San Diegan Aime Zamudio is working to get hotel rooms for homeless San Diegans during the coronavirus outbreak. Zamudio said she’s worried for many who have no place to go. “A hot shower? I’d give a million dollars for one,” said Dan who has been living on the streets in Pacific Beach for the last five years. Zamudio said...

LA’s first coronavirus case of a homeless person involves a person who was staying at the Union Rescue Mission. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

More than 1,200 people experiencing homelessness in California will likely die due to the coronavirus, according to research released Wednesday. That number is a large chunk of the total of 3,400 homeless people expected to die from COVID-19 across the United States, said the study’s authors, which included researchers from UCLA, Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania. The report…

The LAPD is working on keeping officers and their families safe, as they ramp up longer hours due to coronavirus pandemic. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

The Los Angeles Police Department prepared for enhanced patrols and new assignments related to the spread of the coronavirus, and it set up a “rest and recovery” space near Downtown where officers assigned to long shifts with few days off can shower and sleep. An auditorium at a police facility was converted into a dormitory, with dozens of cots lined…

A federal judge will preside over a closed hearing Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles to discuss possible immediate solutions to the Skid Row homeless crisis in light of the worsening coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge David Carter scheduled the hearing as a follow-up to a five-hour proceeding last week in which a top Salvation Army official offered 17 newly closed…

The spread of coronavirus has lead to fast action in federal court. A judge in LA held an emergency hearing to discuss what can be done to shelter the homeless, who might be the most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. Friday, Mar. 20, 2020.

Homeless people in California congregated in parks, popped into each other’s tents on sidewalks and packed closely together to get food Friday, routine scenes that took on different and dangerous significance as state officials try to contain spread of the coronavirus. California is under a statewide stay-at-home order and residents have been told not to gather in groups greater...

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore told officers he hopes the city’s “Safer at Home” initiative — designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus — can be gently enforced, as residents settle-in for weeks of isolation. “Enforcement of it is through awareness, through education, through outreach,” Moore said in a video message and an internal memo to officers,…

An emergency hearing is scheduled for Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging what an activist group contends is a lack of action to protect homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Eric Garcetti and County Supervisor Kathryn Barger are among the officials expected to attend. The lawsuit was filed last week in Los Angeles federal court by the L.A....

One doctor urges anyone with symptoms to get tested at a county hospital, which are running free tests. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Without the ability to isolate and properly employ social distancing, the homeless population is especially susceptible to a coronavirus outbreak. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020.

While the school shutdown will be a major disruption for all kids, there’s special concern for what that means for the nearly 20,000 LAUSD students who are homeless. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. Friday, Mar. 13, 2020. 

San Diego is taking steps to protect the homeless population from the coronavirus. In a letter to city managers, the county offered cities help to procure, pay for and install hand washing stations. On Monday San Diego installed 66 stations, Carlsbad installed 6, and the county installed 14 in unincorporated areas. “I’m extremely worried because this is a population that’s…

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to force Los Angeles officials to provide thousands of shelter beds in an effort to stem what it described as the unfolding “human tragedy” of people living in squalor on the streets. While once largely confined to the notorious Skid Row neighborhood, encampments have spread countywide. Freeway overpasses are lined with tents, and...

Federal lawsuit claims politicians have breached their duty to citizens and alleges violation of state laws to help the homeless. People are dying on the streets at a rate of three per day. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2020.

They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps. That’s what makes homeless people particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. Almost 200,000 people live in those conditions in the United States, according to a White House report, with Washington state, California and Oregon among the states most affected by homelessness...

A temporary-housing shelter providing 100 beds for homeless adults and 54 beds for youth opened Tuesday in the Venice area. “The homeless and housing crisis is a citywide challenge that requires citywide solutions,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said during an opening ceremony for the Pacific Sunset A Bridge Home facility. “Today’s opening is a reminder that people across Los Angeles are…

NBCLA

The NBC4 I-Team investigated a public health threat that is rampant across Los Angeles. There are 36, 000 homeless people in LA, but most of them don’t have bathrooms or access to the most basic human needs. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.