Padua House

The County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The supervisors withheld long-term support, however, from the hospice that serves the coastal area. The new three-year commitments, approved last week amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extend hospice funding to mid-1992.

The County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The supervisors withheld long-term support, however, from the hospice that serves the coastal area. The new three-year commitments, approved last week amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extend hospice funding to mid-1992.

The County Board of Supervisors has committed an additional $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting Tuesday to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and Central Los Angeles. The new three-year commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The County Board of Supervisors has committed an additional $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting Tuesday to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and Central Los Angeles. The new three-year commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting this week to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The new commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting Tuesday to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The new three-year commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The San Fernando Valley's only hospice for dying AIDS patients--along with a similar facility in Long Beach--will be forced to close as early as next week if county officials do not release funds budgeted for the facilities, hospice operators say. Los Angeles County suspended its contract with Homestead Hospice and Shelter to operate the five-bed Pioneer Home in Van Nuys and the 11-bed Padua House in Long Beach last August when new licensing regulations imposed by the state became effective.

From the harbor to the East Side, from the inner city to Belmont Shore, this was a day in the life of Long Beach, a day tinged with happiness and sadness, hope and hopelessness as residents went about their jobs, had fun, helped others--or just tried to survive. About 60 Long Beach City College photography students spread across the 50-square-mile city Oct. 24 to capture it on film.

With police surrounding the block near 12th Avenue and Venice Boulevard, and the reeking smell of tear gas still heavy in the night air, neighbors Jose Rivas and Jose Vidal stood on a curb and screamed at one another. They were screaming about a home for AIDS victims that has operated on their block since early last year, dividing the neighborhood between those who want the place shut down and those who support the six-bed home and the two dozen patients who have lived there.

Three new AIDS hospices, at least one on the Westside, will be established if the County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday endorses a compromise plan that would spread more than $1 million among three competing organizations over the next 16 months.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting this week to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The new commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The County Board of Supervisors has committed another $2.38 million over three years to AIDS hospices, voting Tuesday to support new shelters in Pomona and Willowbrook and to back existing ones in Van Nuys and central Los Angeles. The new three-year commitments, approved amid complaints that the county's AIDS program is moving too slowly, extends hospice funding to mid-1992. The action comes close to fulfilling pledges by the supervisors a year ago to spend $2 million annually on shelters for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Although Vincent Chalk lost his battle with AIDS, he triumphed by leaving an indelible mark on the lives of the deaf children he taught, on their parents and on his colleagues, those who loved him said Wednesday. The 45-year-old teacher died in a Long Beach hospital Tuesday. "My daughter Erica is 16 years old and a senior at University High, where she is also a cheerleader," said her mother, Lynn Dixon Gold.