The network of public services that supports California’s low-income, disabled elderly is fragile, affecting the ability of these vulnerable residents to live independent lives in their own homes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. This policy note reports the first findings from a yearlong effort to follow the [...]
eRoomService examines the perennial sideboard in a new light with modern examples and commentary. Over the years, this highly functional furniture element, often referred to as buffet, cupboard, or sideboard, maintained its essential role in the modern house, with slight yet relevant and even expandable tweaks. Sideboard’s newly stretched utility is tightly rooted in two, [...]
Crews from John H. Enders Fire Company and Rescue Squad were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident early Sunday morning. The accident occurred on Old Charlestown Road near Wadesville Road and was reported at approximately 12:30 AM. Dispatchers warned responders of icy conditions on roads near the incident which may have been [...]
In the early morning hours of December 18, 2010 the victim was walking home in the street because the sidewalks were covered in snow. He was struck by a red passenger car and the impact tore the vehicle’s passenger side view mirror off. The vehicle did not stop and it is unknown in which direction [...]
Fairfax County Police are investigating the fatal crash that occurred just after 6 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, on the Franconia-Springfield Parkway. The driver, Romeo Alexander Arana, 35, of 1044 South Emerson Street in Arlington, was traveling south on the Parkway in the right lane as he approached the bridge at Accotink Creek. Read full [...]
The Richmond Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying and locating the persons responsible for a robbery/assault in Shockoe Bottom. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the 1700 block of East Cary Street.
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today released a statement after Wal-Mart, Inc. abandoned plans for a Supercenter retail store on land that was part of the “Wilderness” in Virginia. Jarvis said, “Wal-Mart has crafted a solution where battlefield resources and the visitor experience will be protected, while still providing for the commercial needs of [...]
We know that people tend to be attracted to, date, and marry other people who resemble themselves in terms of personality, values, and physical appearance. However, these features only skim the surface of what makes a relationship work. The ways that people talk are also important. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal [...]
Ferdinand Mendoza, age 43, of Virginia Beach, VA, was indicted by a Norfolk federal grand jury on January 20, 2011 on twenty-two counts of preparing false and fraudulent tax returns for others. The indictment had remained under seal until Mendoza could be arrested and make his first court appearance. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney [...]
John Hamilton, one of the most wanted child sex offenders in the country and abroad, is back on U.S. soil to face the sentencing he fled the country to avoid in 2009. Deputy U.S. Marshals and a representative from the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department escorted Hamilton from Poland to the United States today. Upon [...]