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A battle is being waged at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station near downtown Los Angeles. The weapon of choice? Loud classical music.The classical music — along with floodlights at…

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl took his newfound love of grilling to the streets, cooking for more than 450 homeless people.The “My Hero” musician showed up at Hope the Mission’s Trebek…

It’s not much — a bed with a mattress, a small nightstand, a dresser, a closet and some assorted appliances in a 160-square-foot room.Some of those rooms have bathrooms, but most don’t.…

Advocates for Los Angeles’ unhoused community are holding Joe Rogan accountable for encouraging violence toward homeless people on his influential podcast.In recent interviews with Variety,…

This story is part of Image issue 11, “Renovation,” where we explore the architecture of everyday life — and what it would look like to tear it all down. Read the whole issue here.I first…

“It’s a war on the poor,” Theo Henderson often likes to note. And indeed, it is, in the liberal city of Los Angeles, where homelessness is the leading public issue of concern. While…