A UCLA undergraduate has been honored by an Inland Empire company for his heroics during the Pacific Palisades fires in January.
Andrew Grinsfelder, an Eagle Scout, received the Maglite Tough Civilian Hero Award during a ceremony March 4 at Maglite’s Ontario headquarters. Maglite makes high-end flashlights used by police and the military.
Grinsfelder used a gas-powered generator and pump and soaked the roof of the family home as flames and burning embers approached the structure. Later, he did similar acts at several other nearby homes, possibly saving them…