LOS ANGELES REGION ANSWERS CALL TO HELP STORM'S VICTIMS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Touched by photos of devastation and stories of heartbreak, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. residents reached out Wednesday to victims of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ,
mounting fundraising drives as relief efforts gained momentum.
``It's heart-wrenching,'' substitute teacher Liliette Pena said, stifling sobs as she waited to donate $100 at a Red Cross center at Dodger Stadium • • [ that will be operating again today. ``A little money from me can go a long way. I'd like to think that if anything like that happened to Los Angeles, people back East would do the same thing.'' Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. stopped by Fire Station No. 88 in Sherman Oaks, where the city's 70-member Urban and Rescue team mustered before starting its cross-country drive to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical effort. A 70-member team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La also prepared to deploy. ``In Southern California, we've endured earthquakes, brush fires, and landslides, but in our lifetime neither our city nor our county has seen a natural disaster of this magnitude,'' Villaraigosa said, urging residents to offer donations and prayers to the victims of Katrina. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he planned to talk with the governors of Mississippi This is a list of the Governors of the State of Mississippi.
``We are trying as a state to do everything we can to help those two states,'' he said at a news conference in Long Beach. ``It's unbelievable the suffering going on in those two states.'' Corporations in California joined those nationwide in donating money, goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. to help alleviate the suffering of those left homeless by the deadly hurricane. Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. contributed $2.5 million, and Occidental Petroleum, headquartered in Westwood, donated $1 million to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and pledged to match employee contributions to that charity. ``Among the millions of people whose lives have been impacted by Katrina are Oxy employees,'' said Ray R. Irani Ray R. Irani (January 13, 1935) is the current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum. According to Forbes.com, his five-year total compensation between 2001-2005 was $127,447,000. , Occidental's chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Seattle-based Washington Mutual is collecting donations for the Red Cross at its retail banking centers, and also gave $100,000 to the charity's disaster relief fund. Beginning today, Best Buy stores will accept cash donations for the Red Cross, a service that will be offered starting Friday at Rite Aid stores. At Union Station in Los Angeles, a nonprofit called Phone for Life Inc., planned a Labor Day weekend collection of used cell phones to distribute to elderly and sickly residents in remote areas of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. , Mississippi and Alabama so they can call 911 if necessary. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is accepting donations on its Web site, and Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, sought donations for Catholic Charities USA. Operation USA, which provides emergency medical supplies, sought contributions in order to increase its efforts, while the Salvation Army also is marshaling resources to provide emergency aid. ``I urge all Americans to focus on the real needs of people who have lost everything,'' said Operation USA President Richard Walden. For Southern California residents, the opportunity to donate to a relief fund may help them cope with the feeling of helplessness that comes with the images of the devastation. ``It's so sad,'' said Eloise Rosales, 34, who arrived with her husband and three children on Wednesday to donate at the Red Cross center at Dodgers Stadium. ``It's almost unbelievable, but you look at it on TV and you say, 'My God, this is really happening - it happened.''' HOW TO HELP Here are agencies accepting donations to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina: --American Red Cross will be accepting donations today, 5 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at Dodger Stadium and 6 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at the Rose Bowl. Best Buy, Rite Aid and Washington Mutual will accept donations for Red Cross. Donations also can be mailed to the agency's Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013; call (800) HELPNOW or (800) 257-7575 (Spanish); or see www.redcross.org. --Operation USA, 8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90069; or call (800) 678-7255. --Catholic Charities USA, 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund, P.O. Box 25168, Alexandria Va., 22313-9788. --Salvation Army, Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 4857, Jackson, Miss., 39296-4857. Call (800) SALARMY; or see www.salvationarmysocal.org. CAPTION(S): box Box: HOW TO HELP (see text) |
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