Jennifer Garner marked this year’s Thanksgiving with kindness, compassion and community service. The 53-year-old actress spent her holiday morning volunteering at The Midnight Mission’s annual charity ...

The Los Angeles Police Department rescued more than a dozen sick and emaciated dogs and puppies from a homeless encampment in Skid Row Thursday morning. Described as an “unlawful puppy mill,” the ...

Skid Row dogs have been the subject of outrage by animal activists for years Credit: Stand Up For Pits Foundation/Rebecca Corry The puppies were sick, emaciated, crowded in a cage that acted as a ...

I’m a homeless advocate, calling for recovery, accountability and faith-based reform in California’s approach for funding homelessness. As California continues to struggle with rising homelessness, ...

A new initiative in collaboration with LAPD and Los Angeles Animal Services looks to investigate and halt cases of animal cruelty on Skid Row, Mayor Karen Bass announced Thursday. The joint effort ...

Skid Row dogs have been the subject of outrage by animal activists for years Credit: Stand Up For Pits Foundation/Rebecca Corry The founder of Stand Up for Pits Foundation is demanding a meeting with ...

Larger than life: Sebastian Bach at Limelight Club, New York, June 1, 1993. (Photo by Steve Eichner via Getty Images) Before the chimes of his doorbell stop echoing, Sebastian Bach throws open the ...

Elected officials and homeless advocates on Thursday celebrated the formal opening of the Skid Row Care Campus, a service hub for unhoused individuals that provides a range of health and housing ...

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On Los Angeles' Skid Row, the crisis isn't just human, it's also deeply affecting the animals. Hundreds of dogs are living in heartbreaking conditions -- neglected, abused, and forgotten. Local ...

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 ...