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Volunteer aids tornado victims
A local Americorps volunteer working with the Red Cross returned recently from aiding victims of April’s devastating tornados in Alabama, following a career path inspired while she was a student at La Cañada High School.
Jennifer Lazo, 24, helped...Tags: Tornadoes, Health, University of Delaware, Joplin Tornado (2011), University of Southern California
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Piece of Mind: La Cañada rallies behind Japan
La Cañadans this week joined people across the world watching the news out of Japan, where Friday’s 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami set the country up for a possible nuclear meltdown of disastrous proportions. No sooner had word of the massive...Tags: Human Interest, Social Issues, Japan, Nuclear Accidents, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Betty F. Almassy
Former longtime La Cañada resident Betty F. Almassy died Feb.27 at the age of 91. She came to California at the age of 2 and was raised in Glendale, graduating from Hoover High School in 1937. She attended Glendale College for two years and then...Tags: Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Obituaries, Christianity
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Donors roll up sleeves for blood drive
Area residents joined deputies on Tuesday at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station in an effort to help fill local blood banks.
A Red Cross bloodmobile remained parked at the station from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the local installment of the fifth annual...Tags: Law Enforcement, Human Interest, Vista, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Quick Hits: Battle of the Badges Blood Drive is Tuesday
As part of a friendly competition among Southern California public-safety agencies, a Red Cross bloodmobile will be taking blood donations on Tuesday from officers of the law and their supporters at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station. Now in its...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Social Issues, NBCUniversal, California, Charity
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Verdugo Hills Hospital Board gets new chairman
Verdugo Hills Hospital recently announced the appointment of Charles W. Mason as chairman of the hospital board. “As a member of the VHH Board of Directors for the past seven years, I have learned a great deal about what it takes to run Verdugo...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Charity, Health
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Students raise their red hands
La Cañada High School students were caught red-handed on campus Friday.
It was all for Red Hand Day, a worldwide event commemorated annually on Feb. 12 with public acts that promote awareness about the use of child soldiers around the world.
To mark the...Tags: Human Interest, Defense, High School Sports, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Around & About
BLOOD DRIVE Verdugo Hills Hospital Community Blood Drive — Thursday, June 9, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. This drive, sponsored by the American Red Cross, will be held in the council rooms at Verdugo Hills Hospital, 1812 Verdugo Blvd., Glendale. All donors...Tags: Animals, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, California, Charity
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Local efforts aim to provide Oklahoma tornado disaster relief
Staff Writer, Copy EditorLocal efforts are underway to provide emergency and financial relief to those affected by the tornado that ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday. The tornado left a path of destruction measuring two miles wide in some places and extended...Tags: Human Interest, Tornadoes, The Salvation Army, Natural Disasters
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In Oklahoma tornado's aftermath, an outpouring of generosity
MOORE, Okla. — The FM radio airwaves in Moore and adjoining Oklahoma City were clogged Tuesday with pastors, church members and ordinary citizens phoning in to offer food and shelter to neighbors left homeless by a powerful tornado that killed at...
Tags: Human Interest, Tornadoes, Religion and Belief, Natural Disasters
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Kevin Durant, Thunder donate $2 million to Oklahoma tornado relief
As the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore recovers from a tornado which left 24 dead Monday, the capital city’s NBA team and All-Star forward Kevin Durant have pledged $2 million in support for the community that has so embraced the organization. "As...
Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Basketball, Charlotte Bobcats, Oklahoma City Thunder, Sports
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Roanoke is ready to help Oklahoma tornado survivors
ReporterOklahoma is more than a thousand miles away and here in Roanoke many are doing what they can to help. Outside of radio station K92, there were truck loads of water brought in by listeners. “We really didn't expect this much of a turnout but as...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Labor Legislation, The Salvation Army, Radio Industry
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