For Our Fallen Heroes

This week we lost two brave firefighters in the Station Fire in Los Angeles. These brave heroes gave their lives in a valiant effort to help find an escape route for their fellow firefighters.

Captain Ted Hall and firefighter Arnie Quinones will be forever rememeberd for their tremendous scarifice.

A public memorial is set up for the firefighters on September 12 at Dodgers Stadium.

If you would like to donate to the fund established in their memory, you can send donations to:

Memorial fund at the F&A Credit Union
P.O. Box 30831
Los Angeles, CA 90030-9972

Now we’ve learned that this fire was started by an arsonist. Anyone with information is asked to call L.A. County Sheriff's homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.

I have added important information about fire safety to my Web site, www.sen.ca.gov/maldonado. I encourage you all to visit the site, which has important infomraiton on how to protect your home and other vital resources.

Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of the fallen firefighters and all of the those who are working on the fire lines.