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City Poises to Respond to Citizens’ Complaints About Homeless Camps

September 16, 2016

September 16, 2016

Teams of police officers, outreach workers and city sanitation workers are ready to respond to complaints about homeless encampments around...

Homeless Man Suspected in Stabbing of Santa Monica Pier Employee

September 12, 2016

September 12, 2016

A homeless man suspected of stabbing an employee of a restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier after unsuccessfully demanding free...

Police Officers Warn Skid Row Drug Users About New Drug That Could Be Related to Monday’s Mysterious Illness Outbreak

August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

Los Angeles police officers are passing out flyers informing drug users on Skid Row about the dangers of the synthetic...

L.A. Homeless Services Authority to Place Homeless Youth

July 26, 2016

July 26, 2016

Los Angeles homeless services officials have taken up a challenge to place 100 homeless youth in housing over 100 days,...

VIDEO: Salvation Army Volunteers Bring Lunches to Santa Monica’s Homeless

June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

In response to Los Angeles’s escalating homelessness crisis, the Salvation Army organized a team of more than 50 volunteers to...

Police Commission: Killing of Unarmed Homeless Man Was Unjustified

April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck wants a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice...

Meals For Homeless And Poor Planned For Thanksgiving

November 25, 2015

November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving will be marked in Los Angeles County Thursday by large gatherings on Skid Row and in Pasadena and Canoga...

63-Year-Old Transient Man Struck, Killed on PCH in Malibu

October 25, 2015

October 25, 2015

The coroner today released the name of a pedestrian struck and killed in Malibu. He was 63-year-old Andrew St. Ledger...

VIDEO: MUSIC VIDEO “Final Fad” by Shea Harris

July 7, 2015

July 7, 2015

Final Fad is a song written and performed by Shea Harris. Harris was homeless when Lauri Burns from the Teen...

Santa Monica Beat: Residents furious over Recycling Plant

April 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

Faced with a never-ending background soundtrack of crashing bottles and crunching aluminum cans, residents on Ocean Park and Lincoln have...