In the mornings, just past 7:30, dozens of children on Skid Row start making their way to school in the June gray. For younger ones, the trip is somewhat easier. A yellow bus pulls up not far from ...

Where an empty sidewalk once was, a barbershop has emerged. The line grows four deep, the patrons whiling away the time with a dice game on the pavement. Not far away, a woman sells plastic cups of ...

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