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Valley Oasis shines in homeless battle

PALMDALE — The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority turned the spotlight on Valley Oasis, the lead service provider for Service Planning Area No 1, and the City of Lancaster in the April...

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Taking action against sexual assault

LANCASTER — This April marks the official 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The annual campaign — signified by a teal ribbon — serves to bring awareness and education regarding sexual...

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More than 80 Antelope Valley families face uncertainty after motel housing funding runs out

More than 80 families in Lancaster and Palmdale who were provided housing by an organization called Valley Oasis — through motel vouchers funded by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority — are...

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Helping end homelessness

LANCASTER — Joel Tedholm, 64, experienced homeless off and on for a total of 15 years. “I just got priced out and I couldn’t do it,” Tedholm said. He lived in a...

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These shelters help male victims of domestic violence

DALLAS — A Texas group has opened what’s believed to be only the second shelter in the U.S. exclusively for men who are victims of domestic violence, as advocates say more men...

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On LA County’s remote north end, the homeless are stuck. Is hope on the horizon?

At the desert edges of north Los Angeles County, where the August sun beats down with no mercy, men who live in tents or in cars near the recently shuttered homeless shelter...

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‘Dinner Basket Auction’ event set

LANCASTER – The Antelope Valley’s domestic-violence shelter will benefit from the 21st annual Starlight Garden Party. Featuring the Valley Oasis Amigas’ “Dinner Basket Auction,” the party will be held Aug. 12 at...

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‘Peggy’s Law’ set to punish abusers

LANCASTER – Named for a woman who was murdered by a former boyfriend who tracked her from Ohio to New Mexico to California, a new state law is aimed at helping domestic-violence...

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LAHSA Relocates 20 Displaced Residents Of Antelope Valley Facility

LAHSA Relocates 20 Displaced Residents of Antelope Valley Facility Los Angeles, CA (August 9, 2017) – Staff from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) moved quickly to relocate 20 homeless individuals...

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‘It’s hard for a guy to say, “I need help.”’ How shelters reach out to male victims of domestic violence

Reporting from Dallas — When Joshua Miller’s girlfriend attacked him, smashing their son’s toy guitar against his forehead, he was the one that police officers put in handcuffs. It was not until...

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