Police & Fire

Also this week: An attempted robbery by a person in mental health crisis and shoplifters going to lengths to conceal merchandise.

Four local firefighters who helped contain the recent Los Angeles wildfires brought back valuable experience from their two-week deployment.

Troopers arrested a man from Grapeview on suspicion of vehicular homicide and DUI following the crash.

For Kristina LaVair, losing her boat — the Salty Bitch — was like a death in the family.

No one was injured in the boat fire at Bujacich Dock, and firefighters prevented it from spreading from commercial fishing vessels moored nearby.

The reimbursement of Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One — and hundreds of other departments around the country — covers pay, benefits, equipment costs and more.

Two Gig Harbor firefighters joined two others from Key Peninsula, and dozens more from around the state, in responding to the Los Angeles fires.

The suit, filed in federal court, also alleges that corrections officers discouraged the woman from making a complaint.

Prosecutors said the 2023 drive-by shooting on Hunt Street was an attempt at revenge for a 2021 killing in Port Orchard.