Marin Firefighter News

San Jose Firefighters Local 230 is saddened to announce the line-of-duty death of Captain Jose Martinez. Brother Martinez died August 12th from job-related cancer.

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In Part 2 of a series of profiles commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the California Firefighters Memorial in Sacramento, CPF President Emeritus Dan Terry recalls the founding of the Memorial. 

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Nine fires that have collectively burned more than 400,000 acres may get an assist from Mother Nature as winds have begun to die down. More than 8,000 firefighters have been on the lines battling the blazes, the largest of which is on BLM land straddling the California-Nevada border.

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L.A. Times business columnist MIchael Hiltzik calls out Prop. 32's billionaire benefactors. Many are linked to secretive Super PACs that spend unlimited amounts on campaigns. All of them are exempt from the measure's provisions.

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At a news conference today in Los Angeles, Gov. Jerry Brown announced an agreement that will take public employee retirement security back to the Reagan years.

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