My first reaction, when I heard about the proposed $2.3-million fence around MacArthur Park, was skepticism. Yeah, the park and the immediate neighborhood have long dealt with a nasty web of urban ...
Hikers carefully find an opening along a fence at Griffith Park on Dec. 6. Some of them are angry about the barriers, saying they're an eyesore. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Pete Teti, who was ...
Los Angeles struggles to balance its humane responses to addiction and homelessness with its more instant but often less durable alternatives — police action. MacArthur Park, a 35-acre space in the ...
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Drugs, crime and homelessness plague MacArthur Park. Can a multimillion-dollar fence rescue it?
On a brisk sunny morning in MacArthur Park recently, children played on a jungle gym as an open-air drug market operated nearby. Beside the park's lake — which has witnessed more than a few bodies ...
• Griffith Park is an urban wilderness sanctuary, and hikers love its popular, twisty trails. • But two new fences that block short-cuts have led to heated meetings and a petition demanding their ...
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