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San Diego Hospice to cease operations<\/strong><\/p>\n

While seeking court approval to transition patients and some staff to Scripps Health, San Diego Hospice announced Wednesday, Feb. 13 its decision to cease operations after years of serving the community. The organization stated plans to file for bankruptcy the previous week. Under the transition plan, Scripps Health, which acquired Horizon Hospice on Feb. 4, will take over patients currently managed by the nonprofit that decide to choose Scripps as their provider. The settlement will also include the San Diego Hospice buildings, their electronic medical record license, associated computer equipment, as well as enough employees to care for the patients that transfer their care. \u201cThis is obviously a difficult decision for all of us associated with San Diego Hospice. The plan we have put forward will allow us to take immediate steps to stop incurring debt, which increases every day we remain in operation,\u201d said Kathleen Pacurar, CEO of San Diego Hospice in the announcement. \u201cWe are taking this course after many months of discussions to resolve our financial challenges, including talks with Scripps asking for their help. Our decision to file bankruptcy was based on our need to maintain continuity of patient care as we worked through the details of this plan. We believe this is the best course for our patients and their families, and for San Diego Hospice.\u201d\u00a0 Proceeds from Scripps\u2019 purchase of the building would assist San Diego Hospice with existing bills and allow it to eliminate increasing debt. If the court accepts the transition plan, the transition should be completed within 30 days. \u201cSan Diego Hospice has provided an important service to this community for many years and we are saddened that they are no longer able to continue their mission,\u201d said Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health. \u201cIn our talks with San Diego Hospice, we both agreed that we did not want to see patients fall through the cracks during this process, and we wanted to help as many hospice employees as we could. Our hope is that the court will accept the whole set of proposals so that there can be a smooth transition of care for these patients, and there are opportunities for San Diego Hospice staff to remain employed to continue providing that care.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Albert Einstein Academies re-certify staff for lock-down & safety skills<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, South Park-based Albert Einstein Academies, which include two schools \u2013 the Albert Einstein Academy Charter Middle School (AEACMS) and the Albert Einstein Academy Charter Elementary School (AEACES) \u2013 trained 80 staff members on school safety and lock down recertification. The training, called A.L.i.C.E. for Alert, Lockdown, inform, Counter and Evacuate, is part of the Active Shooter Response Training provided by Response Options, a critical-incident response training company. A.L.i.C.E. has been implemented across 18 states and 330 educational institutions nationwide. \u201cAt the leadership level, we often discuss ways to better train our staff to handle emergency situations that will likely be chaotic, involve fear or the threat of violence,\u201d said David Sciarretta, principal at AEACMS in a press release. \u201cOur objective with the A.L.i.C.E. training is to empower our personnel so we can be prepared, stay safe and not allow ourselves or the students in our care to become victims.\u201d The local charter schools are tuition-free and AEACMS is the first of its kind in San Diego to offer International Baccalaureate continuum with an emphasis on German and Spanish languages. \u201cIn addition to maintaining our certification in A.L.i.C.E. training on an annual basis through a follow-up online module, we also plan to incorporate this program into all new staff member training at Albert Einstein Academies,\u201d said Jeannette Vaughn, principal at the academy\u2019s elementary school in the same release. For more information about the schools, visit aeaces.org or aeacms.org.<\/p>\n

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Technology incubator launches in Bankers Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

CyberHive San Diego is a new non-profit technology incubator that focuses on creating cyber security and analytics jobs in San Diego. The organization\u2019s launch and ribbon cutting was held Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Manpower Building, located at 1855 First Ave. in Bankers Hill. Council President Todd Gloria, Council President Pro Tem Sherri Lightner, Councilmember Kevin Faulconer and other business and civic leaders were in attendance. \u201cMy hope is that CyberHive San Diego will help local start-up companies succeed, grow and eventually become larger companies with thousands of employees,\u201d Gloria said in a press release. CyberHive San Diego is based on the CyberHive Maryland program and has the capability to incubate as many as 20 applicants. The organization that is currently led by a board of advisors from other organizations including General Dynamics, Qualcomm, CyberHive\/Cyber Maryland, NSA and SINET. \u201cThe threat of cyber attacks is real and so is the opportunity for San Diego to be at the forefront of this vital and growing industry,\u201d Lightner said. \u201cCyberHive is going to be instrumental in creating the companies and developing the workforce we need to effectively respond to the threat of cyber attacks.\u201d Clients are treated as businesses from the start and will receive business plans, help identifying investors and help to prepare their products for the market. In return for these services, CyberHive requires clients to provide an equity position to ensure the program remains sustainable well into the future. For more information about CyberHive San Diego email apply@cyberhivesandiego.org.<\/p>\n

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San Diego Musical Theatre presents Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n

