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  2. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    225,000 sq ft (20,900 m 2) [1] Website. urm.org. The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3 ...

  3. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 - Wikipedia

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    A woman is rescued alive from rubble by the CA-TF2 several days after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 or CA-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Los Angeles County, California. CA-TF2 is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

  4. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 August 2024. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...

  5. Los Angeles County search-and-rescue team combs through ...

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    Just before midnight, they were wheels-up, winging — along with 65,000 pounds of equipment — to Turkey as part of a sprawling 141,000-strong search-and-rescue effort that includes 8,619 ...

  6. Los Angeles firefighters to join rescue efforts in Turkey and ...

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    February 7, 2023 at 12:51 AM. Dozens of specially trained Los Angeles County firefighters are headed to Turkey and Syria to assist in search-and-rescue operations after Monday's massive magnitude ...

  7. Skid Row, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    0.431 sq mi (1.12 km 2) ZIP Code. 90013. Area code. 213. Skid Row is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. [ 1 ] The area is officially known as Central City East. [ 2 ] Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless ...

  8. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 1 - Wikipedia

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    CA-TF1 is one of six Task Forces that is Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) certified having received extensive training in responding to incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological agents. [2] When deploying, CA-TF1 can move its equipment in one of two ways. The first is to load the cache onto a military pallet for shipment via air ...

  9. Landslides are destroying multimillion-dollar homes in ...

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    This affluent coastal city in Southern California, around 30 miles south of Los Angeles, has long enticed people with its Pacific Ocean views and lush greenery. But it sits atop a complex of slow ...