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LAPD Warned To Wear Masks For TB Outbreak
Comments (0) | center for diease prevention, disease outbreak, lapd, Los Angeles, los angeles county department of health, Skid Row, skid row tuberculosis outbreak, TB, tuberculosis, tuberculosis outbreak
(Tuberculosis bacteria/Creative Commons)
The largest tuberculosis wave in L.A. history hits Skid Row.
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From Proms To Bullpen Arms, Inner-City Arts Finds Wide Support
Comments (0) | Art, Arts+Culture, Baseball, California, children, clayton kershaw, Fake Prom, inner-city arts, Javy Guerra, LA Archdiocese, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Michael Nocita, Prom, Skid Row, Sonja Rasula, The Dodgers, Unique LA
An art center on Skid Row gives children a space for self-expression.
Read more...Festival For All Skid Row Artists Brushes Negative Out Of Gladys Park
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A different kind of LAPD brings joy to L.A.'s poorest.
Read more...Skid Row Giveaway Helps Thousands Of Children
Comments (1) | Back-to-School, Foot Locker, Fred Jordan, homeless, impoverished children, Los Angeles, Paul Mitchell, Skid Row, Towne Avenue
Five thousand underprivileged children were given back-to-school supplies and clothing.
Read more...L.A. Riots: Little Change For South Central's Pipeline To Skid Row
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Two decades after the riots, many on Skid Row still face the same challenges and feel the same tension.
Read more...L.A. Mission Brings Good Friday Message To Skid Row
(Samantha McDonald)
Volunteers swarmed 5th Street to reach the neighborhood's homeless population.
Read more...Passion In Poverty: Festival For All Skid Row Artists
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Crushow Herring plays the roles of artist and father at the Festival for All Skid Row Artists. (Allegra Tepper)
SLIDESHOW: An unlikely assemblage of artists call Skid Row home.
Read more...Skid Row Women Emerging From The Shadows Of Abuse Find Little Help
Comments (0) | alexis austin, andy bales, becky dennison, deborah burton, discrimination, downtown pathway home, downtown womens action coalition, gender abuse, homeless, Homelessness, la can, lamp community, Los Angeles, los angeles community action network, lydia trejo, rehab, sex abuse, Skid Row, trauma servies, Union Rescue Mission, vulnerability index
Women join forces to create their community.
Read more...Newly Poor Seek Aid At Union Rescue Mission
Comments (0) | economic downturn, film industry, hollywood, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, recession, shelter, Skid Row, Social Service Agency
URM CEO Andy Bales speaks at the shelter's September Open House (Union Rescue Mission's Facebook)
From six-figure salary to homeless shelter: one family recounts their fall in this tough economy.
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