TOP STORIESFires, Homelessness and a Growing CrisisAs the number of tents, makeshift shelters and campers on Los Angeles streets has surged, so has the scourge of fire. In the three years since the Los Angeles Fire Department began classifying them, fires related to homelessness have nearly tripled. May 12, 1966: The skeleton of the 40-story Union Bank Square building rises over Bunker Hill Victorians in downtown Los Angeles. (John Malmin / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementCALIFORNIA— In what was lauded as the single biggest investment any state has ever made to address homelessness, Gov. But in his early days in Los Angeles, the 17-year-old Bryant was still very much in the shadow of Shaquille O’Neal.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 12, 2021 12:03 UTC