A Guerneville family is rebounding and receiving community support nearly one week after their home was destroyed by a fallen tree that just barely missed a 3-year-old girl as she slept in her crib during a raging winter storm just one day before Christmas. Now living at a Windsor hotel, the family has had time to take a breather and reflect on the damage that forced them out of their home of nearly four years on Highway 116 near Riverside Drive.
It was April, just a few months since the new administration took over in the White House, and Cynthia Verduzco walked into an office for the most important interview of her life: She was applying to be a United States citizen. After she was born in Mexico, her family moved to Los Angeles when she was an infant, then to Newark when she was in middle school. She raised three kids here.
"It is brilliant. It has been a rollercoaster. We can only imagine what Maureen and Féile have been through. Thankfully, Féile made the 400km long journey yesterday from Crumlin Hospital yesterday by Bumbleance. A load of people turned up to welcome her home and to wish her well along the way with many having bonfires lighting on the road. It really illustrates how happy and grateful people are that Féile is home. Féile has been in hospital since July 2."
After nearly 10 years of operations, Perez-Gallardo is parting with Lil' Deb's, which has been through the ups and downs of the restaurant business since it opened. The restaurant became known as a hub of creativity, from its fried fish dishes to delightfully vibrant decor to an ever-steadfast community focus: 69 cents (intentionally) from every dish sale goes to mutual aid funds.
Donations are flooding in for one of the victims of the Brown University shooting, and Providence is showing up for the Ivy League community in more ways than one. A verified GoFundMe for MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, who was fatally shot, has raised more than $370,000 of a $460,000 goal as of Monday evening.
Clothing, bags, accessories, hats, books, bags, clown figurines and more! one of a kind altered, vintage and second hand clothing $5 pile! 25% percent of proceeds goes to local organizations helping unhoused people, the environment and the community. <3
San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safai talked about working with Lazar. Safai said he could call Lazar at any moment he had questions about policies and would tell him when he was wrong. CEO of the Union Square Alliance, Marisa Rodriquez, said that Lazar is missed by many community members after he retired. Lazar retired in May from SFPD. "I will say that about 800,000 people in San Francisco are jealous of this opportunity you have before you," Rodriquez said. Lazar helped the city during the pandemic and worked together with Rodriguez to address crime issues, leading to a decrease, she said, offering the data to the supervisors.
It's rare that a grocery store is among the things that people love about their home state, but H-E-B holds that place for many Texans. While the thought of all things Texas may bring to mind things like barbecue and Tex-Mex cuisine, H-E-B is another major Texan institution, and one that has a huge following. Being one of the oldest grocery stores in the United States, it's still going strong, and its customer base is as loud as they are loyal.
Before the fire, Lucy's Place would come alive in the morning. Gardeners and day laborers would come by for a morning pastry or breakfast burrito and coffee served up by owner Juan Orozco, who arrived at 5 a.m. to prepare. If he had to step out, his regulars would take over and serve coffee to customers, he said.
"My little Astoria town," Minntah says fondly. "It's really nice because it's such a small community and everybody knows each other, so there's a lot of support."
Looking at rentals after my divorce, all I could see was expansive space - so much for my daughters and me to fill. But when I found the perfect location, I knew it was time. We craved that space, as overwhelming as it was - space to call home, space to furnish. I reminded myself of the potential and signed the lease.
There is no discrimination against anyone. We had a young lad come in recently from Dublin, he looked lost, he said he was starving. We fed and helped him, my heart went out to him. He has been in touch recently saying he was offered a job and is settled and he thanked us for helping him.
Sex Education's Asa Butterfield, who grew up in Hackney, is helping raise money for Hackney Foodbank by leading a charity auction at the Mildmay Club this October. Prizes up for grabs include limited edition artwork by Sam Winston, Eva Rothschild and Heretic Studios; dinners at Papi, Behind and Brat; cushions from House of Hackney; Eurostar tickets; gig tickets for EartH and Rough Trade; and a hotel stay at One Hundred Shoreditch.
With all children across the UK back in school as of this week, I am reminded that almost one in three are in poverty. That statistic is shocking enough but behind every number is a child, and what this statistic means is children arriving at school hungry, living in insecure housing, and missing out on the activities that help them thrive.
There is no denying that these are dangerous times, and it is all too easy to get sucked into the vortex of despair. From troops overrunning the streets of Washington, D.C., to the antidemocratic strongarm tactics of Governor Abbott in Texas, to Governor DeSantis ordering the Pulse Memorial rainbow walk to be painted over in Florida, to out-of-control ICE agents stealing people off the street, to starvation in Gaza, to whatever the heck is going on with the Ukraine negotiations,
Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now! These kids were literally praying! It was the first week of school. They were in a Church! These are kids that should be learning with their friends. They should be playing on the playground. They should able to go to school or Church in peace without the fear or risk of violence.
