'Street Vet' helping pets living on the streets in LA
In LA County, there are more than 66,000 people living on the streets. It’s estimated that 10% of them have pets; dogs and cats that rarely get any medical attention. That’s where the 'Street Vet' comes in.
Skid Row wellness facility looks to bring mental health services to heart of homeless crisis
A new wellness center opened at the heart of Skid Row Friday, meant to help Los Angeles' homeless get valuable mental health services.
Two-year investigation into drug dealing in Skid Row results in 50 arrests
To date, authorities have seized five kilograms of cocaine, 857 pounds of methamphetamine, five pounds of heroin, one kilogram of fentanyl, more than 46,000 fentanyl pills, six firearms and about $250,000 in cash from narcotics sales, police said.
Skid Row community members devastated after judge's shelter order was shot down by appeals court
This would have been a billion-dollar effort to put people on the streets and in tents into shelters and housing along Los Angeles’ Skid Row.
Order to force LA to offer shelter to all homeless on Skid Row shot down by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court has vacated a Los Angeles judge's sweeping order forcing local government to offer shelter to every unhoused person on Skid Row by the middle of next month.
Los Angeles to explore bringing Skid Row Clean Team citywide
Two Los Angeles City Council members Wednesday introduced a motion to explore expanding citywide the Skid Row Clean Team which works to prevent trash and debris buildup in the area.
Judge hears efforts by LA County and City to house homeless
A judge heard from lawyers from both the county and city of Los Angeles but postponed a ruling about whether to reinstate an order to compel authorities to move thousands of homeless people away from freeways and ramps.
Los Angeles officials call for $20B in state funding for homeless crisis
On Monday, more Los Angeles city officials called for the state to provide cities with $20 billion over five years to address the statewide homeless crisis.
Skid Row Housing Trust opens 54 permanent supportive housing units
The project, called "649 Lofts,'' has 54 studio units between 385 and 400 square feet. It began admitting residents in March and is the second of three Skid Row Housing Trust projects expected to open in 2021.
$2B development planned for 7.6-acre site in Skid Row
A development company announced Friday it hopes to build a $2 billion mixed-use project on a 7.6-acre site in the Skid Row area.
Judge rejects City and County of Los Angeles' attempt to pause homeless housing deadline
The federal judge overseeing a lawsuit seeking to end the downtown Los Angeles homelessness crisis has rejected a bid by the city and county to hit pause on his decree that all indigent persons in the area must be offered shelter within six months.
LA County appeals judge's order to house Skid Row homeless by October
Los Angeles County has given notice to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that it will fight a federal judge's order that the city and county must offer housing to the entire homeless population of downtown's Skid Row by October.
All Los Angeles Skid Row homeless must be offered housing by October, federal judge orders
Fed up by what he considers government inaction, bureaucratic paralysis and a lack of accountability, a federal judge on Tuesday suddenly ordered the city and county of Los Angeles to offer housing to the entire homeless population of downtown's Skid Row area by October.
New supportive housing community for the homeless opens up in the heart of Skid Row
FLOR 401 Lofts is the first of three Proposition HHH-funded permanent supportive housing communities that will open this year.
The Cecil Hotel: If these walls could talk, investigating the mysterious DTLA hotel
A hot new Netflix show is creating renewed interest in a notorious building in DTLA. Laura Diaz spent the day investigating the mysterious Cecil Hotel.