Jamie Herrera
- September 25, 2026
- 21 minutes Read
Money To Nowhere: When Tax Payer Homeless Funds Leads to a Dead End
Downtown Los Angeles — On Skid Row, thousands of people struggle without permanent housing while millions of dollars flow through government agencies, nonprofit organizations, developers, and hotel owners entrusted with…
Melody Klein
- April 28, 2026
- 5 minutes Read
Beyond Sanitation -Manuel “OG Man” Compito’s Quest to Create Lasting Change in Skid Row
On almost any given day in downtown Los Angeles, volunteers arrive in Skid Row carrying trays of food, bottled water, and the best of intentions. But there’s one critical item…
Cornelius Araoye
- February 5, 2026
- 7 minutes Read
Saying Goodbye: Miss Shirley Raines – Beauty Inside and Out
It’s with a heavy heart that we share the news about the passing of Shirley Raines, affectionately known as Miss Shirley. This amazing nonprofit founder and Skid Row advocate passed…
- January 5, 2026
- 3 minutes Read
A New Era or New Bureaucracy? Inside the Launch of LA County’s Department of Homeless Services
On January 1, 2026, Los Angeles County officially pulled the lever on its most significant administrative overhaul in decades: the launch of the Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH). For…
Chloe Hull
- November 27, 2025
- 4 minutes Read
Downtown Women’s Center Charts New Path In The Fight to House Our Citys Women
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is unveiling a bold new strategic plan with a clear, uncompromising mission. Adopted in February 2024, the organization’s 2024–2026 blueprint outlines four core priorities, backed…
- October 13, 2025
- 6 minutes Read
The 16th Annual Community Festival for All Skid Row Artists Returns with Art, Connection and Action
Skid Row DTLA is home to one of the largest concentrations of people experiencing homelessness in the United States, a neighborhood where despair is a constant shadow, and hope isn’t…
Hanny Playa
- January 18, 2025
- 2 minutes Read
American Red Cross Commits to Providing Access for Victims of LA Fires
Victims impacted by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, may receive aide from the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross remains committed to providing individuals affected by the…
Jackson Roberts
- October 22, 2024
- 1 minute Read
14 Annual Festival For All Skid Row Artists Returns to General Jeff Gladys Park
Produced by Los Angeles Poverty Department, the Festival For All Skid Row Artists is a festival of music, theater, spoken word performances and visual art with plenty of music, showcasing the diverse…
- August 5, 2024
- 4 minutes Read
This Week In Crime: 82 Copper Wire Thieves, Attack at WREN & Fire at Pacific Dining Car
Another day in DTLA, another criminal caper. This week in crime, our intrepid heroes in blue have managed to wrestle a whopping 2,000 pounds of copper from the grubby paws of…
- August 1, 2024
- 2 minutes Read
Cecil Hotel: Murders, Suicides, Serial Killers and Roaches?
As if ghosts, suicides, and serial killers weren’t enough, these days, tenants of the infamous Cecil Hotel are adding a new chapter of horror to the building’s grim history: deplorable…
Keri Freeman
- July 30, 2024
- 5 minutes Read
147 Permanent Homes for the Unhoused with LAHSA New Vida DTLA Apartments
One step closer to a solving the homelessness crisis is the grand opening of Vida DTLA, a new development providing permanent housing to 147 individuals experiencing homelessness. A joint venture…
- July 13, 2024
- 6 minutes Read
What Came First – The Addict or the Needle? HHCLA Under Fire for Harm Reduction Program
The age-old question of what came first, the chicken or the egg, has taken a dramatic new twist in Los Angeles’ Skid Row as the non-profit, Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles…
