Junior Lifeguards await LACFD Chief Osby’s okay for summer program
Los Angeles County Junior Lifeguards complete a swim under the Hermosa Beach pier. Photo by Patrick Fallon. by Kevin Cody Last week, after Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby signaled he was canceling the Junior Lifeguard program for a second consecutive summer because of the pandemic, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn introduced an emergency motion to save the program. The unanimously approved motion directed the County Fire Department to report back to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors within 30 days on how the Junior Lifeguard program could safely resume this summer. (Los Angeles County Lifeguards are a division of the County Fire Department). Hahn’s office reported this week that it had no new information on Fire Chief Osby’s decision on the Junior Lifeguard program. A quick decision is important to parents and their children because most kids need months to train to pass the Junior Lifeguard tryouts, which traditionally begin in April. Junior Lifeguard camps begin in June. “I heard from a lot of parents worried about the Junior Lifeguard program being canceled again this year,” Hahn said last week, in a prepared statement. “I actually think that Junior…
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