Insurance Holiday After the Fire Entertainment See page 7 Calendar Filing a Community Helps Fire Victims FEMA Claim See pages 10 - 11 See Page 4 See Page 8 ValleyVolume 34, Issue 38 A CompendiousVantage Source of Information November 15, 2018 News in Brief Fire Victim Remains Found A third victim of the Woolsey fire was found Tuesday in a destroyed home. The body of an elderly man was found still in a chair at his home in the 32000 block of Lobo Canyon. Sheriffs personnel responded to the scene at the request of family members. “They hadn’t heard from the resident since Friday,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, adding that the resident appeared to live alone at the house. Two other victims were discovered in burned a car last Friday in the 33000 block of Mulholland Highway. Help Catch Car Battery Thieves Photo: Ben Braunstein Out of the Ashes... Children Salute Our Veterans A Community Comes Together... Something positive this week! Children at Pomelo Community Charter School honored local heroes and The Woolsey Fire affected But it was the stories after and aid of fire victims - the first veterans in their annual Heroes Feast. They fed military almost everyone in our the fire that we concentrated responders, but also the community service men and women, veterans and law enforcement, circulation area from Woodland on. We have all seen the horrific members who banded together to sang patriotic songs and recited “the Pledge of Alliance” Hills to Agoura. At presstime photos. So we decided to share bring relief, aid, food and comfort in sign language. Students practice all year for this event. it had consumed 98,362 acres the “good news” stories of the to those affected. 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WOODLAND HILLS: The Woodland Hills Library will live stream NASA’s InSight Mars Lander as it touches down on Mars on Monday, November 26 from 11 am to 12:30 pm. The robotic lander is designed to study the interior of the plant. Local astronomer Neill Simmons will be on hand to discuss the landing and answer questions. The library is located at 22200 Ventura Blvd. Call 226-0017 with questions. CALABASAS: The City of Calabasas will host an e-waste collection event on Saturday, November 17 from 10 am to 3 pm. Bring your old appliances and electronics to El Camino Shopping Center’s parking lot, 23381 Mulholland Drive to be disposed of properly. WOODLAND HILLS: The Friends of Platt Library will host an “Afternoon of Holiday Music” featuring the singer Bonnie Bowden on Saturday, December 8 at 2 pm. She will perform Christmas and Hanukkah music. The library is located at 23600 Victory Blvd. Admission is free and no reservations are required. WEST HILLS: The Guitar Merchant will present a free music recital on Sunday, November 18 at noon. The store is located at 22805 Saticoy Street at Fallbrook Avenue. RESEDA: Council Bob Blumenfield will host a Holiday Open House on Thursday, November 29 from 4:30 to 7 pm. Refreshments will be served. Guests are invited to bring donations of new, unwrapped toys for local children as well as socks, blankets and canned goods for the homeless. His office is located at 19010 Vanowen Street. Donations can be dropped off Monday to Friday 9 am to 6 pm. For more information visit blumenfield.lacity.org/holidays2018 or call 774-4330. WOODLAND HILLS: Gelb Group, A Family of Companies, will collect toys for Toys for Tots beginning Friday, November 23. Bring your new, unwrapped toys to the lobby of the Gelb building at 6200 Canoga Avenue from 8 am to 6 pm. Marines will pick up all toys after December 14 and distribute them. 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Sherman, along with disasterassistance.gov/, or find a sba.gov/ela/Information/Index Congresswoman Julia Brownley, local Disaster Recovery Center Unemployment assistance: and Congressman Ted Lieu, sent a online at https://egateway.fema. People who are out of work due letter to the President urging him gov/ESF6/DRCLocator as soon to the fires may be eligible for to approve the disaster declaration as possible. unemployment benefits. You can first requested by Governor Jerry Small Business file for benefits at https://www.edd. Brown and make these funds Administration (SBA): ca.gov/Unemployment/UI_Online. available to fire survivors. The Administration also htm. You can also file by phone, After statements opposing approved U.S. Small Business Monday to Friday, 8 am to noon aid to California fire victims, on Administration (SBA) loans for by calling: Monday, the President signed a homeowners, businesses, and English: 1-800-300-5616 declaration that allows federal nonprofit organizations. The Spanish: 1-800-326-8937 funds to be available to help Los Chinese: 1-800-547-3506 Angeles and Ventura County FEMA funding will be (Cantonese), 1-866-303-0706 survivors. This includes Federal available to rebuild Vietnamese: 1-800-547-2058 Emergency Management Agency and repair homes and (FEMA) Individual Assistance Help in Dealing with Insurance funding that will be available structures that werer Company Issues to individuals to allow them to damaged or destroyed and Call the California Department rebuild and repair homes and of Insurance consumer hotline structures that were damaged or replace housing and other at 1-800-927-4357 (HELP) or destroyed and replace housing property not covered by visit their website at https:// and other property not covered by insurance.