A brother and sister made a film about mental health, homelessness and addiction to bring awareness. Angie Crouch reported on NBC4 News at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020.

City officials say they don’t know anything about a planned moveout of homeless people from Echo Park. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Armando Aparicio, Kurt Beabes)

A transient accused of attacking three people in downtown Los Angeles — including a man who was pushed in front of a moving truck — has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Criminal proceedings against Garrett Joseph Boldt, 42, had been sus...

A detective who happened to spot a man living in a Camarillo riverbed managed to not only help him, but helped reunite him with his family.  Deep in the riverbed off Upland and Flynn roads in Camarillo, anyone passing by would never see the encampment made out of banana boxes.   But Ventura County Sheriff Det. Chris Dyer did.  D...

President Donald Trump and local democratic politicians appear to be coming together to address Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, days after the president tweeted that federal funding may be a possibility.  Despite finger-pointing between democrats and republicans over who’s to blame for LA’s homelessness crisis, the NBCLA I-Team has learned t...

Upset about being pushed out of the encampment, one woman told a man working on the cleanup, “You better find another area to start cleaning.” John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Homeless people living in a Sepulveda Basin homeless encampment resisted being moved from the encampment. Some people had been there for years with treehouses built as a makeshift home. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Los Angeles sanitation crews entered a homeless encampment packed with makeshift structures and piles of items in a clean-up operation Wednesday in the Sepulveda Basin. The encampment is on 34 acres near Encino Creek. The clean-up was part of a larger effort to clear out encampments in the west San Fernando Valley area. Crews making their way throu...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he is seeking $750 million in part to help pay rent for people facing homelessness in the most populous state’s latest attempt to fight what he called a national crisis. Newsom planned to sign an executive order Wednesday creating the fund, two days before he presents his second annual budget p...

The city’s first permanent supportive housing project for homeless people funded by Proposition HHH has opened at 88th Street and Vermont Avenue, nearly three years after the first housing bonds were issued. The developers are Women Organizing Resources, Knowledge and Services, along with Community Build, and about $9.6 million of t...

There’s a new concept that could help the homeless population. It’s called the dome. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Venice community says they are under siege by homeless. They say they pay their taxes, and expect action to be taken to stop the drug use and other homeless issues. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.

Residents and the Mayor of Whittier are frustrated and concerned over a homeless encampment near a public park in Whittier. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.