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Nonprofit's gift shop proceeds helps women off the streets of Skid Row
The Downtown Women’s Center was founded in 1978, with the stated purpose of focusing on “serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness.”
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Downtown Women's Center helps unhoused women off the streets
The Downtown Women’s Center offers homemade goods all made by women who have transitioned out of unhoused circumstances. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2024.
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Baby found dead in Los Angeles Skid Row area
A dead infant was found on Skid Row, prompting a child abuse investigation with the Los Angeles Police Department Thursday.
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2 hospitalized with serious injuries in downtown LA stabbing
Three people, including two with stab wounds, were hospitalized Monday after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.
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Gunman sought following deadly shooting in Skid Row: LAPD
Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed early Saturday in Skid Row.
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Moving truck full of furniture unloaded onto Skid Row
A moving truck jam-packed with furniture was seen illegally dumping in Skid Row adding to the growing trash problem in the area. Bailey Miller reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on July 3, 2024.
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Moving truck stuffed with furniture caught illegally dumping in Skid Row
A moving truck jam-packed with furniture was seen illegally dumping in Skid Row adding to the growing trash problem in the area.
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Video shows box truck full of furniture and other items unloaded on Skid Row
LA city officials are trying to determine what happened in bizarre video captured on Skid Row. Annette Arreola reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Wednesday July 3, 2024.
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Permanent housing high-rise to be unveiled on Skid Row
A high-rise building with 19 floors aims to help combat the problem of homelessness in one of the most affected areas. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on June 18, 2024.
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Largest building for the unhoused in LA to be inaugurated
Next week the largest building in the region for people who are unhoused will be inaugurated.
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Police shoot man who allegedly ran at officer with knife
A 32-year-old man is in stable condition from gunshot wounds suffered while allegedly raising a knife to a police officer in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said Sunday.
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Family speaks out after man killed by 3 hit-and-run drivers
The family of a man who was left to die in the middle of a Pacoima road after being hit by three drivers is speaking out about their grief. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on Jan. 19, 2024.
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Nonprofit responds to worker spraying homeless man
A nonprofit organization whose employee was seen on video spraying an unhoused person with a hose is speaking out. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News on Jan. 19, 2024.
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City-contracted employee fired after video shows them spraying homeless person with hose
A city-contracted employee was fired after a video showed him spraying a water hose toward an unsheltered person on the sidewalk in Los Angeles’ Skid Row.
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Video appears to show worker spray homeless person
Disturbing video shows a city-contracted employee seemingly spray a water hose at an unsheltered person in Los Angeles. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News on Jan. 18, 2024.
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NewsConference: Skid Row lessons learned
After 20 years, the Rev. Andy Bales is leaving the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row and heading back to Iowa. What he has learned about LA’s homeless problem and why he believes it’s getting worse.
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Food pantry for pets of unhoused people on Skid Row to launch
A new food pantry will launch on Skid Row on Monday, but this one is different — this one is dedicated exclusively to providing free food for the dogs and cats of unhoused pet owners.