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| Malibu inflamed by inmate plan |
| By latimes.com |
| Published: 01/19/2010 |
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Malibu residents are fighting a proposal to use a local fire station as quarters for prison inmate firefighters who need a new home after the Station fire burned through their camp in the Angeles National Forest. Los Angeles County Fire Department officials are looking at the Malibu facility as a temporary replacement after an inmate firefighter camp atop Mt. Gleason was destroyed last summer by the largest brush fire in Los Angeles County history. The blaze killed two county firefighters who were defending the camp. Malibu is considered one of the county's highest-risk fire areas. But some residents don't like the idea of having inmates living in their neighborhood. Actor Joshua Malina, who lives a quarter-mile from the site, said neighbors have been buzzing about the plans since Friday, when they received an anonymous flier with the headline "No Prison in Our Neighborhood" and urged them to immediately contact their elected representatives. Read More. |
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