The end of Skid Row's cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace last-resort homeless housing

This story was repeated hotel after run ... s not an ideal living situation for a chronically homeless person to be in.” The demise of Skid Row's SROs would mark a dramatic turning point in L.A ... Read More

The Citizens of Skid Row: A View from Inside the Hub of L.A.'s Unhoused Community

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ordered city and county officials to put a roof over the head of every homeless person living on the streets of Skid Row by fall. To prove he was serious ... Read More

Running Club Provides Sense Of Community In LA's Skid Row

We continue our series on social isolation and the search for community in California. One place where it can be very difficult to find community is L.A.’s Skid Row neighborhood, where many people ... Read More

Officials struggle to house migrant families with children sleeping in tents on LA’s Skid Row

The children range in ages, with at least 1 one-year-old. After L.A. Times reported earlier this month on four families with a shared total of 10 children who were living on Skid Row, the Los Angeles ... Read More

Letters to the Editor: Demolishing Skid Row housing would be an appalling mistake

To the editor: Your article, “The end of Skid Row’s cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace last-resort homeless housing,” lays bare the harsh truth that city officials clearly have no ... Read More

LA Judge Denies Bid to Revive Vote to Form Skid Row Council

but LA County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said at a hearing Wednesday he would not change the results of the election. In 2017, the city of Los Angeles held an election on the formation of ... Read More

Skid Row Nation: How L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis Response Spread Across the Country

The bike store is run ... s the fight for the soul of Los Angeles,” says Elizabeth Mitchell, an attorney who has sued the city on behalf of a group of Skid Row businesses and nonprofits known as ... Read More

LA Times Today: Children on Skid Row: Four migrant families form a tenuous community

More than 4,000 people are experiencing homelessness in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. It’s an intense environment ... conditions without shelter. L.A. Times senior writer Doug ... Read More

LA moves to place Skid Row Housing Trust into receivership

Its groundbreaking ceremonies routinely feature a who's who ... an LA County Superior Court judge to appoint Mark Adams, president of California Receivership Group, as receiver for the ailing ... Read More

Josh Peck

Denise Richards, Nick Cannon, Jennie Garth Talk the Importance of Giving Back at L.A. Mission's Skid Row Easter Event Josh Peck Attends L.A. Mission's Skid Row Easter Event After Voicing Support ... Read More

Nick Cannon

Jennie Garth Talk the Importance of Giving Back at L.A. Mission's Skid Row Easter Event A Wildcard Enters The Masked Singer Season 11 on TV Theme Night — and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Stop ... Read More