Stephanie Arnold Williams, the "governor" of LA's Skid Row, said she was "targeted" when city officials demolished her tricked-out encampment. The self-proclaimed “governor” of Los Angeles’ infamous ...
A VILLAGE of some 50 tents on the streets of London has been dubbed Britain’s answer to the infamous “Skid Row”. And the poverty-stricken camp of homeless people is just a stone’s throw away from posh ...
Jhon Valencia plays with Thian, 2, with his mother, Katherine Gonzalez, in the back, on Towne Avenue on Los Angeles' Skid Row. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Skid Row is a playground for children ...
When the big green sanitation trucks rumbled up, eight of the 10 children living in the Skid Row encampment were away at school, easing the stress on the four sets of parents as they stuffed their ...
In the mornings, just past 7:30, dozens of children on Skid Row start making their way to school in the June gray. For younger ones, the trip is somewhat easier. A yellow bus pulls up not far from ...
The Riverside County Sheriff is running for California governor in a crowded field of candidates, tackling an issue not just ...
"The number of tents has increased visibly, especially in areas where tents never used to be," said City Councilwoman Jan Perry, whose Ninth District includes much of Skid Row. "Things out there are ...
In Los Angeles' Skid Row, tents line entire city blocks. These makeshift shelters for the city's homeless are now an almost permanent fixture of the city's landscape, with barbecue grills and clusters ...
A Los Angeles man accused of intentionally setting a tent ablaze on Los Angeles' Skid Row, killing a homeless man, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a capital murder charge. The charge against Jonathan ...
LA Police Chief William Bratton is pushing a deal with the ACLU to allow homeless people to sleep on the streets of Skid Row at night, but not in the daytime. He says that means no more of the tent ...
Skid Row is a playground for children again, despite homeless officials' assurances that it wouldn't happen. On Thursday morning, a 2-year-old rode a broom like a horse, running past a tent, where he ...