Failure to notify fire dept. yields day of alarms

False alarms plagued the Elmwood Park Fire Department last week. The cause was work being done Aug. 25 at Elm Towers, 7830 North Ave., said Fire Chief Michael Marino. "It would have been nice if we had been warned about the work," he said. "Usually during the construction, the alarm is taken out of service."

Dozens Of Abused Animals Found in West Hills Home

Fire alarms inside of a West Hills home led to...

Advocates push for monitors to prompt when kids are left inside hot cars

HOUSTON—Safety advocates are pushing Congress to keep kids safe from hot cars. More kids have died in hot cars than ever before, a record 41 children so far this year. Texas has had the most hot-car deaths in the nation with 11 so far, many in Houston. Just two weeks ago, a two-year-old boy was found dead in a car. It happened in northwest Harris County on Dentwood. Police said his parents had ...

Safety warning alert urged for kids left in cars

Safety advocates are urging Congress and regulators to force carmakers to install warning systems that would prevent distracted parents from leaving children in cars, preventing heatstroke deaths.

Car bomb scare prompts home evacuations on northwest side

SAN ANTONIO -- Harassment at a San Antonio northwest-side neighborhood got explosive Monday. Residents returned home by noon Monday after being forced out due to a suspicious device discovered on a neighbor's car. A resident of the Wildhorse subdivision reported a suspicious fire started on his Expedition, and a device, which appeared to be a pipe bomb, attached to the vehicle. Sheriff's ...