Sandy Sand
Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, Calif. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, ten minute newscast for KGOE AM.
Following the closure of the Chronicle's doors (after serving the West Valley as a community newspaper for nearly 50 years), Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers in Burbank. She is currently a guest columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News, and community correspondent and op-ed writer for ronkayela.com.
Website : Email : ssand@fleshandstone.net
Website : Email : ssand@fleshandstone.net
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They’re big. They’re flat. They hug the sandy bottoms of shallow coastal waters. They’re not know to attack people unless provoked, like say being stepped ...The hazards of tossing labeled pill bottles in trash bins
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