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Seniors, Veterans, Disabled Residents Protest Downtown Long Beach Rent Hike

Aug. 10, 2018 / By Crystal Niebla and Cornelia Nicholson
Tags: Affordable Housing, disabled, Protest, seniors, veterans

Many say they can't afford the rent increase, fearing they might go homeless.

These Disabled Veterans Hired Themselves After No One Did

May. 11, 2018 / By Erin Dobrzyn
Tags: army, Food, marines, restaurant, service, veterans

Veterans have been running 4th and Olive since late 2016, helping other vets like them get off the street and serve a critically-acclaimed menu.

From War Abroad to War at Home – Local Vets Struggle with PTSD, Addiction

Apr. 14, 2016 / By Ariana Sawyer
Tags: drugs, PTSD, trauma, veterans

A Long Beach veteran and nurse's assistant relives her trauma and copes by self-medicating, and statistics show 1 in 5 veterans with PTSD do, too.

US Veterans Find Solace & Service in Community Garden

May. 15, 2014 / By CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: Gardens, sustainability, veterans

By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporter Gisela Merino

Under the shadows of crumbling, abandoned naval houses overrun by stray cats is a community garden on the southeast corner of Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC), a community housing collaboration of several supportive organizations...

Long Beach Veterans Share Their Stories

Jan. 27, 2013 / By Alyson Bryant
Tags: Government, health care, Long Beach, soldiers, veterans, violence, War

Coming back from war is hard, here are some stories.

By VoiceWaves Youth Reporter Alyson Bryant

Last year the Veterans Administration treated almost 100,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Democracy Now...

Study: One in 10 U.S. Veterans Has No Health Insurance

May. 31, 2012 / By New America Media
Tags: Health, health insurance, veterans

New America Media, News Report, Peter Schurmann, Posted: May 28, 2012

One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is currently living without health insurance and reports not using Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, according to a new study examining health care access for retired service members.