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Top Story: Going big against homelessness

Going big against homelessness Acknowledging that solving the multifaceted problems of the nation’s largest homeless population calls for bigger and more concerted action, supervisors on Tuesday created Los Angeles County’s first interdepartmental council on homelessness. The council will bring together county departments serving children, families and veterans along with… [Read more]
Children and Families
The new kids on campus

The new kids on campus

A multimedia look at an unprecedented summer program at UCLA to get foster teens ready for college and new beginnings. [Read more]
• Audit reveals flaws in children’s agency
Homelessness
From this day forward

From this day forward

This is not a fairytale love story. Over the course of 23 years together, Denny Lyons and Terrie Madrid have lived in an improvised lean-to on a deserted restaurant patio. They’ve had—and lost touch with—a now-teenaged daughter and son. They’ve battled illness, unemployment, substance abuse…. [Read more]
• Kobe jumps in to help homeless kids
Housing
From eyesore to godsend

From eyesore to godsend

When Menorah Housing Foundation cut the ribbon this week on its bright new West Los Angeles senior housing project, Terri Tippit was thrilled. “That corner,” she says, “has been an eyesore for as long as I’ve lived here. And I’ve lived here for 37 years.”… [Read more]
• A veterans residence worth waiting for