GOP gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, talks to homeless residents on Skid Row to bolster ...

The Riverside County Sheriff is running for California governor in a crowded field of candidates, tackling an issue not just ...

People stand in line in front of the Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) Photographer Carlin Stiehl visited the epicenter of California's homeless problem, ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco made a gubernatorial campaign stop Tuesday on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where ...

Los Angeles — Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction ...

To the editor: I think this is one of the most important opinion pieces that the L.A. Times has published since I’ve been reading it (“My neighborhood, Skid Row, is not exactly what you think it is,” ...

The failure of one of Skid Row’s largest homeless housing providers represents a dire warning for the viability of supportive housing in Los Angeles, according to a new report on the organization’s ...

Los Angeles experienced its first wide-scale homelessness during two periods of national upheaval — the Great Depression and the housing crunch after World War II. In both cases, the crises abated. In ...

Where an empty sidewalk once was, a barbershop has emerged. The line grows four deep, the patrons whiling away the time with a dice game on the pavement. Not far away, a woman sells plastic cups of ...

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 ...

Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan rejected L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns' claim that Skid Row is leaving "millions of dollars" on the table by refusing to reunite with former lead singer Sebastian Bach.