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'Terminator' Actor Missing (UPDATED)

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Nick Stahl, Nick Stahl Missing, Video, Terminator Actor Missing, Skid Row, Nick Stahl Actor, Terminator 3, Celebrity News

UPDATE: Officer Rosario Herrera of the LAPD confirms that Stahl is missing, telling People in a statement: "I can confirm that he's missing. And, as o...

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Compton Clinic Feeds Homeless, Saves Dogs From Euthanasia

AP | SUE MANNING | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Video, Homelessness, FiXiT Foundation, Skid Row, Homeless Pets, Downtown Dog Rescue, Lori Weise, Homeless Shelters, Homeless Dogs, Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control, Impact News

LOS ANGELES — Fix the dogs and feed the men. That's what Lori Weise decided to do 16 years ago when she started working at Modernica Inc., a fu...

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Photographer Sheds Light On Homeless With Camera Lens

lightbox.time.com | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: London Homeless, New York Homeless, Lee Jeffries, Skid Row, Homeless, Los Angeles Homeless, Photos of Homeless, Union Rescue Mission, Flickr, Impact News

In 2008, accountant and amateur photographer Lee Jeffries was in London to run a marathon. On the day before the race, Jeffries thought he would wande...

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Chuck D & L.A. Rappers Show Skid Row Love

Voto Latino | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Lady of Rage, Skid Row, Occupy, Chuck D, Kurupt, Latino Voices News

I have to give props to Cali's newest resident, Chuck D, who led the movement of politically-charged hip-hop in the 80s as front man of, and continues to fight the power today

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SLIDESHOW: Which Celebs Are Giving Back This Thanksgiving?

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Natalie Portman, Farm Sanctuary, Lil' Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Volunteering, Los Angeles Mission, Skid Row, Ellen Degeneres, Thanksgiving, Dane Cook, Laugh Factory, Slidepollajax, Impact, Impact News

'Tis the season to give, and a number of celebrities are making sure those less fortunate have a happy Thanksgiving. Fom Lil' Wayne to Ellen Degeneres...

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Street Dharma: Teaching Meditation To The Homeless

BJ Gallagher | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Monkey Mind, Religion, Homelessness, Tonglen, Skid Row, Alcoholism, Homeless, Meditation, Haven for Hope, Buddhism, YTDR Foundation, Spirituality, Compassion, Street Dharma, Homeless Street Dharma, Religion News

It can be very unsettling when you realize just how frantic your mind really is... You may find, like Buddhist elders have said, that the mind is like a crazy monkey swinging from thought to thought and from past to future.

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Homeless in Los Angeles

Karen Curley | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Homeless, Poverty, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles Skid Row, Skid Row, La Impact, Recession, Los Angeles News

With our nation facing one of the most difficult economic times in history, more and more people are facing the reality of landing on Skid Row. And it's a harsh reality.

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Hotel From Hell

Sam Slovick | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Poverty, Homelessness, Skid Row, Pavement, La Impact, Ford Apartments, Ford Hotel, LA Weekly, Low-Income Housing, Los Angeles News

I took a walk through the construction site at the nefarious Ford Hotel with two former residents, Abraham and Travelle. They spent their childhood in the well-documented hellhole, witnessing life at the bottom rung of capitalism.

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Skid Row Shelter Charges Fees As Economy Toughens

AP | By CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Video, Skid Row Shelters, Homelessness, Skid Row, Skid Row Shelter Fees, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Skid Row resident Dadisi Komolafe points indignantly to the sign reading "Union Rescue Mission," and grumbles that the name no longer f...

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Local Business Helps Battle Unemployment, Poverty In LA

The Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Chrysalis, LA Skid Row, Skid Row, La Impact, LA Underemployment, LA Homeless, LA Employment, LA Homeless Population, Los Angeles Homeless, Los Angeles News

According to the California Employment Development Department, the state's current unemployment rate is around 12%. One organization, Chrysalis, is fi...

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From the Pavement to the People

Sam Slovick | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Skid Row, Consciousness, Los Angeles, Homelessness, Pavement, Impact News

I've been publishing homeless stories for a decade now. I'm holding to the notion that we'd all love to see the unnecessary suffering end.

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Lending An Ear -- And A Voice -- To The Ignored

Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Poverty, Skid Row, School on Wheels, Homelessness, Homeless, Giving Voice to Voiceless, Sam Slovick, Pavement, Video, Impact News

It is tough to truly understand the plight of the homeless if you've always had a place to live. For many of us, attempting to look at the world throu...

