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Niland Fire Victims still in temporary housing

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December 3, 2020 7:43 PM
Published 1:31 PM

News 11's Gianella Ghiglino has an update

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA,KECY) - This past July a brushfire in Niland displaced over 500 people and left 130 without a home.

Families were housed in nearby hotels however due to the coronavirus pandemic they were put in temporary housing.

“Temporary housing is travel trailers to isolate their families because due to COVID-19 we can't have them in shelters," said Esperanza Colio Warren, Imperial County Deputy CEO.

About 70 people were put into these temporary homes.

The trailers were only there to suffice until they were given more permanent housing however, the trailers still remain.

Coming up on the Evening Edition News 11 Gianella Ghiglino finds out more about the current condition of families who lost everything in the Niland fire.

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Gianella Ghiglino

Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

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