Streets Of Shame

As homeless camps seem to multiply across LA, conversations are heating up over ways to help. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Some residents say they appreciate the sheriff’s move to do something which they believe has been lacking from their local elected officials. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Trying to solve the homeless crisis in Venice has turned into a political battle. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on June 8, 2021.

Along the Venice boardwalk, the once bustling tourist destination and booming local business powerhouse, the contrast of what is and what once was is evident. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on June 7, 2021.

LA County’s top cop, Sheriff Alex Villanueva, spoke to NBC4 on the border of Santa Monica and Venice, about his hopes and plans to curb homelessness.

It was caught on camera by an upset parent — video of a homeless man being brutally beaten by three other people, while kids were just a few feet away at Westminster Elementary School in Venice.

It was caught on camera by an upset parent — video of a homeless man being brutally beaten by three other people, while kids were just a few feet away at Westminster Elementary School in Venice.

Fed up by what he considers government inaction, bureaucratic paralysis and a lack of accountability, a federal judge Tuesday suddenly ordered the city and county of Los Angeles to offer housing to the entire homeless population of downtown’s Skid Row by October.

The number of homeless living on the streets of Venice has apparently skyrocketed during the pandemic, reports of crimes have also gone up. The I-Team’s Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 8, 2021.

Patrons dining in beachside cafés in Venice now have a clear view of what’s become one of the city’s biggest homeless encampments — hundreds of tents lining the world-famous Boardwalk.

Los Angeles police surrounded Echo Park Thursday morning and city contractors built fences along the south and east end of the park after a large group of protesters left the area following hours of protest against plans by the city to clear a large homeless encampment from the park and close the area for what’s being described as more than.....

Activists plan to gather at Echo Park Lake Wednesday morning ahead of the city’s plans to close the park where far more than a hundred people have taken up residence. Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell’s communications director Tony Arranaga told City News Service that the city is closing the park to repair more than $500...