How this women’s center is helping support people on Skid Row
Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. It's also where a ...
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Skid Row’s ‘Subhuman Race’ Is Way Better Than You Remember
The '90s were not kind to Skid Row. Even if grunge did have a cohesive sonic identity (which it didn't), Skid Row doesn't sound like a copycat grunge band. "My Enemy" opens the album with ...
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How iconic 90s actress from Bad Boys and Beverly Hills Cop ended up ‘homeless and living on Skid Row’
But fast forward three decades and the actress caused "concern" when she was spotted on Los Angeles' notorious Skid Row with fans fearing she was now "homeless". Theresa burst onto the scene in ...
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Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz reads his book Poquita’s Garden to children in Skid Row
“We were founded because there were children on and around Skid Row and we were seeing the number of homeless families increase. While the city and the county have invested a lot of resources ...
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Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz reads his book Poquita’s Garden to children in Skid Row
Christina Mariscal Pasten, managing director of external affairs at the nonprofit Para Los Niños organization, said, “We were founded because there were children on and around Skid Row and we were ...
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Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County ... “Representing communities like Skid Row and MacArthur Park, I know all too well the need to provide safe housing, mental health ...
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Los Angeles cannot track money spent on homeless programs, independent audit finds
Sergio Moreno's business sits in the heart of Skid Row, where he sees homeless people overdosing on drugs. "There were days we'd see two to three overdoses," he said. The things Moreno has ...
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A ‘safe haven’ for homeless women provides second chances on LA’s Skid Row
This is a safe haven for ladies,” said Ms. Angie, senior resident manager of the Downtown Women’s Center, while speaking to ...
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Los Angeles moves to take control of homelessness agency, citing audits that found reckless spending
Pedestrians pass by a homeless tent adorned with an American flag across the street from the Los Angeles Mission in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Credit ...
L.A. County supervisors to vote on creating their own homeless services agency
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is looking to pull hundreds of millions of dollars out of LAHSA, a move that unnerves ...
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Los Angeles moves to take control of homelessness agency, citing audits that found reckless spending
An audit this month found poor record-keeping prevented the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority ... in the notorious neighborhood known as Skid Row. Tents regularly pop up on the pavement ...