An elaborate construction with cardboard rollers, wooden boards and a tarp: It’s how a makeshift home is built as part of a homeless encampment in downtown Los Angeles. Video first shared by Instagram ...

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For the eighth consecutive year, Edgewood High School students will learn the realities of being homeless first-hand by living a night searching for food and sleeping exposed to weather conditions.