Authorities are trying to figure out how a homeless man ended up pinned underneath an SUV near Bixby Park Thursday, requiring firefighters to use a rescue airbag to lift the vehicle and extricate him.

A biennial survey carried out by the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services revealed more progress in the city’s efforts to reduce the number of homeless people on the streets, especially within the veteran population, since the...

It's not that I'm looking for gratitude, but when someone on the street asks me for money and then expresses displeasure at the amount I offer, I can't help questioning the impulse to give.