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Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant blue skies as firefighters have made substantial progress against the wildfires raging near Los Angeles, reports CBS News correspondent Hattie Kauffman. Gone were the convulsive winds that at times reached gale force. Nowhere could Los Angeles police be found using bullhorns to order residents out of homes and away from deadly fires that have blackened more than 34 square miles and destroyed more than 50 homes.The last evacuation orders for two big fire areas at opposite ends of the valley were lifted, though some locations wer stanley kubek e open just to residents. In the Los Angeles suburbs, the effects have been devastating for residents like Michael Roush, whose dream house was reduced to embers. It was a landmark, now left in ruins, Kauffman reports. I feel I m still in shock, Roush said. It s a dream and I ll wake up and it s not really happening. The winds that helped spread the flames were slack Wednesday, though temperatures were rising and the largest fire, which has consumed more than 20 square miles near Porter Ranch, remained only 20 percent contained. Incident commander Scott Poster said there were places w stanley cup here no fire lines stanley flask had been established, so if the wind hits it, it could move. Helicopters and air tankers were still attacking the flames. Fire officials said there were about 3,000 homes in th Kddk Rehabilitated bobcat successfully released at Upper Tampa Bay Regional Park
A Pasco 14-year-old boy was arrested Friday for trying to suffocate a 4-month-old baby.Investigators say the teenager admitted to placing the baby face down on a bed inside a New Port Richey home and putting a pillow over the infant s head.The 14 year old told detectives he sat on a couch and watched for five to ten minutes as the baby strugg nike sb dunk led to breath.Investigators say the child s parents returned home just in time to find what he was doing. The parents actually walked salomon hombre in and found the infant face down with the pillow over his head, said Pasco County Detective Wayne Boekeloo.The parents left the 14 year old in charge of the infant while they ran errands.Another adult was in the home at the time but was asleep during the incident.The parents told detectives the 14 year old has never done anything like this before and hesitated to come forward to police because the infant did not suffer any injuries.Investigators say the parents ended up coming forward to police three days later. We don t know a lot about the child right now, as we get more information about his background, we ll have a better understanding about all of this, said Detective Boekeloo.The 14 year old faces charges of att adidas campus 80s empted first degree murder and child abuse.According to investigators, the family had recently moved to Florida from Alabama.Investigators say they are continuing to look into the child s background to find out if he s had any type of mental or behavioral issues in the past. |
