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California chief service officer urges safety, organized volunteering after Pasadena shelter visit

2102047 · January 10, 2025
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Josh Friday, California's chief service officer, urged Californians to prioritize safety, sign up for alerts at ready.ca.gov, check on vulnerable neighbors and not self-deploy, after visiting a Pasadena shelter housing evacuated residents including a nursing home.

Josh Friday, California's chief service officer and head of California Volunteers, urged residents to prioritize safety and follow local evacuation orders after visiting a large shelter in Pasadena that was housing evacuated residents, including an entire nursing home.

Friday described the scene at a Pasadena convention center converted to a shelter: "It was, it was harrowing. I was at the there's a convention center in Pasadena, which is turned into a shelter. There was about 12 100 people there, including a nursery an entire nursing home full of seniors who had been evacuated and we're staying there in the evening." He also…

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