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Tuscaloosa: Alabama football has developed a reputation for drawing big crowds to its A-Day spring football game, but even at limited capacity, the 2021 game earned a distinction. Saturday’s attendance of 47,218 is the highest at any U.S. sporting event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Yahoo! Sports. Capacity at Bryant-Denny Stadium was capped at 50%, or a little more than 50,000 fans. Alabama, which traditionally offers free admission to the event, charged $5 for tickets this year so it could control the number of people admitted and allow attendees to socially distance. It came within a few thousand tickets of selling out available seating. According to Yahoo, Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, is the lone large stadium allowing full-capacity crowds. The Texas Rangers drew 38,238 for opening day. Alabama drew an overflow crowd of 92,138 to its 2007 spring game, Nick Saban’s first at UA, and has had atten
Hawaii program for tourists in need may close due to cuts
April 16, 2021
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HONOLULU (AP) A 24-year-old Hawaii program that has helped tourists following traumatic events has said it may have to close.
The Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii said it would not survive beyond this summer if proposed legislative budget cuts take effect, Hawaii News Now reported Wednesday.
The organization was founded in 1997 by the Honolulu Rotary Club because there was no aid organization for visitors.
The group had received $370,000 from the Hawaii Tourism Authority in 2020, but that was cut to about $277,000 this year.
Now, the Legislature is considering cuts to the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s Safety and Security Programs that would eliminate most funding for Visitor Aloha Society.
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Program that helps visitors following trauma and tragedy faces deep cuts
A long-time program that helps tourists in need faces a funding crisis By Mahealani Richardson | April 14, 2021 at 5:33 PM HST - Updated April 14 at 6:01 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 24-year-old program thatâs helped visitors following trauma and tragedy says itâs in jeopardy of coming to an end.
The Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii says it wonât survive past the summer if proposed legislative cuts become a reality.
VASH was founded in 1997 by the Honolulu Rotary Club when it realized that visitors had no aid organization.
Jessica Lani Rich, president and CEO, said she is shocked the program could lose its funding.
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BREACH DETECTED The Department of State Hospitals is investigating a data breach at Atascadero State Hospital (pictured) involving the personal information of patients, former patients, and employees. On March 18, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) announced that an employee with access to Atascadero State Hospital data servers improperly obtained more than 1,400 patient and former patient names, more than 600 employee names, as well as COVID-19 test results and health information related to COVID-19 tracking. On April 5, the department announced that additional data was accessed in the same breach, including Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and employment-related health information for more t