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How the star of a high school play ended up being homeless in LA for years
LA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get the homeless off the streets, but there is little help and housing for those with chronic addiction and mental health issues.
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Why Are So Many People Getting COVID a Second and Third Time?
Just days after Congresswoman Maxine Waters attended the Summit of the Americas in downtown LA last week, she tested positive for COVID-19. It was the second time in less than two months Waters has tested positive.
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Explosion Sends Potentially Radioactive Dust Into Air Above LA
The U.S. Department of Energy demolished a building using explosives last month at the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket test site in the hills above LA. The building was part of a complex at SSFL used to develop nuclear reactors.
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LA Mayor Announces Reversal, Saying Businesses Won't Be Fined for ‘We're Open' Signs
The Mayor of Los Angeles announced the city will not be fining restaurants because they posted banners reminding customers they’re still open for takeout during the pandemic. His action is in response to an NBC4 I-Team story two days ago. The I-Team revealed how the city was issuing fines of $356 to struggling businesses like restaurants, because they posted banners…
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Welcome to LAX: One of LA's Biggest Homeless Encampments
On any given night, up to 130 homeless people are camping out in the terminals at Los Angeles International Airport, according to an internal LAX document obtained by NBC4’s I-Team. The document says the majority of LAX’s homeless population suffers from mental illness and/or substance abuse and some could be a threat to themselves or to others. Police records...
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Here's What New York Does When Homeless People Don't Want to Go to Shelters
NBCLA investigates why New York is able to get people off the streets and into temporary shelters, but many in LA remain homeless.
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How New York's Homeless Services Differ From LA
NBCLA investigates why New York is able to get people off the streets and into temporary shelters, but many in LA remain homeless.
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Vanishing Graves: Relatives Can't Find the Graves of Dead Family Members
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of graves at one of Southern California’s most famous cemeteries appear to have vanished, an NBC4 I-Team investigation has found. Many relatives of those buried there decades ago, including celebrities and war veterans, were unaware of the situation, until the I-Team contacted them.
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Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles
A veteran Los Angeles City Hall official is one of the latest victims of an epidemic of the infectious disease typhus that continues to worsen across LA County. For months, LA County public health officials have said typhus is mainly hitting the homeless population. But deputy LA City Attorney Liz Greenwood, a veteran prosecutor, tells NBC4 she was diagnosed with...
