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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 LAXβs 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 Californiaβs 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...