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A Promise That Homeless Veterans Will Be Housed in LA
The Veterans’ Administration has finally agreed that homeless military veterans will be housed on 400 acres in West LA—land dedicated to them more than 100 years ago. An exit strategy for commercial properties that have been leasing the land will be negotiated.
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenThe Veterans’ Administration has finally agreed that homeless military veterans will be housed on 400 acres in West LA—land dedicated to them more than 100 years ago. An exit strategy for commercial properties that have been leasing the land will be negotiated. We’ll talk to the new VA Administrator who made the deal just six months after taking office.
Also, a fox hunted almost to extinction before Yosemite became a National Park has been spotted for the first time in almost 100 years.
Banner Image: Gary Montez, 58, sits outside his tent in the courtyard of Midnight Mission shelter on skid row in Los Angeles, California November 11, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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2 storiesVA Settles Lawsuit over West LA Land Use
400 acres of West LA was dedicated to American veterans in 1888. Now, LA County has more homeless veterans than any place else in the country—some 4200 people. But it wasn’t until yesterday that the Veterans’ Administration announced settlement of a lawsuit demanding that they be housed on that property.
Read the story18 minRare Fox Sighting Could Help Species
For the first time since 1915, a Sierra Nevada Red Fox has been photographed by a hidden camera. Sarah Stock is a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park. The Sierra Nevada Red Fox as captured by hidden camera; Credit: NPS Read more about the fox on the Which Way, LA? blog .
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