Katrina survivors still trying to find a foothold
Things haven't gotten much easier for former New Orleans residents
By Angela Randazzo Special to the Acorn
      A year and a half after surviving the horror of Hurricane Katrina, Albertha and James Raphael are still struggling to put their lives back together. The Raphaels, their son and his two young children spent two terrifying days trapped in their New Orleans apartment as flood waters eng...
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Simi pair fights cancer arm in arm
Once junior high sweethearts, Chuck and Jane Malone show the real meaning of commitment
By Dustin Siena Special to the Acorn
      It took a loving and supportive wife, a passion for playing the keyboard and a sweet canine pal named Chewy to nurture and sustain Simi Valley resident Chuck Malone through six difficult weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. Last October, Malone, 58, was diagnosed with colon cancer.
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