Heartless users on Los Angeles’ Skid Row are testing their drugs on dogs as part of horrific animal abuse in the notoriously squalid area, a nonprofit group says. “Every day we get another call, ...

As Los Angeles continues to face major troubles from its homeless population, a new issue is bubbling to the surface—animals ...

Skid Row in Los Angeles stands as a stark example of what happens when ideology overrides reality. Spanning roughly fifty blocks, it is one of the most concentrated homeless zones in the United States ...

A downtown Los Angeles church has invited everyone to join the memorial service for a Skid Row homeless activist known to many as "Ms. Shirley." "I really wanted to connect not only with the city but ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Shirley Raines, the beloved nonprofit founder and CEO who helped care for the homeless on L.A.'s Skid Row, has died, her organization said Wednesday morning. She was 58. "Ms.

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