Homelessness is a crisis in L.A. County, and helping homeless veterans is a top priority. Key players in the effort are landlords like Shirley Sessman, who is giving her tenants a new lease on life.
read moreSegments include landlords extending a helping hand to homeless veterans; outreach on the new minimum wage; law enforcement and Metro honor the community; inmates restore bicycles for kids; and the “Help Wanted” sign is up for pollworkers for the Nov.…
read moreSegments include lead tests for children in the Exide contamination zone; new approaches for first responders’ interaction with the homeless; public meetings on the future of L.A. County libraries; a library branch opens at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall; a mobile…
read moreThis Year in Review episode, focusing on L.A. County’s fight against homelessness, is part of a special three-episode retrospective of top stories of 2016. This is L.A. Now episode 333.
read moreCrystal Beacham and her two sons are home for the holidays–thanks to the Los Angeles County Public Housing Program, which makes public housing apartments available to formerly homeless families.
read moreMultifaceted C3 homeless outreach teams expand to Venice; clown therapy at LAC+USC Medical Center; snow days in County parks; New Year’s Eve in Grand Park.
read moreThey’re called C3 teams (for “city, county,community”) and they’re already having an impact on downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. Now these multifaceted street outreach teams are expanding westward, to Venice. Come along as they share medical care, resources, and hope with…
read moreA new Sobering Center has opened its doors on Skid Row, providing short-term help and longer-term solutions for the those who need a safe place to recover from alcohol or drug inebriation. Meet a “sober coach” who’s helping others get…
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