For their first production in their 2013 season, San Diego Musical Theatre announced that Kander and Ebb\u2019s Chicago will open this Friday, Feb. 15 and continue through March 3 at the Birch North Park Theatre. Director Ron Kellum leads the cast with his 21-year career in the entertainment industry. The musical is based in the roaring 1920s Chicago, where Roxie Hart (played by Emma Radwick) murders her faithless lover and convinces her husband, Amos, to take the rap. Once Amos finds out that he has been duped, he turns on Hart and she is convicted and sent to death row. Hart and Velma Kelly (played by Kyra Da Costa) battle it out for the headlines and ultimately join forces for fame, fortune and acquittal. Audiences can expect choreographed works by Randy Slovacek and music from award-winning music director, Don LeMaster. Show times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Single ticket rates start at $26. The Birch North Park Theatre is located at 2891 University Ave. For more information visit sdmt.org.<\/p>\n

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SANDAG appoints Todd Gloria as Chair of Transportation Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Council President and District Three Representative Todd Gloria was appointed to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) chair, announced Jan. 29. \u201cI am grateful to SANDAG Chair Jack Dale for selecting me for this position,\u201d Gloria said in a press release, \u201cand am excited about tackling this critical issue from a regional perspective.\u201d SANDAG is the regional planning agency for transportation, and develops the Regional Transportation Plan to implement long-range vision for buses, trolleys, streetcars, rail, highways, major streets, bicycle travel, walking, goods movement and airport services. SANDAG has been pursuing other alternative-transportation and active-transportation projects, such as the Regional Bike Corridor projects in North Park\u2013Mid-City and Uptown. Gloria has been a member of the Transportation Committee for the past four years. \u201cI am well aware of the transportation-related challenges that face our region: air quality, scarcity of available land, growing population, lack of infrastructure for active transportation, funding, and a public transportation system that is not seen as efficient, are just a few,\u201d Gloria said. \u201cI will proudly voice District Three\u2019s and the City of San Diego\u2019s priorities and concerns to my SANDAG Transportation Committee colleagues, and know we will make great progress as a region in the coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Special Delivery receives Weingart Foundation grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruth Henricks, executive director of Special Delivery San Diego, announced in a press release the organization was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Weingart Foundation. Special Delivery is a non-profit nutrition-services organization that serves people with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses in San Diego. \u201cWe are thrilled to receive this very generous award from such a prestigious Southern California organization, Henricks said. \u201cThis contribution will be used to help us continue our work of providing our nutritious meal-delivery service and onsite food pantry to over 1,000 unduplicated men, women and children annually in 14 central San Diego neighborhoods.\u201d Special Delivery has served more than 1.7 million meals to more than 4,700 clients since 1991. Their Mission Hills onsite food pantry provides more than 1,000 people annually with pre-packed grocery bags of nonperishable nutritious food items. The pantry also offers clients the ability to shop at no cost for fresh produce and bakery items as well as refrigerated and frozen foods per visit. The Weingart Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the areas of health, human services and education across seven Southern California counties, providing more than $910 million in grants since 1972.<\/p>\n

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Atkins appointed to three key posts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins was appointed to serve on three leadership positions by Assembly Speaker John A. P\u00e9rez. The three positions are the Assembly Select Committee on Homelessness, the Assembly on the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and one of two Assembly representatives on the California Historic and Cultural Endowment. \u201cIn order to preserve California\u2019s unique quality of life, it is important that we look both forward to the future and back to the past. The Ocean Protection Council and the Historic and Cultural Endowment serve both of those goals,\u201d Atkins said in a press release. \u201cMany of our fellow Californians have no place to live but the streets and cannot share in the golden dream of California. That is why the work of the Select Committee on Homelessness is so important.\u00a0I am honored and grateful to Speaker P\u00e9rez for appointing me to leadership positions on these critical bodies.\u201d Atkins has served as the chair for the Committee on Homelessness for the past two years and was renewed as its chair for the current two-year legislative session. The OPC, which Atkins held a position on during the 2010-2012 legislative session, is a state body that focuses on protecting California\u2019s ocean and coastal ecosystems. The California Historic and Cultural Endowment program is part of the California State Library that provides grants to preserve historic artifacts that are important to our state\u2019s cultural legacy.<\/p>\n

Lambda Archives receive DADT transcript from Rep. Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Jan. 24, Congressmember Susan Davis visited and toured the Lambda Archives of San Diego in University Heights. Archives Board President Maureen Steiner introduced Davis to several staff, volunteers and board members, and gave a brief history of the organization. \u201cIt\u2019s so rewarding to know the rich history of the LGBT community recorded by the Lambda Archives. As a member of Congress, my visit to the Lambda Archives encourages me to continue to work hard on behalf of the LGBT community,\u201d Davis said in a press release. As a founding member of the LGBT Equality Caucus, Davis has been a strong ally of the LGBT community. Lambda Archives head archivist Kelly Revak gave Davis a tour of the facilities, including the exhibit area, processing rooms and archival collections. \u201cIt has been a true pleasure to be involved in an organization doing such good work, and to witness the changes as we increase our visibility and community profile,\u201d Revak said in the release. At the end of the visit, Davis donated an official transcript of the hearings to repeal \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u201d in which she played an integral part. \u201cHelping to repeal \u2018don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u2019 was one of [my] proudest legislative accomplishments,\u201d Davis said. The transcript joins an official copy of the repeal bill signed by President Barack Obama, as well as other materials in the Archives, strengthening the documentation surrounding this moment in the LGBT rights movement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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