The city of Lowell is facing a deepening homelessness crisis, worsened by the ongoing challenges of drug addiction and alcoholism. As the community grapples with rising numbers of individuals living ...

Henry Mudari and Crisis Service Unit aims to diffuse problems by focusing on underlying issues with mental health and drug ...

It looks like Team Trump will soon officially ditch the failed “Housing First” answer to homelessness that has burned tens of ...

SAN DIEGO — Jenni Wilkens, a former drug addict who spent time in prison, has transformed her life and now manages the Street Health Program at Father Joe's Villages in San Diego, helping others ...

Today we've been reporting on the Trump administration's executive order around homelessness. That order also calls for the elimination of federal funding for drug addiction programs that offer what's ...

Kevin Monroe first tried methamphetamine 25 years ago and he’s been battling addiction ever since. Over that time, the 47-year-old has been to treatment programs a half dozen times, secured stable ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Los Angeles struggles to balance its humane responses to addiction and homelessness with its more instant but often less durable ...

LOS ANGELES — Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction ...

Views are mixed about installing a fence around L.A.'s MacArthur Park, which has been the scene of violence, drug use and homelessness.

With our free press under threat and federal funding for public media gone, your support matters more than ever. Help keep the LAist newsroom strong, become a monthly member or increase your support ...