Los Alamos Police Blotter: Nov. 23 to Nov. 28, 2012
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Nov. 23 at 10:44 a.m. / An 87-year-old Los Alamos man was the victim of an unattended death in the 300 block of Grand Canyon Drive. No foul play is suspected.
Nov. 23 at 12:19 p.m. / A 12-year-old Los Alamos girl reported that she was battered in the 100 block of Santolina.
Nov. 23 at 12:30 p.m. / Police charged a 16-year-old Los Alamos boy in the 100 block of Santolina with battery and released Read More
Local Company Offers Taxi Service to Curb Holiday Drinking & Driving
NMWT News:
In time for the holidays, Los Alamos based New Mexico Wine and Scenic Tours, is now offering after hours (after 7 p.m.) taxi service from the Los Alamos/White Rock area to a number of locations, to help prevent drinking and driving.
New Mexico Wine and Scenic Tours’ taxi service is also available for pick up and delivery to the Albuquerque Sunport and Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe and other Taos, Albuquerque, and surrounding area destinations.
“There is currently no easily accessible shuttle service in Los Alamos that offers transportation to and from Read More
NNSA Exceeds 2012 Goal for Nuclear Weapons Dismantlements
U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile are sent to Pantex Plant, America’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. Pantex Plant is on a 16,000-acre site 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas. Courtesy/Pantex
NNSA’s Don Cook
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it has accomplished 112 percent of its goal for planned stockpile dismantlements in FY 2012.
“NNSA delivered on President Obama’s commitment to reduce the numbers of U.S. nuclear weapons declared excess to the stockpile Read More
Was Hurricane Sandy New Storm Breed?
‘Inside the Megastorm’ takes viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of storm protection. Through first person accounts from those who survived, and from experts and scientists, ‘Inside the Megastorm’ gives scientific context to a new breed of storms. Courtesy/PBS
PBS News:
Was Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to warming climate?
Learn more at this month’s New Mexico PBS Science Café: “Inside the Megastorm.”
This Science Café will be held 10 a.m. Read More
Dishwasher Ignites On Orange Street
The remains of a dishwasher that reportedly sparked a fire inside an Orange Street duplex Friday, lays in a heap in the front yard of the residence. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Los Alamos Firefighters responded to a dishwasher fire at about 1 p.m., Friday in a duplex at 3064 Orange St.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the small blaze. No injuries were reported but there is heavy smoke damage to the Orange Street duplex and fire damage in the kitchen area.
The cause of the dishwasher fire is under investigation.
Dangerous Appliance Advisory
Consumer Reports Magazine Read More
