The L.A. Stentorians, an association of African Americans within L.A. County’s fire service, are on a mission to encourage young people of color to pursue careers in the fire department and other emergency medical service departments.
Fire Chief Daryl Osby, who oversees the lifeguard division as well as fire service operations, was among the crowd cheering as Governor Newsom signed bill SB 796, which allows county officials to transfer the land – estimated to be worth $75 million – back to the Bruce family. “Being the fire chief of this department and coming to one of the facilities in my department, I always felt that sullied the L.A. County Fire Department’s legacy and today we were able to right that wrong,” he said.
Reginald Ballard, Sr.