Cynthia Harnisch

Los Angeles Skid Row, Skid Row, officially known as Central City East, is an area of Downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the population of the district was 17,740. The area contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless persons in the United States. Local homeless count estimates have ranged from 3,668 [...]Read Full Story

Nick Stahl Rehab: Los Angeles Skid Row, ‘Missing’ Terminator star Nick Stahl has contacted friends to assure them he is safe and heading to rehab, according to reports. Terminator 3:... Read more »Read Full Story

CHRISTINA HOAG Associated Press LOS ANGELES Skid Row resident Dadisi Komolafe points indignantly to the sign reading "Union Rescue Mission," and grumbles that the name no longer fits since the shelter started charging for a nightly stay. "They should change it to 'Union Hotel'," said the nearly toothless jazz musician, who sleeps on the street. "If you have to pay to stay there, it's not a mission. A lot of people are getting turned away." For decades...Read Full Story

AP July 10: Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, greets students as he arrives at Inner-City Arts during the royal tour of California in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge saw Los Angeles’s less-glamorous side Sunday when they visited an inner-city school in downtown’s notorious Skid Row area. Prince William and his wife Catherine were welcomed to the Inner City Arts academy by six elementary-aged children holding a welcome banner while a crowd of about 150...Read Full Story

HollywoodNews.com: Prince William and his lovely wife, Kate Middleton, finished up their North American tour this weekend with a visit to LA’s Skid Row. On Sunday, the royal couple took a trip to Inner-City Arts, a place where children facing poverty can have free art instruction.Kate and Will were greeted by children carrying a banner that read, “Welcome to Inner-City Arts.” According to People.com, the couple got a tour of the campus after speaking with the kids. The Duke and Duchess even...Read Full Story