Bass, Caruso face off once again in another debate for LA Mayor
Congresswoman Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso traded jabs in what was a sometimes tense debate. Tom Wait reports.
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Congresswoman Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso traded jabs in what was a sometimes tense debate. Tom Wait reports.
Dozens of Westchester are upset after seeing their beloved park turn into a homeless encampment. Rina Nakano reports.
The new homeless count revealed that the number of unhoused people in Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles has gone up once again.
The new homeless count revealed that the number of unhoused people in Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles has gone up once again. Kristine Lazar reports.
Sherman Oaks residents feel neglected after nothing happens to address their ongoing safety concerns, as the owner of a burned-out business and the city continue to quarrel. Jasmine Viel reports.
After living in a parking lot, high school sophomore Maria Christina Benitez has a bedroom for the first time in her life. Joy Benedict reports.
CBSLA's Jasmine Viel highlights an after-school program helping homeless students, which has reopened after closing because of the pandemic.
For the third and final time, Los Angeles City Council voted on a measure to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers on Tuesday. Joy Benedict reports.
An increase in homeless encampments and lack of action from city departments has business owners on the 19348 block of Londelius Street frustrated.
The Los Angeles Fire Department went to downtown Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon after a 52-year-old man fell four floors and onto an outdoor second-floor courtyard.
The same man who attacked Irene Lee, 51-year-old Semeon Tasfamarean, also assaulted former Olympian and model Kim Glass last week when he allegedly threw a construction bolt at the silver medalist. Joy Benedict reports.
The council's vote of 10 to 1 approving a ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers, which is part of the city's new law regulating homeless encampments, angered many advocates. Tom Wait reports.
Council members moved a step closer to the controversial ban of all homeless camps from being close to schools and daycares.
The current anti-camping ordinance allows districts to submit no-camping zones to the city council for approval. However, parents came to the meeting to plead with council members to amend it so it includes an automatic city-wide ban on encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycares. Rick Montanez reports.
According to LAPD, officers came to the encampment to serve a search warrant for stolen goods but were not sure what they would find other than a rare collector's item spotted by a viewer in previous coverage by CBSLA's Kristine Lazar.
During Tuesday's police commission meeting, the senior staff at the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed they can't begin towing RVs that have lined the streets because there is no place to store them.
An 81-year-old woman was knocked to the ground after someone forcefully took her keys and stole her keys as she was giving out food to the homeless.
Our hidden cameras caught employees with the LA Homeless Services Authority throwing away cases of food meant to be distributed to those less fortunate.
The suspect abandoned a GMC Envoy Denali and fled.
The poll found respondents fairly split on issues along party lines.
Hollywood falls within the jurisdiction of the LAPD.
Under the deal, the city will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to develop as many as 16,000 beds or housing units for the homeless.
The program will provide 1,000 randomly selected residents with $1,000 a month for three years.
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Homeless, which was established by the county last year to conduct a review of the homeless issue, released a report claiming that the current system to tackle homelessness is failing on multiple levels.
According to a new report by researchers at UCLA, out of the 183 people living at Echo Park, 17 have found long-term housing, about 9%. About 50 are in temporary shelters and the rest, about 60%, are unaccounted for.
