SHELTER OPEN FOR RAINY DAYS.Byline: Daily News staff and wire services SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The Santa Clarita homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. will remain open for the next five nights because of rainy and stormy weather, officials announced this week. The 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. Homeless Services Authority was scheduled to begin the third phase of its winter shelter program today, which calls for shelters to close if the weather is warm and dry. But the shelters will remain open through the weekend, said program director Paul Rossi. Beginning Monday, selected nonprofit service providers will offer temporary emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered to the homeless when the National Weather Service forecast calls for a 50 percent or greater chance of rain, when temperatures dip below 40 degrees or when it rains during the day. The temporary Santa Clarita shelter opened Jan. 6 after debate over whether it could have a permanent home in a Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling strip mall. The city denied the request for a special-use permit because business owners and residents near there said it wasn't an appropriate place. The emergency shelter now sits at the city's sports complex on Soledad Canyon and Golden Valley road. It will open at 6 p.m. each night through the weekend, and then on cold, rainy nights through the end of April. Those in need of emergency shelter may go directly to the shelters in time for dinner, or to a pick-up point for free transportation. For up-to-the-hour information about temporary shelter openings, closures or pick-up site locations call (800) 548-6047. The hearing-impaired should call the TDD (Time Division Duplexing) A transmission method that uses only one channel for transmitting and receiving, separating them by different time slots. No guard band is used. Contrast with FDD. See also TDD/TTY. TDD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf operator at (800) 660-4026. |
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