Rachael Borrelli, assistant director at the county Department of Animal Services, sent the voice message in a text exchange late last year. The euthanasia rate has spiked at county-run shelters in recent years.
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In February, the Border Patrol announced that it had safely helped an asylum-seeker give birth while in custody. But a new complaint says the woman instead gave birth holding on to the side of a garbage can while still wearing pants. -
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Immigrant advocates are alarmed at what they see as the beginning of a larger possible outbreak at a facility they believe has not taken enough precautions to protect its detainees and staff. -
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Drivers were instructed to go through the food-distribution lanes with their trunks open, as volunteers filled their cars with emergency groceries.
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