Compassion in the wake of tragedy

ROMAN CASTROAcorn Newspapers

GETTING LOVE FROM CONEJO VALLEY- Sandra Ruiz, right, gets a memorial basketball from Joe Evens, crime prevention officer of the T.O. Police Department. Peace officers and firefighters from local agencies faced off in a basketball game fundraiser last week at Newbury Park High School. Ruiz is the mother of Sev'n Molina, the 6-year-old boy who was slain on Aug. 12.