La Russa family members depart from Animal Rescue Foundation they started

Animal Rescue Foundation co-founder Elaine La Russa posted a statement on social media Saturday night saying her family has pulled out of the Walnut Creek-based animal welfare rescue foundation it started three decades ago.

“It is with the utmost sadness that we decided to join with Tony, and formally resign from the Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation Board of Directors,” Elaine La Russa wrote, in a Facebook post. “The La Russa family has collectively concluded that we cannot support or participate in ARF’s current leadership.