Unhoused women on Skid Row face dire health outcomes. This doctor wants to change that

Homeless women face unique health challenges with few dedicated resources. And as the number of women experiencing ...

What Skid Steer Attachments Do and How They Help Local Landscapers

By the time the site is cleaned and the machine is shut down, the result is obvious. Either the job flowed smoothly, or it ...
ABC7

On Skid Row, animals are bred as LA shelters reach overcapacity

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Sitting in a black sedan pulled over on a street in Skid Row, a kitten holds on. The beginning of his life could soon be the end. He needs medical help - fast. Taking him there ...
ABC7

Los Angeles judge who started Skid Row running club the focus of new documentary

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The story of a Los Angeles Superior Court judge who started a running club for people on Skid Row is playing out on the big screen. The documentary "Skid Row Marathon" debuted in ...
Los Angeles Times

For skid row residents and advocates, mural is a sign of survival

Skid row is the place that dares not speak its name. The neighborhood of 10,000 people on the eastern end of downtown Los Angeles — with the largest concentration of homeless people in the country — ...
MarketWatch

‘Fighting the pandemic at Skid Row was the toughest challenge of our lifetime — we were trying to save lives while saving ourselves’

On Skid Row, a 50-block area in downtown Los Angeles that is synonymous with homelessness, the days never have a beginning, and the nights never end. Thousands of people live on the streets, stuck in ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Skid Row Puppy Mill Upended By New LAPD Unit Targeting Animal Abuse

Skid Row dogs have been the subject of outrage by animal activists for years Credit: Stand Up For Pits Foundation/Rebecca Corry The puppies were sick, emaciated, crowded in a cage that acted as a ...
Chicago Tribune

Skid Row: A last resort, a place to disappear — or, for many, home

Chicago once was celebrated in hobo camps coast to coast as a good place to hole up for the winter, especially along a strip of West Madison Street called Skid Row, a 12-block stretch of flophouses, ...
loudwire

‘None of Us’ in Skid Row Want to Reunite With Sebastian Bach, Says Dave ‘Snake’ Sabo

It's a new year and if 2023 is anything like 2022, it's going to be full of more reunions, just don't count on Skid Row getting back together with classic singer Sebastian Bach anytime soon. And ...
Los Angeles Magazine

The Citizens of Skid Row: A View from Inside the Hub of L.A.’s Unhoused Community

Skid Row has existed for at least a century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that it became the sprawling city it is today–a forlorn stretch of tarps and tents and SRO hotels corralled into four square ...
jdpower

What Are Skid Plates?

Chances are, if you are not an avid off-road adventurer, the term “skid plate” means little to you. But for those who enjoy crawling over rocky landscapes and navigating trails of rough terrain, skid ...
SheKnows

How to recover from a skid

Would you know what to do if your vehicle went into skid? We asked driving pro Eddie Wren for his lifesaving tips. His advice? Learn how to prevent a skid before it happens. When we asked Eddie Wren, ...