Heartless users on Los Angeles’ Skid Row are testing their drugs on dogs as part of horrific animal abuse in the notoriously squalid area, a nonprofit group says. “Every day we get another call, ...

Tents on the street in Skidrow in Los Angeles, California on February 15, 2026. (Photo by Apu Gomes) HomelessLos Angeles ...

An animal advocacy group says dogs have suffered with glued eyes and mutilated paws, and that breeding on Skid Row fuels a ...

Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment.

Los Angeles hosts the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population. In recent years, despite billions in city and county spending, L.A.’s once-pristine streets have become littered with tents, ...

Animal rescuers in Los Angeles's Skid Row report dogs being used to test drugs, including fentanyl, amid a wider crisis of animal abuse and neglect in the area.

City officials are being accused by a prominent animal rights activist of ignoring horrifying abuses being inflicted on Skid Row dogs that include being injected with drugs by addicts, caged under ...

While hundreds of affordable housing units have opened, homeless veterans continue to live in their cars and in tents on and around the property.