In one sense, the Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen across the street from MacArthur Park couldn’t be in a better location. “I’ve had knives pulled on me, I’ve had people try to stab me with a screwdriver, and just the other day I got hit with a wooden bat,” Sanchez said. Garcia said she has often complained about neighborhood conditions to city …
An outreach worker talks with a homeless man named John, left, as he goes through his belongings in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Friday. The park, just west of downtown Los Angeles, closed for 10 weeks beginning at 10:30 p.m. — the culmination of a 10-month project to guide homeless people living in tents around the park toward housing …
