A significant percentage of Los Angeles’ homeless veteran population lives on Skid Row, pictured here. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) California Legionnaire — Over the last decade, homelessness in Los Angeles County has exploded. Statistics compiled by the L.A. County Sheriff projected the number to hit 80,000 by the end of 2021. Of those 80,000, more than 10 percent are veterans. [...]

Wendy Clausen served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2007 to 2010. (Scott Smeltzer / Weekend) latimes.com — After graduating from Sycamore High School in Tustin, Wendy Clausen wanted to do something big. She wanted to be a Marine. Military service was going to be her life and her career. But shortly before completing boot camp, she injured her pelvis during [...]