The LAFD has become a huge mobile health clinic. And that's simply unsustainable
Courtesy Central City East AssociationDon't let the bed bugs bite.The flurry of coverage about the horrific conditions on Skid Row started in 2004 with an LA CityBeat cover story and soon flourished with Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez's observations, which culminated in the movie The ... More >>
Google MapsA man who died on June 24 from head injuries sustained in a physical altercation with an unknown suspect was identified as 62-year-old Harry Grey. The altercation occurred on July 11, 2009 on the corner of 7th Street and San Julian in downtown Los Angeles, according to Lieutenant F ... More >>
An L.A. band returns home after years of wandering
A woman was in jail today after she allegedly shot another woman about a block from the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division, a Skid Row station so close that a cop who happened to be out front nabbed the suspect as witnesses chased her down, police say. Michelle Cato, 27, was arrested ... More >>
Originally published March 9, 2006
Portraits of downtown's endangered artists. Case study: The Canadian Building
The kids of Skid Row
Hustlers, gangsters, addicts and narcos are all trying to get their chippy on where its always Mardi Gras on crack
A guide to living among the crack addicts, mentally ill, homeless and young-pros-on-the-go in a changing downtown
A play, and its performers, from Skid Row
Joyriding with the CRASH unit
