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Man accused of hate crime at homeless shelter
A 36-year-old man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly beat and yelled racial slurs at a worker from the temporary winter homeless shelter in Glendale, police said. Even as officers hauled the man, Jorge Tanchez, into their patrol car, he allegedly...Tags: Police Arrests, Crimes, Hate Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc.
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A more typical winter homeless shelter operation returns, and so do the clients
Elaine Popkin took off her shoes and poured herself a cup of hot coffee -- milky brown from all the cream -- after claiming a cot at Glendale’s winter shelter earlier this week. “Let’s put it this way -- it’s home. For me, this...
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Cities rejoin county homeless program
After a prolonged period of belt-tightening, Burbank and Glendale are ditching a winter homeless shelter that was retooled last year to serve only local referrals — one that dramatically reduced the total number of beds that had historically been...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Human Interest, Rentals, Ecumenism
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Extra HUD funding for Glendale has caveats
Although Glendale got more money in emergency housing funds from the federal government than expected, the influx is partially due to an expanded definition of homelessness and the end to stimulus funding that once supported housing services. For the...Tags: Abusive Behavior, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Google Inc.
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Homeless no more
After losing his job and getting evicted, Lanny Allen spent one of his first nights on Glendale streets covered in bubble wrap to keep warm. That evening, a homeless man recognized him as the insurance investigator who had bought him lunch when he was...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Social Issues, Veterans Affairs, Google Inc.
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Glendale's homeless count down by about a quarter
The number of homeless people on Glendale streets dropped to 299 on a one-night count, a 27% decrease compared with last year's count, according to a city report. Officials attributed the reduction to a smaller local winter shelter that cut the number of...
Tags: Veterans Affairs
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Homeless people deserve better care
Providing “temporary subsidized housing” for the homeless is a worthy project (“Homeless shelter program to close on positive note,” March 13). It's good that some, particularly families, are now off the streets. However, a cold... -
Smaller Glendale winter shelter has other regional operators concerned
Plans for a smaller winter homeless shelter this year in Glendale is facing growing skepticism from those who say fewer beds will likely leave more transients out in the cold.
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Glendale shelter short on help
On the eve of Glendale’s new winter homeless shelter opening its doors, organizers are scrambling to secure donations and volunteers for its food program.
Of the 90 days the shelter is scheduled to operate, organizers say just nine days have been...Tags: Human Interest, Budgets and Budgeting
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Program brings homeless inside
Sean Sauceda moved quickly through dry brush near a Pasadena freeway off ramp before dawn Tuesday morning, looking for the homeless people most at risk of dying on city streets. He stopped to peer inside a cluster of bushes.
“People hollow them...Tags: Social Issues, Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Health
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Teens take aim at homelessness
GLENDALE — While some local high school students will be hitting the beaches this summer, others are looking to make a difference for homeless men and women living on Skid Row. Teens from the student-run LOOK International group, who attend four...Tags: Judaism, Social Issues, Students, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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City may cut ties with county homeless authority
Glendale is moving to end a long-standing relationship with Los Angeles County in effort to reduce the number of transients it’s forced to take in for the annual winter homeless shelter program.
The City Council in its dual role as the Housing...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Government, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Officials, Social Issues
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