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SoCal ambulances respond to help with emergency response to Hurricane Helene
First responders from Southern California are headed to the East Coast to help with the emergency response to Hurricane Helene.The federal government put out the call on Thursday and Falck private ambulance company responded.Seven ambulances staffed by paramedics and EMTs from Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties departed on the 2,500-mile journey Thursday afternoon. The deployment is expected to be up to 14 days."The good part about Falck is we have services throughout the U.S. and California and so we're able to take a couple from each jurisdiction so as not to deplete one area, put them together in what we call a strike team," said Lyle Hanson, managing director of Falck Mobile Health.Both basic and advanced life-support teams are being dispatched.Falck has responded to hurricanes in the past, but this is the farthest they have ever traveled from the West Coast. They're headed to a staging area in Greensville, South Carolina.
Monrovia mourns for former Councilwoman Gloria Crudgington
Former Monrovia Councilwoman Gloria Crudgington died Wednesday on her 75th birthday, her family and friends announced. Crudgington passed away peacefully in her Monrovia home with her husband of 47 years Cleve at her side. For six years she battled multiple system atrophy, or MSA, a very rare and fatal neurological disease that slowly reduced her strength and vitality.
Duarte provides update on Royal Oaks Park projects
Upgrades are imminent at Royal Oaks Park, and the tennis courts will be closed until November, the Duarte Parks and Recreation Department announced. Construction will soon be underway on new pickleball courts following City Council approval of the Royal Oaks Pickleball Court Conversion and Tennis Court Resurfacing Project earlier this year.
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