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California remains committed to fighting food insecurity — a commitment that is especially important during times of great need, such as disasters, when many families have been displaced or suffered great losses. These emergency food benefits and timely flexibilities will have an immediate impact, helping ensure that people have food during a very challenging time."
California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Johnson said in a statement Everyone is just trying to give children a little bit of joy and normalcy, if that’s at all possible, and give parents the space to figure out where they’re going to live, where their kids are going to go to school, there’s so much work to do
While we will continue to work on the exact timing of the assistance, Japan will continue to actively provide support for the disaster victims, as well as for the swift recovery of the disaster-stricken areas,
I’m hoping, with luck, maybe by the end of today, maybe tomorrow, that will be done. Yesterday we started the same operation in the Palisades area evacuation zones,
he said at this morning's fire briefing This is how we will rebuild our city. We will rebuild our city stronger,
We are following all the leads and processing all the physical evidence,
Jose Medina, special agent in charge of the ATF's L.A. field division, said in a news conference yesterday I want to give their house a fighting change,
Therapy for them is play. Play is therapy … this is therapy for these kids. This is exactly what they need,
she told NBC's Jacob Soboroff EPA will stand up 40 teams over the next couple days, which equates to approximately 500 personnel,
Fenton said, which he described as a first step in getting survivors back to their homes I’m like, ‘What the hell? Why aren’t people using their pools to fight fire and protect themselves?’ So I started researching high-pressure water pumps, AG irrigation systems,
The transitional shelter assistance (TSA) allows for fire survivors to stay at participating hotels to help fill the housing gap until they can identify a short or longer term housing solution. TSA may also be available for those that have insurance,
But while we're going through what I hope is the final hours of this emergency, it's also time to begin to talk about our recovery,
I feel connected in a strange way to all these people that I don’t know,
says Rachel Davies, a 27-year-old writer in New York, who went through hundreds of GoFundMe’s wildfire campaigns and felt drawn in to stories of strangers, donating to fundraisers for landscapers, housekeepers and a cook It is with great sadness that we report the loss of our beloved Palisades Branch Library. We are eternally grateful to the amazing staff, volunteers and community members who have contributed to the growth of the Palisades Branch Library,
the library system said in a statement We want to help the people that need help,
Woody Faircloth told KUSA’s Jaleesa Irizarry What’s been beautiful is that our community has offered so much that we now have this full warehouse of things that could be a great starting point for somebody who just lost everything,
said Waseel Amoura, an organizer at the 9ThirtyLA venue It has been an extraordinarily difficult week for Los Angeles. We have witnessed unimaginable devastation, but through it all, there have been inspiring stories of communities coming together,
We recognize that PSPS creates hardships, yet safety remains our number one priority,
stated Funmi Williamson, the senior vice president of SoCal Edison Firefighters held back the flames at JPL’s gates, but many of our coworkers lost their homes,
a JPL staff member posted on X Tuesday evening Cal OES has led the efforts to respond to and recover from wildfire impacts,