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Art therapy helps people experiencing homelessness in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A local organization is using art to help people living on the streets in San Diego. "They call me Master Lee Airbrush King," said Lee, an artist experiencing homelessness. We watched Lee painting his canvas near the tracks at the Old Town Trolley Station. "My wife...
CBS 8 archives rescue a precious family memory from 1976
SAN DIEGO — When a San Diego family received bad news about a 1976 mural was torn down and lost they called CBS 8 to help find any coverage from our archives. When I first started reporting at CBS 8 a couple of decades ago, I covered the news of the day, but one of the best parts of my job now is digging into San Diego's history. In 1976, San Diego celebrated America's 200th birthday, the Bicentennial. "I just remember him being excited to go to work because he was going to go to work and paint," said Martha Gooden-Lewis. She is the daughter of Travis Gooden, a World War II Army veteran known for his patriotism and artwork. "This is a picture of a mural that he made for church. It was called Heavenly Flight," said Martha.
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.
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