Article: Down and out in Beverly Hills; SHE HAD A BIGGER BILLING THAN THE BEATLES AND WAS IDOLISED BY MILLIONS...NOW FALLEN SHOWBIZ LEGEND JOAN TURNER IS DOWN TO HER LAST DOLLAR ON SKID ROW IN LOS ANGELES BUT STILL DREAMS OF HOLLYWOOD STARDOM.(Features)

Article: City Life - Los Angeles: LA eyes up Skid ...
The Independent - London;  September 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ...ON SKID Row, Los Angeles, the homeless sleep with their boots ... now more determined than ever to wipe Skid Row off the map and push its downtrodden ... also triggered angry condemnation from Skid Row activists who say it amounts to intimidation ...

Article: Crimes down on Los Angeles skid row
Xinhua News Agency;  October 7, 2006 ;     456 words ...Crimes down on Los Angeles skid row LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Crimes in Los Angeles skid row have dropped thanks to a greater police presence, authorities said. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief William J. Bratton attributed ...

Article: LAPD gentrifies Skid Row: as the affluent take the ...
Colorlines Magazine;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... BLOCK AREA in downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row has been a hub for ... codirector of the Skid Row-based Los Angeles Community Action Network ... exchange program at the Skid Row site of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, says that he has ...

Article: Los Angeles skid row deaths drop
Xinhua News Agency;  January 27, 2009 ;     430 words ...Los Angeles skid row deaths drop LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The last four years saw a 36- percent drop in the number of people who died on downtown Los Angeles' skid row, it was reported on Tuesday. The drop was the latest ...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Michelle Pfeiffer volunteers at The ...
KRT Photos;  December 24, 2003 ;     391 words ... ... DEBBIE VANSTORY (December 24) LOS ANGELES, CA -- Michelle Pfeiffer volunteers at The Los Angeles Mission Serve Up Holiday Cheer for the Homeless of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Christmas ...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Pat O'Brien volunteers at The Los ...
KRT Photos;  December 24, 2003 ;     389 words ... ... DEBBIE VANSTORY (December 24) LOS ANGELES, CA -- Pat O'Brien volunteers at The Los Angeles Mission Serve Up Holiday Cheer for the Homeless of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Christmas ...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Pat O'Brien takes a call while ...
KRT Photos;  December 24, 2003 ;     399 words ... ... DEBBIE VANSTORY (December 24) LOS ANGELES, CA -- Pat O'Brien takes a call while volunteering at The Los Angeles Mission Serve Up Holiday Cheer for the Homeless of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Christmas ...