Public Safety

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said Sunday.

Richmond-based Glass Onion Catering are recalling approximately 181,620 pounds of salads and sandwich wraps containing cooked chicken and ham, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

The products were produced between Sept. 23 and Nov. 6, and were shipped to distribution centers in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Texas. The Contra Costa Times reports the company supplies food to Trader Joe's, Super Fresh Goods and Delish.

The FSIS said it began monitoring a cluster of illnesses involving E. coli O157:H7 on Oct. 29 and then was notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that California authorities had reported people sickened from eating pre-packaged salads with grilled chicken.

In Washington, three people who were sickened with the bacterium told investigators they ate ready-to-eat salads from Trader Joe's, said Tim Church, a spokesman with the state's Department of Health.

Los Alamos

Otowi cafeteria TA-3

Date inspected: Oct. 25

Violations: One high-risk violation. Cold and hot units not holding at proper temperatures. 

Status of Establishment: Approved. Follow up on Nov. 15.

Holiday Inn Express, 60 Entrada Dr. 

Date inspected: Oct. 25

Mansfield, Ohio, Police Chief Dino Sgambellone will leave his post Friday and begin his new job in Los Alamos Nov. 12.
“I’m very proud and honored to have been part of this organization and for the opportunity that a career in law enforcement has afforded me,” Sgambellone told the Mansfield News Journal.
He began his work in Mansfield in March 1991 and eventually became chief in November 2010.
Sgambellone credited his staff, according to the Mansfield newspaper.
“We found some considerable fiscal challenges during my tenure as chief, yet the quality of service that we have provided to the citizens has remained at a high level,” he said. “While my perspective has changed quite a bit since I started, what I have always valued is the people that I have worked with and the opportunity to serve this community.
“For me, it’s less about the work that they do, which is exceptional, and more about the people that they are.”
Sgambellone told the newspaper that the West appealed to him and his family.
“We have vacationed out West several times,” Sgambellone said. “I was stationed there in the service (in the Air Force) in the late ’80s. I always liked it out West.

About 6,000 miles away, there’s a town in Russia that has a similar history to Los Alamos when it comes to the development of nuclear weaponry and technology.

Sarov, a town located in Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, has been a major nuclear production facility since 1946.

The two towns also share a similar history when it comes to natural disasters.

In 2000, Los Alamos was ravaged by the Cerro Grande Fire, which came very close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2010, Sarov went through a similar event when it had to evacuate its nuclear facilities and relocated its nuclear materials as wildfires ravaged the area.

So, it’s only natural that fire officials through the years have developed a relationship with each other through the Sister Cities Initiative. Officials from Los Alamos again recently paid a visit to Sarov to share ideas. Delegations from Los Alamos and Sarov have been visiting each other since the early 90s, when the Los Alamos National Laboratory embarked with Sarov’s nuclear laboratory on a series of arms control and nuclear safety programs.