San Diego, CA
San Diego nonprofit supports former foster youth with mental health services
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego nonprofit Simply in Time for Foster Youth (JIT) is reaching out to weak younger adults who lately aged out of the foster care system. The initiative was began following a brand new report that discovered half of all homeless persons are former foster youngsters.
“I entered the foster care system completely once I was 12 years previous,” mentioned Samantha Harmer.
Harmer moved from Utah to San Diego earlier than she aged out of the foster care system at 18.
“A interval of my life the place I used to be struggling quite a bit. Since I used to be from Utah, I wasn’t accepted into lots of the applications that have been for foster youth in California,” mentioned Harmer. “Then I used to be referred to Simply in Time by a case employee I had. It positively modified my life.”
Harmer was accepted to the College of California San Diego that yr. JIT paid for Harmer’s college provides and paired her with a mentor.
“I triple-majored in political science, sociology and communications,” mentioned Harmer. “So having that constant individual in my life to lean on for steering was unimaginable.”
That peace of thoughts helped her graduate and get a full-time job on the nonprofit. Sadly, knowledge reveals success tales like Harmer’s are uncommon.
The Nationwide Foster Youth institute says one out of each 5 former foster children grow to be homeless instantly after leaving the foster care system. It is an issue difficult by elevated dangers for psychological sickness and substance abuse.
“While you come out of foster care, you do not have a help system,” mentioned Don Wells, CEO of Simply in Time for Foster Youth. “And nobody does properly and not using a help system.”
The nonprofit is making an attempt to interrupt that cycle by including a brand new psychological well being staff.
“We employed an individual who’s a scientific psychologist as a supervisor,” mentioned Wells. “And we shaped a partnership with Alliant Worldwide College. They ship us graduate college students, so we’re capable of provide remedy on-site without charge to our members.”
It is a essential step to guard at-risk youth.
“That is as a result of it is all about connections,” mentioned Wells.
Simply in Time for Foster Youth additionally helps aged-out foster youth with housing, job readiness and extra. If you wish to be taught extra, you possibly can go to their web site.
San Diego, CA
Macy’s reveals locations of closing stores, including 2 in San Diego County
Macy’s revealed the locations of 66 stores, including nine in California that will be closing as part of the department store chain’s Bold New Chapter strategy. Two are in San Diego County.
The plan to close approximately 150 stores over a three-year period was announced last year but Macy’s hadn’t announced any of the locations until now.
“Closing any store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go-forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” said Tony Spring, chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s, Inc.
Here’s a list of locations Macy’s plans on closing in California:
- 750 W. 7th St. in The Bloc (Los Angeles)
- 2838 S. El Camino Real (San Mateo)
- 6000 Sunrise Mall (Citrus Heights)
- 300 Westminster Mall (Westminster)
- 200 Newpark Mall (Newark)
- 1555 Camino De La Reina (San Diego)
- 2015 Birch Rd. Suite 2 in Otay Ranch Town Center (Chula Vista)
- 1400 Redwood Highway in Village at Corte Madera (Corta Madera)
- 414 K St. in Downtown Plaza (Sacramento)
Closures have also been announced in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. A complete list of the 66 stores can be found here.
Macy’s stated there are 350 “go-forward” stores they will continue to invest in.
San Diego, CA
San Diego hotels step up to help Los Angeles evacuees
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – As the Los Angeles wildfires displace thousands of residents, San Diego hotels open their doors to help, offering discounted rates.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with ABC 10News that 180-thousand residents have been displaced by the wildfires as of Thursday morning.
With that, San Diego’s hotel industry is responding to the call for help, welcoming any evacuees from LA who are seeking shelter.
One of those hotels is Omni San Diego.
Charles Cho, General Manager of Omni San Diego, said he put out a rate for Los Angeles evacuees that is substantially below their normal rates.
“We just want to make sure we share our rooms, since we have them, with those who need them the most,” Cho said. “There’s still a lot of hotels in between us and where the fire is, but hey, if they’re willing to come down here, we’re ready for them.”
