DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Amid growing concern about the spread of coronavirus among vulnerable populations, health officials on Tuesday provided an update on an outbreak the the Union Rescue ...

The Little Tokyo Service Center has transformed the site on Towne Avenue into The Umeya, a 175-unit affordable and permanent ...

Jaiye Kamson and the Los Angeles Poverty Department are using art to restore dignity, hope, and connection to unhoused people in Los Angeles, while also highlighting the systemic issues that ...

The Los Angeles Mission, a non-profit in Skid Row helping the homeless, broke ground Monday to remodel their emergency shelter. SKID ROW (KABC) -- It was demo day at the Los Angeles Mission in Skid ...

The old factory site of a beloved Japanese cracker brand has found new life as supportive housing for Angelenos rebuilding their lives. The Umeya aims to be a bridge between Little Tokyo and Skid Row.

Poverty doesn’t have to be miserable 24/7. No matter what a person’s economic status, joy is possible—and that joy can serve as resistance to oppression in all its forms. This year’s 16th annual ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It started with a pair of headphones. In 2013, Paul Avila spotted a blind man on Skid Row wearing headphones and ...

On Tuesday morning, protestors picketed outside Los Angeles City Hall, claiming that LADWP is dragging its feet and preventing the opening of a Skid Row housing project. Members of Housing Is A Human ...

When downtown resident Dan Johnson began teaching a once-weekly literacy course at the Midnight Mission in March 2015, he noticed what he describes as a “huge discrepancy” between the needs of the ...