Category: homeless

Transient Gets Prison for Pouring Bleach Into Freezers in Southland Stores

LOS ANGELES—A transient with a lengthy criminal history who poured bleach into refrigerators and freezers containing ice, beer, and frozen seafood at supermarkets in Dana Point, Manhattan Beach and West Hollywood was sentenced Oct. 4 to over four years in federal prison. David Claire Lohr, 48, was also ordered to pay $749 in restitution to…


Sheriff’s Deputies Tell Homeless in Malibu’s High Fire Risk Areas They’ll Have to Move

Franklin swings down a rope from a blue camping tent perched a couple of hundred feet high, tucked between a thicket of shrubs and trees about a mile up Tuna Canyon Road in the western Santa Monica Mountains. He’s without a shirt, wearing just a pair of washed-out black shorts. “I dug this spot out…


Sheriff’s Deputies Warn Homeless Individuals in Malibu of Fire Risk

Franklin swings down a rope from a blue camping tent perched a couple of hundred feet high, tucked between a thicket of shrubs and trees about a mile up Tuna Canyon Road in the western Santa Monica Mountains. He’s without a shirt, wearing just a pair of washed-out black shorts. “I dug this spot out…


Homeless Man Stabbed to Death in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A homeless man was stabbed to death in Long Beach by another man also believed to be homeless, authorities said on Oct. 3. The stabbing was reported at about 2:10 p.m. Saturday, near Linden Avenue and Harding Street, according to Long Beach police. Arriving officers found several people attempting to aid a man…


Disputes Erupt Over How to Help Homeless on Boston’s ‘Methadone Mile’

Messy tents line the streets. Bottles, plastic bags, and all kinds of trash fly in the breeze. People with shabby clothes wander and sit. It is Boston’s “Methadone Mile,” an area that is only a few miles away from the city’s downtown and Financial District. The epicenter of Boston’s opioid crisis and homelessness earned its…


Newsom Signs 7 Bills to Address Homelessness

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a legislative package aimed at reducing homelessness by expanding mental and behavioral health services during a Sept. 29 press conference in Los Angeles. Newsom was joined alongside Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis, and California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly…


Homeless German Shepherd Rescue

An emotional rescue with a happy ending you will love to pieces. How wonderful to see kindness in action!


Los Angeles Homeless Moving Back Onto Street After Cleanups

This month, Los Angeles resumed its CARE Plus homeless encampment cleanups in the city. Some Angelenos welcome the cleanups, saying it improves the quality and safety of their neighborhoods, while others are concerned about the unhoused who are left scrambling after their belongings are often completely thrown out by the city. Earlier this year, the…


Federal Judge Blocks Eviction of Orange Homeless Services Provider

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A hearing on a request for an injunction to block Orange from shutting down the Mary’s Kitchen homeless services provider is scheduled for Sept. 30 in a Santa Ana federal courtroom. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved a request for a temporary restraining order Friday, noting that Mary’s Kitchen is the “sole…


Federal Judge Blocks Eviction of Homeless Services Provider Mary’s Kitchen

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A hearing on a request for an injunction to block Orange from shutting down the Mary’s Kitchen homeless services provider is scheduled for Sept. 30 in a Santa Ana federal courtroom. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved a request for a temporary restraining order Friday, noting that Mary’s Kitchen is the “sole…