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Go to ArcadiaWeekly.com for Arcadia Specific News M O N D AY, J U N E 01 - J U N E 07, 2020
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ORANGE COUNTY CITIES JOIN FORCES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS
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he effects of chronic homelessness have been felt by every city in Orange County. In order to help address the issue, and find ways to address the underlying problems that lead to homelessness, Orange has joined with the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park,
Cypress, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia, Villa Park, Stanton, and Yorba Linda in an unprecedented partnership called the North Service Planning Area (SPA). The North SPA Partnership is a joint collaboration that includes two full-service Navigation Centers to provide help to the region’s homeless. The Buena Park Center and the Placentia Center will provide
homeless individuals a total of 250 beds, health resources, job skill training, and the ability to reconnect with lost family. These facilities join the two shelters already built by the City of Anaheim, which house another 326 beds. In early 2018, in response to public outcry, the County of Orange evicted the homeless living along the Santa Ana River Trail. When the original
El Monte Union Schools Find Vehicle Theft, Grand Theft, Possession of Stolen Creative Ways to Recognize Property Arrest Riverside Class of 2020
plans for the evictions became public, the County and several cities were sued, alleging that local anti-camping ordinances were a violation of the constitutional rights of the homeless. At nearly the same time, the United States Court of Appeals, in an unrelated suit, ruled that anti-camping ordinances may
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Creative Writing Workshops Offered in San Bernardino
As El Monte Union prepares to bid farewell to the Class of 2020, the District’s six high schools are finding creative and safe ways to highlight seniors, honoring students with awards, personalized yard signs, graduation regalia and diploma car parades to honor the successes they’ve achieved over the last four years. South El Monte High School will host a virtual Golden Eagle Award Show – which will be live-streamed on YouTube – at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 28. The program will honor the school’s high-achieving students, including
Between the dates of April 3, and May 27, 2020, the Moreno Valley Station Robbery Burglary Suppression Team (RBST) began investigating a series of vehicle and vehicle parts thefts occurring within the city of Moreno Valley. Through extensive work by patrol deputies, members of RBST, the citywide camera system and the public, a white Toyota Tacoma was identified as a suspect vehicle. Through these investigative leads, the suspect vehicle was observed in the area of Fir Ave. and
The Creative Writing Workshop Series that is offered by the Inlandia Institute in partnership with the San Bernardino Public Library will be continuing this spring. While the workshops normally take place in the Rowe Branch Library, in response to COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings, the workshops are being offered virtually. We are using Google Classroom and Zoom for the workshop. The dates for the next series of workshops will be June 9th, and June 23rd. Led by professional writers and writing instructors, the Inlandia Institute Creative
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COMMUNITY REPORT Wise & Healthy Aging Rachel Tate, Regional and Special Projects Director at Wise & Healthy Aging, discusses skilled nursing facilities during COVID19.