Linda Harris
Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable and enormously moving stories of Olympic athletes, Harvard attorneys, accomplished musicians, scholars. We found poverty, drugs and mental illness, of course - but more importantly we found life, hope and incredibly powerful human journeys.
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
December 31st 1999. The most anticipated day in history. Four stories. 24 hours. End of the world? Or just another day in paradise?
The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his 350lbs, mentally retarded son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.
