Mindy Finkelstein

City of Hope

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16-year-old camp counselor at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California when a gunman opened fire there in 1999; Director of Development at the City of Hope in San Francisco

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At a joint news conference today, the Superintendent of LA Unified appeared with Mayor Villaraigosa and the Chief of Police to tell parents about efforts to increase security at LA…

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