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Huge trash heaps can now be spotted in LA neighborhoods that have homeless encampments–including the San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach, and downtown.

Nearly 270,000 kindergarten through 12th students in California experienced homelessness during the 2018-2019 school year, according to a report released by UCLA.

It’s impossible to miss, heaps of trash near homeless encampments piling up higher and higher. For two years, the NBC4 I-Team has been reporting on the public health problems this creates for all of us. Investigative reporter Joel Grover shows Oct. 19, 2020, us why the garbage problem has gotten so much worse during the pandemic.

Just this week, a tent on the world-famous Venice Boardwalk was on fire at 9 a.m. while surfers and tourists strolled by.

Authorities report that homeless encampment fires occur more than once a day in Venice. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.

A formerly homeless man is trying to untangle a bureaucratic mixup and prove he’s alive. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 8, 2020.

To help unsheltered homeless people as colder weather approaches, the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation and Environment Friday announced its “Spread the Warmth Blanket Drive.” From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting on Monday and continuing each weekday through Oct. 30, people can donate new and gently used — washed and cleaned — blankets at one of the bureau’s six…

A man who won a settlement in an excessive force case against the LAPD says he recently discovered he had been reported as deceased to the U.S. government, which caused his disability income and access to critical medical and mental health care to be terminated.

During the pandemic, thousands of students continue to struggle and forced to take their classes online, but for students who are homeless, the problems are even bigger.

OurCalling, a homeless services organization in Dallas, has developed an app that helps the homeless.

Los Angeles County notified a federal judge Wednesday that it has made its first payment of $17.6 million to the city of Los Angeles in compliance with an agreement to provide beds and services for people experiencing homelessness in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The county and city reached an agreement in June to provide a total of 6,700 beds…

Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles will be closed for maintenance, graffiti removal and other repairs. Sheriff’s officials declared an unlawful assembly at the north end of the park Sunday, clearing the area of all occupants, including protesters and homeless people who had erected tents and canopies in the park’s playground and dog park area. “Grand Park will be...

The price tag for some of Los Angeles’ housing for the homeless is expected to hit a whopping $746,000 per unit, far more than the cost of building some luxury high rise condos in downtown. That’s according to an audit to be released Wednesday morning by Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin, which was obtained by the NBC4 I-Team....

A new audit shows the alarming cost of housing LA’s homeless. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept 8, 2020.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released data Thursday that showed young people continue to fall into homelessness at a higher rate than they can find housing. LAHSA reported the homeless youth population in Los Angeles County rose from 4,021 in 2019 to 4,775 this year, an increase of ore than 18.5%. The count was conducted between Jan. 22 and…

Erica Richardson and her two sons have lived in a room at a San Fernando Valley motel for the past year. “When you got children, it’s hard, really hard,” she said. It became even harder when the pandemic forced schools to close and distance learning began. “We are just waiting for the schools to help them get logged onto...

Authorities Monday announced a new pilot program to assist homeless families with school-aged children living in three motels along the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor in Van Nuys and North Hills. The $770,000 “Kids First” program will be a collaborative effort led by Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and will include the Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, the Los Angeles…

A San Diego choir lending a voice to the homeless outmaneuvered several setbacks this year to be among five acts advancing to the semifinal round of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S. this year, public health officials and advocates for the homeless feared the virus would rip through shelters and tent encampments, ravaging vulnerable people who often have chronic health issues.