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Studio City Sinkhole
The main water line that erupted in Studio City over the weekend is right in front of the cream-colored house Ann Nicholas shares with her family. She owns a small business in the neighborhood and was on a business trip when gushing water shot right towards her home. A frantic phone Read more…
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2009 Big Tujunga Damage
Families facing the worst, and not knowing what to expect until they get there. Patricia Nazario speaks with one survivor and explains that while some homes were completely destroyed, the blaze inexplicably spared others. As the U.S. Forest Services continues escorting families back to their remote properties Read more…
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2009 Station Fire
From rural communities in Acton, the line of flames in the Station Fire spread south across 20 miles towards Pasadena, threatening the iconic observatory on Mount Wilson, as well as numerous TV, radio and cell towers on the peak. Patricia Nazario reports, the Southland’s protracted drought makes ideal weather conditions Read more…
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Remote Medical Clinic
For her story on the Remote Clinic in 2009, Patricia Nazario wins two Golden Mike Awards: Best Serious Feature and Best Reporting. For the next week, doctors and dentists with the global organization Remote Area Medical are offering free root canals, new glasses, and a range of other healthcare Read more…
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First AME Church Hosts Jackson Memorial
As mourners gather to celebrate the life of pop star, Michael Jackson, Patricia Nazario took a seat in the pew and reports from the oldest church founded by African-Americans in Los Angeles. Most were African American. They sat close to one another, crying at times – but also standing Read more…
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Entrevista en vivo en Puerto Rico
La Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ) tuvo su 27 convención anual en San Juan de Puerto Rico del 24 al 27 de junio del 2009. Docenas de estudiantes desde universidades, a nivel nacional, trabajan juntos con reporteros, productores y fotógrafos expertos para producir historias noticiosas profesionales. Emplean la nueva Read more…
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Part 1: Her Three Sons – Home
Cathy Harvey is a single mom raising three sons with special needs. They each have Cerebral Palsy, autism, and attention deficit disorder. During the week, Harvey is up before the sun to get her boys ready for school. Patricia Nazario stopped by their San Fernando Valley home to see the Read more…
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Part 2: Her Three Sons – School
In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the approach to special education is two-fold: Provide support and services and mix disabled children with the rest of the students. Cathy Harvey is a single mom who’s banking the system will help prepare her three special-needs sons for life in the real Read more…
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Part 3: Her Three Sons – Rescources
Temper tantrums, intense therapy sessions and expensive prescription medications are among the challenges that confront parents with special-needs children. To handle it all, a single mom raising three disabled boys in the San Fernando Valley has tapped several resources. Patricia Nazario explains how she doesn’t spend a red cent of Read more…