Surge in Latino homeless population `a whole new phenomenon` for Los Angeles
(LA Times MLB)

Timoteo Arevalos never imagined he´d end up here, loitering for hours on a bench at Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, using his backpack as his pillow. He used to have a government job, but the recession hit and he was laid off. He then tried to scrape by as a dishwasher, but last fall his hours...