

Modeling Megacity Medical System Response to a CBRNE Event.Watchdog Probing Over 20 Reports of Alleged Syria Chemical Attacks.

Report: Islamic State Has Used Chemical Weapons 52 Times in Iraq and Syria since 2014.‘Crude’ IS Chemical Weapons Could Wreak Havoc on Mosul.3 Hurt, Town Without Water After Kansas Chemical Plant Explosion.UN Extends Mandate of Syria Chemical Weapons Inspectors.Residents last Thursday protested in front of their boarded-up homes, which remained unrepaired by the city, to demand the city accelerate the timeline for the repairs. The City Attorney's Office is waiting for more information before processing 128 of the claims. Twenty-six claims have been paid, and about 25 are pending payment. The city has received about 200 claims for damages from community members, Parks told the Police Commission on Tuesday. LAPD personnel visually estimated the weight of the explosives to be about 16 pounds.įollowing the blast, Price provided relief to displaced and impacted residents through a $1 million emergency relief fund using dollars from his council office. Officers had loaded the truck with 39.85 pounds of explosives, Hoffman said. South LA families impacted by fireworks blast rally outside City Hallīut the LAPD bomb squad miscalculated the amount of fireworks placed into a containment vessel, resulting in a massive explosion that damaged several residences in South Los Angeles.South LA man pleads guilty in fireworks explosion case.Curren Price wants $5M for residents impacted by LAPD fireworks blast.Feds: Los Angeles bomb technicians caused major explosion.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Los Angeles office, the LAPD's containment vessel was designed to handle repeated detonations of 19 pounds of TNT equivalent at a time or a single detonation of 33 pounds of explosives before being returned to its manufacturer for analysis. Price's motion requests that some of the funding for the relief effort come from the LAPD's $1.76 billion budget.Īccording to Michael Hoffman, special agent in charge of the U.S. The motion, which was seconded by Councilmen Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Mark Ridley-Thomas, instructed the chief legislative analyst and the city administrative officer to identify $5 million to the recovery effort and establish a Neighborhood Recovery Center with additional services to support residents' needs, including infrastructure improvements, mental health services, job and workforce development, access to children's services and business grants. We need our own version of a Marshall Plan that is going to bring stability to the lives of those affected, revitalize and uplift our neighborhood once and for all." "Long before this disaster, they faced systemic inequality, structural barriers and racial disparities that have been exacerbated in the wake of this disgraceful LAPD action.

"Our neighbors face an uphill battle and a tough road ahead for years to come," Price said when he introduced the motion on Sept.
