Newsbeat LA talks to veteran first responder Mike Leum, a 30-year member of the Los Angeles County Search and Rescue Team about the numerous rescues using the IPhone 14 SOS notification and other satellite technology in remote areas where there is no cell phone service or Wi-Fi increasing response times for emergency personnel and saving lives.

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Mother nature is unleashing her fury with a yet another sizable storm starting tomorrow as head into the first week of spring.This powerful weather pattern packs a mean punch with wind whipping rain as high as 80 miles per hour with thunderstorms.I spoke with meteorologist Jason Farhang who gave us an in-depth look at this storm and potentially another one which could make land fall next week.

The showdown between LAUSD and the union that represents service workers such as classroom aids, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and custodians may bring America’s second largest school district to the brink of temporary closure if the union follows through with their threat of a three-day strike starting next Tuesday. The teacher’s union says they will honor picket lines.On Thursday, Sheriff Robert Luna spent his 103rd day in office attending his first Citizens Oversight Commission hearing as the head of the largest Sheriff’s Department in the country. Luna appeared in front of the commission to discuss the highly controversial topic of Deputy gangs within his department.LAPD Chief Michel Moore is in Glendale Arizona this weekend to address members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in a think outside of the box to recruit candidates amid a historical staffing crisis.Newsbeat LA spoke with retired LAPD Detective Moses Castillo who told us LAPD has had a tough time recruiting given the current anti-law enforcement environment. We spoke with him about Moore’s efforts in Arizona and the lowering of hiring standards by Mayor Karen Bass.