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L.A. asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on skid row injunction
L.A. NOWCiting an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles will ask the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to overturn a lower court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on... -
L.A. to ask high court to overturn ruling on homeless' belongings
L.A. NOWThe city of Los Angeles is scheduled Thursday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless people leave temporarily unattended on public sidewalks. If the court... -
Downtown L.A. tuberculosis outbreak prompts CDC response
L.A. NOWThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dispatching scientists to Los Angeles to mount a new attack on an outbreak of tuberculosis on skid row. Health workers have identified about 4,650 people who were probably exposed and are trying...... -
L.A. mayoral candidates explain their approaches on housing
At a time when many residents are grappling with foreclosures and rising rental costs have far outpaced growth in their incomes, the three top Los Angeles mayoral candidates promised Friday to make housing policy a central focus for their administrations....
Tags: Elections, Housing and Urban Planning, Jan Perry, Local Government, Jerry Brown
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Saving 75 homeless is not enough
On Feb. 1, the Mayor's Office of Human Services hosted a community briefing for the "75 Journeys Home" campaign — part of Baltimore City's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. The initiative was aimed at identifying the 75 most vulnerable people...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Social Issues, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Memorial Day
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Man accused of hate crime at homeless shelter
A 36-year-old man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly beat and yelled racial slurs at a worker from the temporary winter homeless shelter in Glendale, police said. Even as officers hauled the man, Jorge Tanchez, into their patrol car, he allegedly...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hate Crimes, Crimes, Police Arrests, Racism
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Mildred E. 'Millie' Banwell, artist
![Mildred E. "Millie" Banwell, an artist who was a longtime supporter of the Light House shelter and an active member of Calvary United Methodist Church, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-02/74396499-12133642.jpg "Mildred E. "Millie\" Banwell, an artist who was a longtime supporter of the Light House shelter and an active member of Calvary United Methodist Church, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena.")
Mildred E. "Millie" Banwell, an artist who was a longtime supporter of the Light House shelter and an active member of Calvary United Methodist Church, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena.
The longtime Annapolis...Tags: Christianity, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Mount Vernon, Annapolis
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State of homelessness changing in Wichita
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsAlthough bad weather usually brings more people into shelters, the overall numbers are down this year, and the state of homelessness is changing. Union Rescue Mission Executive Director Denny Bender says, "We're seeing a lot more men who have recently...Tags: Fines, Social Issues, Punishment
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Nick Flynn, on the set of his life story
Nick Flynn is probably the only living poet who watched his life made into a movie last year. He's most certainly the only one who saw Robert De Niro play his father — and without a doubt the only one whose father shrugged De Niro off, unimpressed....Tags: Paul Weitz, Julianne Moore, Paul Dano, Family, Human Interest
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Wichita police learn new ways to help the homeless
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News"It's not by choice, you know, but I've been having a run of pretty bad luck," said Kenny. It's an issue Wichita's mayor wants to work on, the city's growing homeless problem. And Wichita Police have a new way to help this year. Kenny basically lives...Tags: Social Issues
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Allentown care home cited after woman's death
It's not uncommon for people to die in personal care homes. Many residents are old or ill, and their families accept when death occurs and can come to terms with their loved one's passing. The circumstances of June Hassler's death at Emeritus at...
Tags: Lehigh County, Whitehall, Pension and Welfare, Emeritus Corporation, Politics
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Criminalizing begging is no answer
Baltimore knows better than to pass new legislation to criminalize public begging ("Spector bill targets 'aggressive' begging," Jan. 29). A broad coalition of community leaders has reached consensus that housing and supportive services are the most...Tags: Social Issues, Personal Income
Feb 27, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Jan 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 17, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 12, 2013
|Story| Glendale News Press
Feb 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 9, 2013
|Story| KWCH
Jan 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 6, 2013
|Story| KWCH
Feb 2, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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