous flight patterns, and divulge information about Burbank Airport airplane traffic which the public has long been entitled to see." "While thousands of my constituents have their lives disrupted day and night by departing planes,” said Councilmember Paul Krekorian, “the FAA refuses to give direct answers why the shift has taken place. This lawsuit is needed to compel the agency to provide critical

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A man was injured after a fire ripped through a two-story apartment complex in San Bernardino last Sunday night, according to ABC news. “Upon arriving, firefighters were met with smoke and flames coming from the second floor, but were able to evacuate the bottom floor and adjacent units with help from police.” A man, who was reportedly refusing to leave, was rescued from the fire and transported after suffering severe burns, according to fire officials. San Bernardino Police officers were seen arriving to the scene and running into the burning building to help with evacuations. and helped pull the victim out from the fire.


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