The Greater L.A. Homeless Count is just a week away, and officials are urging residents to register to volunteer.

Three victims and an assailant are in critical condition, among six who were struck by gunfire in a gang-related shooting in ...

L.A. erected barriers and shut down vendors on Westlake sidewalks in an effort to curtail violence. Will the city's efforts ...

secured funding for a homeless services center, and is trying to get funding for a second street medicine team that would ...

The councilwoman described MacArthur Park as a "historic place" that for ... there will be social service providers helping homeless individuals find stable housing and other resources.

To the editor: I couldn’t help but cry while reading Steve Lopez's latest column on the intractability of the addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park. ("The time for excuses is over.

On Alvarado Street, where the vending corridor across from MacArthur Park has long been a defining feature of the neighborhood, something is missing. The vendors. For years, they've been setting ...