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Paramedics Respond to Outbreak of Mysterious Illness in Downtown Area

August 22, 2016

August 22, 2016

For the second time in the past week, paramedics responded to the downtown Los Angeles area on a report of...

Plans For A Sobering Center On Skid Row Approved

March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016

The Board of Supervisors approved plans for a “sobering center” on Skid Row on Tuesday, an attempt to divert homeless...

Homeless Woman Dies of Exposure On Skid Row During El Niño Storm

January 10, 2016

January 10, 2016

A homeless woman died of exposure on skid row Thursday during the El Nino storm, according to a published report....

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...

Mayor Garcetti Declares City-Wide War on Homelessness

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday promised to unveil a “battle-plan” in about a month that will lay out ways to end...

Mental hospital sued for alleged patient dumping in Skid Row

April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer today will unveil details of a lawsuit his office filed against a hospital in...

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...

Skid Row shooting protesters march to LAPD headquarters

March 4, 2015

March 4, 2015

Protesters rallied Tuesday outside Los Angeles police headquarters in reaction to the weekend fatal shooting of a homeless man by police...

Organizations conduct Christmas events for homeless population in Los Angeles

December 25, 2014

December 25, 2014

While thousands of Los Angeles-area residents will be opening presents today, there will also be several efforts to help thousands...

Large gatherings in Los Angeles to feed the homeless this Thanksgiving

November 27, 2014

November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving will be marked in Los Angeles County today by large gatherings on Skid Row, the Sunset Strip and in...