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A Place at the Table is a nonprofit restaurant that serves people who can’t afford to pay the cost of their meal side-by-side with those who can. The Raleigh, N.C.-based restaurant is owned by Maggie Kane, who wanted to create a place where the homeless can eat a meal with dignity.

Homeless in Los Angeles are driving away tourists and hurting the industry, experts say. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020.

A Bridge Home facility opened Monday in the northeast San Fernando Valley to house 85 homeless women in the area. The Sylmar shelter, named “The Arroyo,” is located in a former armory previously owned by the state of California at 12860 Arroyo St. and will be operated by the nonprofit LA Family Housing. “Four years ago, it was (Los Angeles…

The VA cannot feed veterans who are not at their facilities, and that is where one nonprofit comes in. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wedneday, July 8, 2020.

If it takes a village to help local homeless veterans, that village has definitely stepped forward. A tent city of sorts has been set up on the campus of the Veteran’s Administration in West Los Angeles, and it is getting a boost from a nonprofit.  Forty-one homeless veterans live in their tents in two parking lots on the VA...

A Bridge Home facility that will shelter 100 homeless men and women will open Tuesday in San Pedro. Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Joe Buscaino were on hand thismorning for a pre-opening celebration. “Long before we were hit by this public health crisis called COVID-19, we said there’s another public health crisis and it’s called homelessness,” Garcetti said. “As...

Thousands of homeless people living in encampments near freeways and homeless seniors will be brought indoors over a period of 18 months under a joint legal agreement signed by the county and city of Los Angeles and approved Thursday by a federal judge. The city will provide 6,000 news beds within 10 months and an additonal 700 beds over 18…

A 38-year-old San Andreas man was charged with poisoning after prosecutors said he gave eight homeless people food laced with pepper spray in exchange for beer, causing several to be hospitalized after they suffered seizure-like symptoms, vomiting, and difficulty breathing in acts recorded on video. William Robert Cable was arrested May 22. He was charged with eight felony counts of…

The operator of a dog rescue organization denied Monday that she wrongfully took a homeless man’s longtime canine companion, saying he voluntarily gave up the animal earlier this year. Plaintiff Elliot Haas sued Little Love Rescue and Brittany Littleton on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages and an injunction preventing the defendants from harming the dog,...

One person was arrested after eight homeless people were given poisoned food that sent several to the hospital, Southern California authorities said Friday. The poisonings occurred over the course of about a week in mid-May in Huntington Beach in Orange County south of Los Angeles, authorities said. The victims were given food laced with oleoresin capsicum, “which is twice as…

The federal judge who ordered that homeless encampments adjacent to Los Angeles freeways be immediately cleared in light of coronavirus threats directed city and county officials Friday to agree on a plan to disperse the camps by September. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter cited health and safety concerns on May 15 for ordering the removal and relocation of up…

Negotiations on how to relocate thousands of homeless people broke down. What happens next? Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Anxiety mounted every time someone at the homeless shelter sneezed or residents got too close. For Matthew Padilla, a 34-year-old with a pacemaker and asthma, catching the novel coronavirus would likely mean death. So he jumped at the chance to move into a hotel room for free as part of a new California program. Within days, he and his husband,…

Anxiety mounted every time someone at the homeless shelter sneezed or residents got too close. For Matthew Padilla, a 34-year-old with a pacemaker and asthma, catching the novel coronavirus would likely mean death. So he jumped at the chance to move into a hotel room for free as part of a new California program. Within days, he and his husband,…

A few dozen protesters demonstrated relocating homeless people into their community. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2020.

Years ago, students at the University of Southern California decided they wanted to help homeless college students, so they opened up a place for them to live in Koreatown called Trojan Shelter. It’s a legacy left behind by some of this year’s graduates that will help homeless students trying to survive. While it’s difficult to quantify just how many...

A federal judge has ordered Los Angeles city and county to move thousands of homeless people who are living near freeways, saying their health is at risk from pollution and the coronavirus

Some studies show that up to 5 percent of college students may experience homelessness, so Trojan Shelter in Koreatown is an effort to meet that need. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2020.

Rosemead city officials expressed concern that Los Angeles County intends to establish a temporary housing location at a motel in the city for up to 127 homeless people, none of whom will be screened for a criminal background. The city was informed this week the county will use the Motel 6 located at 1001 San Gabriel Blvd., just north of…