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“This warms up my heart,” said Jason Bourassa, who is 43 and has been living in the park since June. Before that, he was in a nice rental apartment in James Bay but due to COVID, his work as stone fabricator dried up and he didn’t have enough money to pay his rent. He’s looking for a new place to live and a job but without a phone or internet, he said it’s a nearly impossible task. He spoke to someone about renting a suite at View Towers but when they found out he was living in Beacon Hill Park, he was turned down for the apartment.

Orange County Christmas Charity Overwhelmed With Requests for Help Nearly twice the number of families in Orange County, California, turned to a local charity for help funding Christmas this year compared to last year. Among the donors who stepped up to help was a 16-year-old philanthropist who took care of the wish lists for 93 children. “The challenges have been great with the pandemic,” Lisa Fujimoto, executive director of The Priority Center in Santa Ana, told The Epoch Times. “I haven’t seen the numbers quite this high.” The Priority Center has organized a Families Helping Fami...