A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction.

L.A. Times Doug Smith joined Lisa McRee with a closer look.

In L.A.’s Skid Row, the hotels and brothels fell into disrepair, many becoming single-room occupancy, or SRO, apartments that were the bottom rung of the city’s housing stock.

In L.A.'s Skid Row, the hotels and brothels fell into disrepair, many becoming single-room occupancy, or SRO, apartments that were the bottom rung of the city's housing stock.

Overcoming the loss of his legs, Andy Bales rides RAGBRAI to raise funds for Children and Family Urban Movement, his Des ...

In downtown L.A.’s Skid Row, tranq user Josh Booker showed KTLA his deteriorating finger, attributing the damage to just three days of use. Experts say Xylazine, or tranq, is driving a wave of ...

A running club in Skid Row offers exercise and community for people overcoming homelessness. In downtown L.A., the Skid Row Running Club provides structure, health, and hope for unhoused residents ...

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.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The three officers who fired their weapons in a videotaped struggle that left a homeless man dead were veterans of the beat on Los Angeles’ downtrodden Skid Row who had ...

L.A.’s Cooper Do-Nuts riot predates Stonewall—but did it even happen? ... The story goes that patrons at an all-night snack shop near Skid Row fell victim to LAPD harassment and fought back, ...

The Dodgers showed the kind of fight at the plate that had been lacking in recent days. But they couldn't quite raise themselves out of the hole they had been digging for the past week. The Dodgers lo ...