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March 18, 2011 | By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger
Travelers are being offered many ways to contribute to the earthquake and tsunami relief effort in Japan. Some airline and hotel rewards programs will allow members to exchange their points for charity donations. In an earlier blog post, I wrote about donation options from American Airlines and All Nippon Airways . Here are more companies that provide ways to help, with links to their rewards programs: Hilton HHonors --Will match donations made by its members to a maximum of $250,000.
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January 28, 1995 | LESLIE HELM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sandwiched between a major downtown artery and a neighborhood of crushed houses is a playground the size of a large traffic island, where six tents stand. Rie Hatada sits on an upturned plastic box, quietly tending a small fire. Curled up close by is her 6-month-old puppy, Buuta. Her two boys, 6-year-old Kennichi and 12-year-old Sho, kick around a soccer ball nearby. Hatada doesn't complain about her temporary home. The tent is dry, if cold, and she has daily rations of rice and canned meat.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 27, 1995 | K. CONNIE KANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A woman from Reseda, whose family is still living in a house heavily damaged in the Northridge earthquake, brought a carload of clothing, food and special treats to Little Tokyo to be forwarded to victims of last week's deadly Kobe temblor. And Long Beach mail carrier Yamira Ybarra spent her day off with her son, Jonathan, carting the items she had collected during her mail delivery route to Little Tokyo's earthquake relief center.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 25, 1995 | JON D. MARKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Frustrated members of a Southern California medical relief team finally got a chance to help on Tuesday, but in a much different way than expected.
NEWS
January 25, 1995 | DAVID HOLLEY and SAM JAMESON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Demolition, emergency repairs and construction accelerated here Tuesday as the government declared this crippled city a disaster area and offered special tax cuts to victims of Japan's worst earthquake in 72 years. With convenience stores and some other shops reopened, the less damaged parts of the city took on an appearance of near-normality. But in other places, clouds of dust rose as huge cranes tore into crumbled buildings of concrete and steel.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 25, 1995 | JON D. MARKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
After hiking seven miles through some of this city's most ferociously flattened neighborhoods, half the 18-person Southern California medical relief team finally got to help Tuesday: At a Koreatown hospital, they peeled vegetables, straightened X-ray files, sterilized surgical equipment and conducted a grief therapy session. And they were welcomed with hugs, tears and praise. "They rescued us," said Dr. Jung Hyo Kim, emergency room chief at Kobe Asahi Hospital, of the surprise assistance.