Curfew ordered as precaution against looting

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San Bernardino County:

A sunset-to-sunrise curfew has been imposed in deserted communities in the path of the Slide and Grass Valley fires, in part as a precaution against looting.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has not received any looting reports, but 10 two-men patrol units are regularly driving through the mountain communities, especially in the mandatory evacuation areas, searching for injured or stranded people as well as suspicious activity, said Cindy Beavers, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Department.

“Anyone out on the street between dusk and dawn, and in the evacuation areas, are subject to either a traffic stop or police contact to determine what they are doing,” she said.

-- Tami Abdollah