Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, an ...
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Rick Caruso Visits Massive Homeless Encampments Posing Fire Threat in Sepulveda Basin. Jeff Bliss discusses the persistent issue of homeless encampments in California, specifically mentioning the massive Sepulveda Basin recreation area near Encino, which dwarfs Central Park and has hosted encampments for 10 years. These sites are seen as a severe fire threat because people are cooking or keeping warm and small fires quickly escalate in bad conditions. Firemen respond daily to calls, and large parts of the recreation area have burned. Rick Caruso, an outspoken politician, is on the scene, showing awareness and a desire to make changes.
1885 VENTURA CALIFORNIA
Rick Caruso Visits Massive Homeless Encampments Posing Fire Threat in Sepulveda Basin. Jeff Bliss discusses the persistent issue of homeless encampments in California, specifically mentioning the massive Sepulveda Basin recreation area near Encino, which dwarfs Central Park and has hosted encampments for 10 years. These sites are seen as a severe fire threat because people are cooking or keeping warm and small fires quickly escalate in bad conditions. Firemen respond daily to calls, and large parts of the recreation area have burned. Rick Caruso, an outspoken politician, is on the scene, showing awareness and a desire to make changes.
1885 VENTURA CALIFORNIA
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