homelessness

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.

A homeless man who risked his life to save the life of a D.C. police officer was reunited with his family this week after they spotted him on TV. They hadn’t seen him in eight years and had thought he was dead.  John Burrows jumped into action when he saw another homeless man attacking a police officer in downtown...

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...

Cerritos College has opened what’s billed as the state’s first community college housing development exclusively for students facing homelessness. “Our goal with The Village is to provide a safe haven to students who are housing insecure until they graduate and transition into their own self-supported space,” Cerritos College President/Superintendent Jose Fierro said. “When students don’t have to worry about...

Even before the coronavirus devastated the economy, the Southland’s homeless population had already grown significantly from the previous year, with efforts to provide housing again outpaced by the number of people falling into homelessness, according to figures released Friday. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the homeless count conducted in January found that the county’s homeless population...

The Village, a new townhome complex, has been opened for students facing homelessness at Cerritos College. Kim Baldonado reports June 11, 2020.

A homeless man who lives in a tent in Echo Park is suing a dog rescue organization that he says wrongfully took his longtime canine companion earlier this year and falsely claimed he abandoned the animal. Elliot Haas’ Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges theft, trespass and intentional infliction of emotional distress in the suit filed Friday against Little Love…

A choir made up of members of San Diego’s homeless community took the stage Tuesday on the premiere of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and wowed the judges not only with their performance, but with their stories. “I didn’t learn to read until I was 15. I graduated high school at a 3rd grade reading level,” said Minta Taylor, a...

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...

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.

LA County is investigating possible outbreaks at 23 homeless shelters. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020.

Four out of five of Skid Row’s large homeless shelters now have clusters of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the NBC4 I-Team has learned. The virus has also hit several homeless facilities outside Los Angeles’ Skid Row. The latest cluster of cases identified is at downtown’s LA Mission, where 14 residents tested positive, and now have been moved...

The federal judge presiding over a lawsuit seeking to house thousands of people in danger of contracting COVID-19 while living on the streets of downtown Los Angeles has set a hearing Thursday to begin settlement negotiations in the case. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter requested that the parties in the suit — brought by LA Alliance for Human Rights…

A homeless man apparently entered a vacant Ritz-Carlton hotel room in downtown Los Angeles Friday in protest, demanding that the hotel and city allow unhoused Angelenos to stay in its empty rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Democratic Socialists of America staged a protest Friday afternoon outside the Ritz-Carlton’s downtown location, at 900 W. Olympic Blvd., demanding that Mayor Eric Garcetti…

Neighbors said LA made the decision to build the safe parking site this week without getting their input. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Several residents said Los Angeles officials weren’t addressing the issues. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

A judge Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order directing the city of Norwalk to comply with state and Los Angeles County efforts to temporarily place homeless people considered vulnerable to the coronavirus in a specified motel. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Samantha Jessner, who issued her ruling a day after hearing arguments in the case, said that on balance, the…

Due to the “Safer At Home” order crime rates in Los Angeles has decreased drastically. But for homeless people, the crime rates haven’t changed at all. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2020.

Dozens of homeless people seeking shelter during this pandemic are now back on the streets. A local group, #HotelVouchers4All, was using a GoFundMe page to raise money to temporarily house about 30 homeless people at the Heritage Inn during the coronavirus pandemic. But Saturday they were kicked out after GoFundMe froze #HotelVouchers4All’s funds. Shane Mitchell is one of them....