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San Diego Navy sailor uses photography passion to give back to veterans, homeless A Navy sailors passion for photography led him to helping fellow military veterans. and last updated 2021-04-05 13:10:19-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Raw images captured by 13-year Navy service member Matt OConnor began last year following work-related stress. "It prevented me from sleeping, so instead of being cooped up in the house, Id either go for a drive or power walk," O’Connor said. Those walks near his down...

Staff reports Budget commission to meet PORT CLINTON - The Ottawa County Budget Commission will hold a meeting at 10 a.m. April 7. Call 419-734-7555, option 3, code 434521 to attend. Recreation board cancels meeting CLYDE - The Clyde Recreation Board meeting set for April 5 is canceled due to lack of a quorum. The next meeting will be May 3 in the conference room in the municipal building, 222 N. Main St. Alzheimers virtual classes offered TOLEDO -The Alzheimers Association Northwest Ohio Chapt...

Scientific American The Best Medicine Doesnt Always Come in a Bottle A program called Wheels of Change pays unsheltered people to pick up trash or otherwise help clean up their community—and it can turn their lives around Advertisement Ed Bidwell lived a nightmare before waking up to a better day. A debilitating brain bleed caused by a burst artery turned his life on a dime. He temporarily lost consciousness. With the left side of his body subsequently weakened and his ability to work comprom...

Pet of the Week: Meet Clover Staff reports Meet Clover, a 4- to 5-month-old female Coonhound. She is a super sweet puppy, with high energy. She is very curious and intelligent, but she does need some manners. The adoption fee is $117, which includes the spay, the initial four-in-one vaccine, once year rabies vaccine, deworming, heartworm test and current year dog license.  Visit Clover from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Sandusky County Dog Wardens office, 1950 Count...

SAN DIEGO —  The newest shelter at Father Joe’s Villages in downtown San Diego opened just about a month ago, but some clients there already say their lives have changed. “I feel like I can finally start developing a life for me, myself,” said Michelle Doherty, 60, who had been homeless for 11 years. “I want to be able to get settled down, and I want to help others.” Doherty is one of 28 women living at the new Bishop Maher Interim Shelter for women at Father Joe’s Villages’ E...

SAN DIEGO —  More than 700 people at a temporary homeless shelter in the San Diego Convention Center will begin moving into smaller shelters the week of March 22, but the waterfront venue isn’t expected to host any events in the foreseeable future. Instead, the Convention Center soon could become a vaccination site, San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher said Friday during a press conference outside the venue. While the plan is just in the idea stage now, Fletcher ...

Pet of the Week: Meet Ox

The 11-month venture protected homeless people during pandemic and connected more than 1,000 with housing opportunities

Updated: 1:28 PM PST March 5, 2021 SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Mayor Todd Gloria announced Friday that residents of a homeless shelter at the San Diego Convention Center will be relocated to the citys reconfigured shelters, where they will continue receiving social services. After a series of extensions due to the pandemic, Operation Shelter to Home is scheduled to conclude this month. All people sheltering in the convention center who have not already moved to permanent housin...

SAN DIEGO —  With funding for the homeless shelter at the San Diego Convention Center expiring at the end of March, the service providers overseeing hundreds of clients at the venue are preparing to move back into revamped shelters they last operated in early 2020. The Alpha Project and Father Joe’s Villages share duties at the city’s Shelter to Home program at the Convention Center, which had 818 clients as of Wednesday. Deacon Jim Vargas, president and CEO of Father Joe’s Villages, ...