Skid Row
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Opinion
Should Black Angelenos join immigration protests?: Street Beat
As immigration enforcement actions intensify across Los Angeles and the nation, the question of solidarity between Black communities and immigrant…
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Lead Stories
Homeless still suffer despite billions spent in California
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Beneath a skyline etched with wealth and power, the shadows of Los…
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South Los Angeles
Nonprofit distributes backpacks for homeless on Skid Row
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Tamara G. Lewis remembers the incident as if it happened yesterday. “I…
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Life
Meth, Death and Abuse
Inside the Private Security Forces Patrolling the Homeless Public agencies are funding private security guards in homeless shelters and on…
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Community
Judge to rule on homeless program audit March 22
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — More time is needed to finalize details of an audit before a judge can…
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Lead Stories
Once homeless woman starts nonprofit to help others off streets
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It takes grit, guts and plenty of determination to escape Skid Row…
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Community Beat
Los Angeles agrees to settle homelessness lawsuit
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The city will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to…
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Hollywood
Judge orders settlement conference in homeless suit
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — An exasperated federal judge has ordered a mandatory settlement conference in a long-running lawsuit…
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West Hollywood
Lawsuit accuses Ed Buck of causing two overdoses
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A man who survived two overdoses from drugs allegedly supplied by Ed Buck is…
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Lead Stories
City, county argue homeless crisis isn’t about race
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A federal judge’s focus on systemic racism as the driving force behind the homelessness…
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