City life
People count more than numbers
Natalie Handler, a Reno community activist who has been assisting homeless people over the last year, has some advice for public officials who want to do the same thing: Listen. “That’s what the work is, […]
Homelessness
News
Homeless swept from Sparks park
In the 48 hours before the City of Sparks evicted about 25 homeless people from a three-months-old tent community in Gateway Park on Feb. 17, one couple living in a tarp-draped shelter along the Truckee […]
City life
Rising above the mean streets
Donald Griffin knows that kindness costs him nothing. Griffin, a Downtown Reno Partnership Ambassador, is pushing Robert’s wheelchair over to Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada on Fourth Street to help him get some new clothes. […]
COVID-19
Pandemic Chronicles: ‘staying home’ when you’re homeless
How is the local homeless population faring during the pandemic? Read this story from Frank X. Mullen to learn more. […]