Holding On to a Middle-Class Home in a Burning Los Angeles
Recovering from a disaster requires patience. And many working people — especially those whose wealth is tied up in their ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN1h
How the Los Angeles fires could exacerbate California’s homelessness crisis
People burned out of the Santa Cruz Mountains — or trying to escape the threat of fire there — moved into the city of Santa ...
LA fires tragic reminder that ignoring homeless problem can't continue
Homeless individuals face dense and often interwoven challenges, including underemployment or non-employment and the ...
Military.com4d
Homeless Vets and Nursing Home Patients Evacuated from West Los Angeles VA to Escape Wildfires
More than 100 mostly homeless veterans were evacuated from temporary shelters on the sprawling grounds of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center to protect them against the bad air ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat3d
How the Los Angeles fires could exacerbate California’s homelessness crisis
It’s a situation that could repeat in Los Angeles County, Holmes said. “It’s incredibly challenging because you’re dealing with a huge new homeless population,” she said. “People who ...
New York Post5d
Disturbing LA case of homeless man with blowtorch sparks fresh debate over city’s out-of-control vagrant crisis
The troubling case of the blowtorch-wielding homeless man eyed for arson during the Los Angeles wildfires has sparked new debate over the Democratic city’s general alleged kid-glove handling of ...
Euronews5d
Los Angeles wildfires claim 24 lives and leave thousands homeless
Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles County coroner’s ...
Salon3d
Los Angeles fires: Rise in homelessness, bankruptcies, rents predicted
Los Angeles County was already one of the ... “In the short term, we will see increases in crowding, rents, homelessness and displacement.” In areas like Altadena, north of Pasadena, there ...
Yahoo News3d
Los Angeles fires: Rise in homelessness, bankruptcies, rents predicted
Los Angeles County was already one of the nation's most expensive ... “In the short term, we will see increases in crowding, rents, homelessness and displacement.” In areas like Altadena, north of ...
For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability
After years spent homeless or living in shelters and older supportive housing sites, he had a clean room with his own ...
Los Angeles Times4d
‘Gidget Goes Homeless.’ Despite an unexpected fire sequel, a surf legend survives
In her youth, she was a real-life surfer girl heroine ... Today, it might be called: “Gidget Goes Homeless.” But it seems more likely in the long run to end up as: “Gidget: Queen of the ...
Daily Mail4d
Kind-hearted homelessness campaigner is now living on streets himself after wildfires burned his home
A kind anti-homelessness campaigner is himself now living on the streets after his family's home was razed by the Los Angeles wildfires. Anthony Ruffin said he has been left heartbroken after ...