If elected, this City Council candidate says he will live in a trailer at MacArthur Park
MacArthur Park has come to symbolize some of Los Angeles’ most intractable issues. Homeless people crowd the park…
After deterring homeless people with ‘Baby Shark’ song, a barber offers free Thanksgiving trims
Shalom Sharp woke up around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday to pick up his barbers from his downtown business and…
Mayor Bass lifts state of emergency on homelessness. But ‘the crisis remains’
On her first day in office, Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness. The declaration…
Homeless service provider’s CEO placed on leave, law firm to probe property valuations
Two top officials at the Weingart Center Assn., one of Los Angeles’ most prominent homeless services providers, have…
Drugs, crime and homelessness plague MacArthur Park. Can a fence rescue it?
On a brisk sunny morning in MacArthur Park recently, children played on a jungle gym as an open-air…
San José Mayor Matt Mahan is a different kind of Democrat
SAN JOSE — Matt Mahan didn’t set out to be a scold and pain in Gavin Newsom’s backside. He doesn’t…