Lifesaving rescue ends woman’s heroin overdose escape
Brandie Sparks-McIntosh recounts five heroin overdoses in weeks at Anaheim west side hotels in 2011. Firefighter Darryl Meekhof and paramedic Scott Fox revived her with naloxone, sparking a path to sobriety. She thanks the responders, now living in a sober-living home in Garden Grove.
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Anaheim approves plans for two parks in Ponderosa and Guinida Lane
The City Council awarded Lionakis $888 950 to design a 9 acre Ponderosa Park update including a community center gym and water play area with construction to start early 2015 and finish by spring 2016 funded by Platinum Triangle developer fees. A pocket park next to Paul Revere Elementary on Guinida Lane will begin December with $257 500 state Land and Water Conservation Fund grant and $247 935 in CDBG funds. The Guinida Lane site aims to revitalize a crime plagued area after past fatal shootings.
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Park trainer balks at permit fee for free Willow Park class
Joshua Hunter offered a free community fitness session at Willow Park every Wednesday but was twice halted by Anaheim park rangers who required a formal permit for the informal exercise and music. The 34-year-old, now a RIPPED-certified instructor and bartender, lost 35 pounds through his program.
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