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  2. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  3. The Rev. Andy Bales to exit Union Rescue Mission after 20 ...

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    He was appointed president of the mission in 2005 and became chief executive in 2007. Union Rescue Mission, founded in 1891 to dispense food and clothing from gospel wagons, is a privately funded ...

  4. Andy Bales retires after 20 years at the Union Rescue Mission ...

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    The Rev. Andy Bales and his wife, Bonnie, are heading home to Iowa. After 20 years as head of the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row, Bales is retiring. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Twenty ...

  5. Butterfield Overland Mail in California - Wikipedia

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    The Cahuenga stop was between San Fernando Mission station and Los Angeles and the junction point between divisions one and two of the route. The Butterfield Overland Mail in California was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and operated until June 30, 1861.

  6. Los Angeles Business Journal - Wikipedia

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    ISSN. 0194-2603. Website. labusinessjournal.com. The Los Angeles Business Journal, established in 1979, is a weekly newspaper and online news source in Los Angeles, California, which provides coverage of local business news. [2] [3] According to the Journal' s website, it has a weekly print circulation of 24,000 and over 40,000 unique monthly ...

  7. As L.A. County sees an increase in homeless families ... - AOL

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    Across L.A. County, there has been a 45% increase in the number of families in the homeless system compared to last year, officials say. In the first quarter of the previous fiscal year there were ...

  8. Skid Row, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) serves the neighborhood with Station No. 3 in the Business District, one in the West and Station No. 9 in Skid Row. Station No. 9 operates one engine, one truck, two ALS rescue ambulances, and one BLS rescue ambulance. As of October 2023, it is the busiest firehouse in Los Angeles.

  9. Mission San Fernando Rey de España - Wikipedia

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    Mission San Fernando Rey de España. / 34.2731; -118.4612. Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California.