This article was posted by The Daily Breeze on May 8, 2019. It’s been 10 months since Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino rolled out proposed locations for three temporary homeless shelters. But the shelters — planned for San Pedro, Wilmington and Watts — could open by the end of year, and each now has…
This article was posted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on May 6, 2019. A year removed from living on the streets of Las Vegas, Army veteran Ronald Cochran kept to his usual routine last week on the morning he was to take another big step in his comeback — his first day of work in…
This article was posted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on April 26, 2019. She had the key, and now it was time for one more thing. The brand-new American flag, still bright and shiny and creased from packaging. Carrying it to the outside of her new home near downtown Las Vegas, Ana Martinez attempted to…
This article was posted by azcentral on April 17, 2019. Online real-estate giant Zillow opened its new headquarters in the Galleria corporate office center in Old Town Scottsdale. Zillow, which runs the popular real-estate pricing website, plans to create 160 jobs in its new 25,000-square-foot office by the end of the year, in addition to…
This article was posted by 3 News Las Vegas on April 17, 2019. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — After a one-year hiatus, Stand Down returned Wednesday to a new location to help care for the many needs of local veterans. Since its beginnings in 2004, Stand Down had been held at Cashman Center, but when it…
Hello, My name is Mike McDaniel. I joined the Air Force in 1980, and I had a great experience in the service. I even fell in love and married a fellow Airwoman. We made a home together, cooking dinner on the evenings when we were both there. Unfortunately, my wife did not enjoy her military…
This article was posted by laist.com on March 26, 2019. United Airlines has offered to pull out of a $69 million dollar deal to rename the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a day after veterans and community members voiced their concerns at an oversight meeting. Many vets who attended the Thursday afternoon Coliseum Commission meeting said…
This article was posted by The Daily Courier on March 21, 2019. U.S. Vets Prescott Executive Director Carole Benedict speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $8 million U.S. Vets Prescott complex at 1040 Whipple St. on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Read More
This article was posted by The Daily Courier on March 21, 2019. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday, March 21, for the new $8 million U.S. VETS Prescott complex at 1040 Whipple St. in Prescott. The four-building complex will include 150 units of new housing for homeless veterans, including 76 beds for transitional living and…
This article was posted by JournalAZ.com on February 27, 2019. In 2015, administrators in the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office made a startling discovery about the county jail. Of the 492 inmates in county detention that year, 52 percent had been diagnosed with a mental health problem for which they had been prescribed medication. Seventy percent…