{"id":155001,"date":"2026-01-29T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155001\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:58:07","slug":"shirley-raines-homeless-advocate-and-nonprofit-founder-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155001\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Raines, homeless advocate and nonprofit founder, dies."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shirley Raines, a Compton woman who dedicated her life to providing for the homeless and founded the nonprofit Beauty 2 The Streetz has died, her organization announced. She was 58.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Shirley dedicated her life to serving others and made an immeasurable impact on homeless communities throughout Los Angeles and Nevada,\u201d a message posted to<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/beauty2streetz\/status\/2016578923854016795\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Raines\u2019 X account <\/a>on Wednesday read. \u201cThrough her tireless advocacy, deep compassion, and unwavering commitment, she used her powerful media platform to amplify the voices of those in need and to bring dignity, resources, and hope to some of the most undeserved populations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For years, Raines and her organization have served people experiencing homelessness across the region, providing them services like hair color, makeup and mobile showers. During the pandemic, their aid included handing out face masks, hand sanitizers, vitamins and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to see a friendly face,\u201d she told The Times in 2020. \u201cThey need to know they\u2019re not forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raines had six children and lived in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer journey stands as a testament to the belief that everyone, irrespective of their circumstances, deserves to feel valued,\u201d her founder page on the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/b2ts.org\/founder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Beauty 2 The Streetz website said<\/a>. \u201cShirley responded to the call to bring beauty, support and hope to those seen yet often overlooked by society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story is developing and will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shirley Raines, a Compton woman who dedicated her life to providing for the homeless and founded the nonprofit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[76089,76085,76090,48,52,51,1637,47,50,49,63,9212,76092,76086,76084,76088,1768,4747,76083,76087,76091],"class_list":["post-155001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-hair-color","tag-homeless-advocate","tag-homeless-community","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-life","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-makeup","tag-mobile-shower","tag-ms-shirley","tag-nonprofit-beauty","tag-nonprofit-founder","tag-organization","tag-service","tag-shirley-raines","tag-streetz","tag-x-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}