Finding hope in foster homes
Leadership council gives girls in foster care a chance to succeed
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      The year Raquel Montes turned 8, her life took a turn for the worse. Her mother died, and it wasn't long afterward that her father, an alcoholic, remarried. Their home had always been a violent one, but after her father married again, the abuse intensified.
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Safe Harbor offers comfort to victims
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Few people know what goes on inside the small house that sits along a shady street in Ventura. That's because the people who step inside here are either victims of sexual assault or those trying to help them. Safe Harbor West, a multiagency interview center for victims of sexual assault...
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Placing the face with a familiar voice
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com
      Patrick Warburton calls it "the barn," but the small cottage-style bungalow nestled into the backyard of his Santa Rosa Valley home is more clubhouse than hayloft. It's where the tall, squarejawed "Seinfeld" actor says he comes to turn up the volume and watch Pearl Jam concerts on the ...
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