A homeless woman who occupied her old, vacant home is saying goodbye
She knew she had to go even though she couldn’t imagine moving somewhere else.Maria Merritt has lived in El Sereno the better part of 30…
After freeway’s demise, L.A. renters are buying state-owned homes
For nearly four decades, Patricia Payan has lived in a leased version of the suburban ideal in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom home on Sheffield Avenue in…
A homeless Angeleno broke into her old, vacant home and wants to stay
Every few months after she left the narrow white cottage on Poplar Boulevard, Maria Merritt would slink back to the tree-lined street in El Sereno,…