25 dogs set loose in break-in at Southern California animal shelter
Dozens of dogs were set loose from a San Bernardino animal shelter after someone broke into the facility armed with bolt cutters and broke the locks on multiple kennels, authorities…
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Pasadena shelter closes, Duarte shelter opens for Eaton fire victims
Eaton fire victims who were living at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium complex moved to a shelter in Duarte on Friday, American Red Cross officials said. Managers of the auditorium complex,…
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Hughes fire: Evacuations, road closures, shelters
The Hughes fire is burning around Lake Castaic north of Castaic. Evacuation order Areas in and around Lake Castaic, extending toward Interstate 5 on the west and south of Sandberg…
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L.A. Wildfire Evacuees Scramble to Find Shelter, Exacerbating Housing Shortage
Tens of thousands of wildfire evacuees in Los Angeles are now scrambling to find — and hold onto — temporary shelter, exacerbating the housing shortage in one of America’s least…
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False reports of immigration sweeps in Los Angeles spread amid wildfires
Amid heightened anxiety over deadly wildfires and erroneous evacuation alerts, Angelenos got another dose of panic Friday when a social media hoax about immigration sweeps in Los Angeles began to…
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Eaton fire: Evacuations, school closures, shelters
The Eaton fire is burning near Altadena and Pasadena. Here are evacuation areas and school closures as of Tuesday night. Source link
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State agency fines L.A. more than $560,000 for dog attack at Harbor animal shelter
The state agency that oversees workplace safety has fined the city of Los Angeles $563,250 after finding that the severe mauling of a animal shelter worker resulted from “significant safety…
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Head of L.A. Animal Services steps down amid shelter troubles
The head of the L.A. city agency overseeing animal shelters is stepping down, according to an city email sent Monday to shelter volunteers and animal advocates. Staycee Dains resigned effective…
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On homelessness, California and the Supreme Court largely agree
What does a small, solidly Republican city in Oregon have in common with California’s largest liberal enclaves? All breathed a sigh of relief this year thanks to the far-right U.S….
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Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills 17 as Blinken says cease-fire talks will resume – Orange County Register
By WAFAA SHURAFA, FARNOUSH AMIRI and FATMA KHALED DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed…
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In Lebanon, a search for safety and sanity as half a million are displaced
SIDON, Lebanon — Ahmad Ghaddar couldn’t sleep. He was sitting on a seaside railing, alternating drags of his cigarette and sips of coffee. It had only been a day since his…
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Missing house cat makes incredible trek from Yellowstone to California
At the edge of their campground in Yellowstone National Park in June, Susanne and her husband, Benjamin “Bennangy” Anguiano, gazed at the lodgepole pine tree forest. The ground was covered…
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Refusing shelter bed in San Mateo County could soon be crime
San Mateo County officials are hoping to add an unusual tactic to their multi-pronged approach to tackling the homelessness crisis: making it a crime to refuse to accept available, temporary…
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After Times animal shelter investigation, L.A. County seeks dog euthanasia changes
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is seeking to add kennels to the Palmdale Animal Care Center and make them more accessible to visitors following a Times investigation into…
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High dog euthanization rate at L.A. County shelter built to save them
When she met a jagged-eared German shepherd puppy named Pickles at the Palmdale Animal Care Center, rescuer Alyssa Benavidez thought the former stray was being overlooked by adopters and wanted…
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Foothill Family Shelter celebrates 40 years with focus on ‘even brighter future’ – Press Enterprise
By Greg Archer | Contributing Columnist Foothill Family Shelter continues to provide families in need with assistance — from jobs, food, and housing, to financial literacy skills and parenting classes. In…
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Joys and sorrows of fostering shelter pets – Press Enterprise
(Left photo) The Addams Family: Gomez (on the left), Uncle Fester (middle) and Wednesday (on the right); (Right) Uncle Fester was just about as cute as it gets. Rest…
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10 Stops in 5 Days, Plus an Air Raid Shelter, for Blinken
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hurried into a bunker as air raid sirens wailed in Tel Aviv on Monday, in the most dramatic moment of a whirlwind — and…
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A pit bull named Cinderella waited more than three years in a shelter. Her story has a happy ending
For months, video clips that circulated on social media and local newscasts told the tale of 6-year-old Cinderella, a brown-and-white female pit bull mix living at a Long Beach shelter…
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Tens of thousands of Burning Man festival-goers told to shelter in place after rain swamps grounds
Tens of thousands of people at the Burning Man Festival in northwestern Nevada are being told to conserve food, water and fuel and to shelter in place after heavy rain…
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