In the mornings, just past 7:30, dozens of children on Skid Row start making their way to school in the June gray. For younger ones, the trip is somewhat easier. A yellow bus pulls up not far from ...

Jhon Valencia plays with Thian, 2, with his mother, Katherine Gonzalez, in the back, on Towne Avenue on Los Angeles' Skid Row. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Skid Row is a playground for children ...

Los Angeles is cracking down on criminal activity on Skid Row that's hurting one group of residents who can't leave a life on ...

When the big green sanitation trucks rumbled up, eight of the 10 children living in the Skid Row encampment were away at school, easing the stress on the four sets of parents as they stuffed their ...

"The number of tents has increased visibly, especially in areas where tents never used to be," said City Councilwoman Jan Perry, whose Ninth District includes much of Skid Row. "Things out there are ...

At least seven migrant families with at least 10 children are “living in an array of large tents, pup tents and tarp shelters” on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, according to reporting by Los Angeles Times.

In Los Angeles' Skid Row, tents line entire city blocks. These makeshift shelters for the city's homeless are now an almost permanent fixture of the city's landscape, with barbecue grills and clusters ...

On Wednesday, the usual mix of homeless, drug dealers, tents and trash on San Julian Street was disrupted when dozens of blonde, teenage girls wearing matching t-shirts and bearing crosses around ...

LA Police Chief William Bratton is pushing a deal with the ACLU to allow homeless people to sleep on the streets of Skid Row at night, but not in the daytime. He says that means no more of the tent ...

Skid Row is a playground for children again, despite homeless officials' assurances that it wouldn't happen. On Thursday morning, a 2-year-old rode a broom like a horse, running past a tent, where he ...

Tomorrow, the LA City Council will vote on a compromise between the ACLU and the LAPD: should homeless people be allowed to sleep on the streets of skid row at night, but not in the daytime?Plus, why ...