Cho said as soon as he heard about the wildfires, he checked Omni’s occupancy to see what they could offer.
As of Thursday, Omni is already helping one evacuee.
“Hospitality really is all about making friends, and it’s about building relationships,” Cho said.
Cho is not alone in his intentions to help LA residents.
According to the San Diego Tourism Authority, more than two dozen hotels across San Diego came together on Thursday to offer assistance to Los Angeles evacuees, and both the Tourism Authority and San Diego Lodging Association put the list of hotels together and published it online.
Fred Tayco, Executive Director of the San Diego Lodging Association, said, “We very quickly got the impression that the news was paling in comparison to what they were seeing on the ground. If you are evacuating and you are negatively impacted, the doors are open. “
Kerri Kapich, Chief Operating Officer at the San Diego Tourism Authority, said all the hotels will be offering their own special rates. The rates will all expire at different times.
“There are discounts in terms of no parking fees, resort fees for pets, and other things like that,” Kasich said. “At the end of the day, we’re here to help. LA is our neighbor. They’re our friends, our family. We just want to do everything that we can during this heartbreaking time.”
To see the list of San Diego hotels offering assistance to LA wildfire victims, visit The San Diego Tourism Authority website or The San Diego Lodging Association’s website.
San Diego, CA
Los Angeles fire evacuees get help from San Diego hotels
As evacuees from the Los Angeles fires search frantically for temporary lodging, many of them are reaching out to San Diego County hotels, which have mobilized to provide deeply discounted room rates.
The San Diego Tourism Authority, in tandem with the local lodging association, has created a web page with a growing list of discounted accommodations, from the Bahia Resort Hotel and Catamaran to the Rancho Bernardo Inn and La Jolla Shores Hotel.
San Diego-based Evans Hotels, which has properties in the Mission Bay area and La Jolla, already has about two dozen bookings from L.A. residents forced to leave their homes following multiple firestorms in Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena. Many simply want to get away from the smoke and fire blanketing Los Angeles right now, said Robert Gleason, CEO of Evans Hotels, which operates the Bahia and Catamaran resorts, in addition to the Lodge at Torrey Pines.
According to the lastest estimates from fire officials, there are more than 9,000 homes, businesses and other structures that have been destroyed by the Palisades and Eaton fires burning across Pacific Palisades and Altadena, which is near Pasadena.
Gleason said that at the Bahia and Catamaran hotels, Evans Hotels is offering 25% off standard room rates, 40% off suites, and a waiver of resort, parking and pet fees.
“We started getting calls first thing yesterday morning from evacuees, trying to book a reservation because hotels in L.A. were filling up pretty quickly,” Gleason said Thursday. “The reality is that none of the guests staying with us really want to be with us but are here out of necessity.
“We had a call with the executive committee of the San Diego County Lodging Association this morning, and everyone is trying to do whatever they can. In the lodging business we get to participate in really joyous times for people and also in times of great stress and challenge for people. We see both extremes.”
The Tourism Authority has assembled a list of offers that is being continually updated on a website it created related to fire relief. Among the more generous discounts is 50% off at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad; a $99 daily rate at Humphreys Half Moon Inn on Shelter Island; and 50% off available rates at the La Jolla Shores Hotel and La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Expiration dates vary from property to property.
“We were monitoring conditions in San Diego to see if we would have any challenges here, but so far conditions look good,” said Kerri Kapich, chief operating officer for the Tourism Authority. “We had heard from a few hotels along the beach areas that they had calls from L.A. residents, and then thought we’re in a situation where we can reach out to our membership and other hotels in the community to see if they’d like to put offers out there. It’s gratifying to see hotels are doing that.”
In addition to local hotel discounts, Airbnb also has announced that it, too, is reaching out to those made homeless by the Los Angeles wildfires. It is offering free, temporary housing via a partnership with 211 LA to connect with those impacted by the fires.
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