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Skid Row Mission To Charge For Shelter Beds

latimes.com | Sandy Banks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Rescue Mission, Andy Bales, Los Angeles Skid Row, Los Angeles Homeless, Skid Row, La Impact, Los Angeles News

At the Union Rescue Mission, director Andy Bales has beefed up security and is changing residence requirements, in part to deal with those concerns. B...

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Gov. Brown's Budget Is Bad for Skid Row

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jerry Brown, California, Homelessness, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Skid Row, La Impact, Budget, California Redevelopment Funds, Homeless, Community Redevelopment Agencies, Weingart Center, Los Angeles News

Governor Brown's budget proposal to eliminate the community redevelopment agencies is yet another cut that indirectly hurts the homeless.

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An Unfortunate Truth: African Americans and Homelessness

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Skid Row, Homelessness, Skid Row, African Americans, Weingart Center, La Impact, Los Angeles News

e are used to seeing problems affect the African-American community more strongly than some others, but few are so very disproportionate in their impact as homelessness.

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Homelessness Is a Luxury We Can't Afford

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles County, Homelessness, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Skid Row, La Impact, Los Angeles News

Housing all the homeless in Los Angeles would be expensive. But more and more data shows that, in spite of the price tag, it is cheaper than what we're doing now.

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New Year's Resolution: Help the Homeless

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Years Resolution, Downtown L.A., Skid Row, Weingart Center, La Impact, Impact News

As we embark, not only on a new year, but a new decade, please consider supporting the important work of transforming lives of the homeless.

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Sebastian Bach's Post Divorce Karaoke

tmz.com | 1/6/2011 12:09 AM PST by TMZ Staff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skid Row Sebastian Bach, Sebastian Bach, Sebastian Bach Karaoke, Skid Row, Sebstian Bach Divorce, Sebastian Bach Journey, Divorce News

Hours after announcing his divorce, Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach did the only thing you can do in that situation -- get drunk and sing "Don't Stop B...

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Skid Row's Sebastian Bach Divorcing Wife Of 18 Years

nydailynews.com | By Nina Mandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skid Row Sebastian Bach, Skid Row Sebastian Bach Divorce, Sebastian Bach Divorce, Sebastian Bach, Skid Row, Divorce News

Sebastian Bach and wife Maria Bierk are starting the new year by divorcing. The Skid Row front man and his wife of 18 years have been separated since...

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ART ED: 10 Nonprofits Teaching Arts Education To Kids Across The Country

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nashville, New York, Children, Skid Row, Los Angeles, Theater, Rhode Island, Painting, Playwright, Art, Art Outreach, Slidepollajax, Milwaukee, Dance, Hawaii, Seattle, Philadelphia, Art Education, Budget Cuts, Arts News

With ever-increasing budget cuts negatively affecting US schools, it has been up to independent nonprofits to step in and make up for the deficit in a...

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Homeless, Living on the Street and Asking for a Handout: Should I Give?

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Shelters, Downtown L.A., Skid Row, Homelessness, Gregory Scott, Weingart-Center, Homeless Help, Impact News

As the CEO of a homeless transitional center, the question "Should I give to the homeless on the street?" is one of the most common. Consistently, I give the same answer -- no.

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Tonic, Peter Samuelson Team Up To Raise $5,000 To House Homeless Angelenos

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edar, Peter Samuelson, Homelessness, Everyone Deserves a Roof, Skid Row, Homeless Shelters, Los Angeles Homeless, Tonic, Video, Impact News

After interviewing homeless Angelenos about their needs, T.V. producer Peter Samuelson decided that a transportable roof would help each individual ha...

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A Skid Row Thanksgiving

Gregory Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thanksgiving, Skid Row, Weingart Center, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Downtown La, Impact News

As most of Americans gather in their suburban homes to give thanks, hundreds of volunteers serve over 10,000 meals to the homeless in the missions and shelters in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Unveils Plan To End Chronic Homelessness By 2016

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Shelters, Homeless, Chronic Homelessness, Homeless Los Angeles, Homeless Veterans, Los Angeles Homeless, Homelessness, Skid Row, Impact News

In the Los Angeles area, 50,000 homeless people line the streets at night. Now, the city's business leaders are turning their attention to addressing...

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When Is an Art Walk Not an Art Walk?

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bert Green, Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, Los Angeles Art, Art, LA Times, Food, Arts News

Fascinating how success is not necessarily commensurate with happy endings. The galleries are laying plans to reinvent their Art Walk early next year so that it becomes, well, an Art Walk again.

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