The Local Side of the Refugee Crisis
By Katia Lopez-Hodoyan
I vividly remember the cold. The weather would drop dramatically without notice. I was constantly shivering, lifting my shoulders towards my ears and looking down at my knees, trying to block the wind from my face. The refugees would kindly smile and offer me some tea. With steam rising from the cup, they looked at me intrigued. In broken English, they often asked: Why are you here? I just smiled back. I couldn’t begin to respond, especially when I didn’t really know the answer myself. It was December 2015. I would have a month to figure it out.
A small gray kitten was thrown out of a car window and into oncoming traffic, where it was hit by another car Monday. At around 9:25 a.m., the small gray kitten was thrown out of a car on Continental Boulevard and Grand Avenue. No arrests have been reported. The kitten was treated in El Segundo Animal Hospital, but later died,.