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Downtown Homeless Shelter In Need Of Blankets

By Dwane Brown / KPBS Evening Edition Anchor/Reporter

Published December 7, 2011 at 1:41 PM PST

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

Winter Shelter in Need of Blankets

With nighttime temperatures dipping as low as the 20s, San Diego's winter homeless shelter for adults is in urgent need of blankets.

The shelter, in a large tent at the intersection of 16th Street and Newton Avenue downtown, is just blocks away from PETCO Park downtown.

It accomodates 220 people and staff, said Bob McElroy, CEO of the Alpha Project. He said he has to turn away 50 to 60 people a night, but those who don't make it in are given blankets or plastic sheeting to stave off the cold.

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Dwane Brown

Brown started his career with KPBS in the early '90s as a radio anchor and reporter before expanding his broadcast news experience at CBS radio and television in New York. He’s been a news director, anchor, reporter and correspondent in San Francisco and has worked as a writer, producer, assignment editor and talk show host. He returned to KPBS in 2005. As the former anchor for KPBS Evening Edition, Brown provided an in-depth look at issues and stories relevant to San Diego. He spent nearly seven years as anchor/host of Morning Edition on KPBS Radio. Between 2006 and 2010, the San Diego Press Club named Brown "Best Morning Newscaster" in San Diego Radio. In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists also named him "Best Morning Newscaster." During that time he managed and taught a two-week high school boot camp for aspiring radio reporters at KPBS in conjunction with the California Chicano News Media Association. Brown studied English/Journalism at San Diego State University and is a Fast Trac graduate from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He’s a popular public speaker and Toastmaster International member. He’s been master of ceremonies for the American Red Cross, VA Medical Center San Diego, Urban League, San Diego Office of Emergency Services and numerous foundations. Brown is also a voice actor for movie, documentary, television, radio and Internet projects.

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