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Yale grad gets help from fellow alum after living on streets of LA for years

#Yale #ShawnPleasants #KimHershman #Koreatown #Housing #Homeless LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After several years of living on the streets of Los Angeles, an Ivy League graduate's life is back on track thanks to a woman who he describes as an "angel." California's homeless crisis has touched people from all different backgrounds, but Shawn Pleasants' case is quite unique. "It's not someone else's problem. It's a problem we all could face," Pleasants said. The 52-year-old was a high school valedictorian, got into Harvard but chose to go to Yale and major in economics, worked on Wall Street and started his own business before it all fell apart and he ended up homeless in Koreatown, where he lived for six years. Kim Hershman, could not sit still after hearing about Pleasants' story in September, especially after learning his encampment was mere miles away from her home. The Hollywood attorney, also a Yale graduate, began to formul

Dr. Drew Pinsky warns Los Angeles could be at risk of a deadly epidemic this summer

#DrDrewPinsky #LosAngeles  #BrianKilmeade #Homeless  #Epidemic #InfectiousDisease Thousands of lives may be at risk this summer in Los Angeles and politicians could be to blame, according to one famous TV doctor. Radio host and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky talked about the horrific conditions on the streets of America's second-largest city Thursday before making the frightening prediction on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show," which also airs on Fox Nation. "I live in the great state of California, the utopia that is California, which is a nightmare," Pinsky said. "I want to give you a prediction here. There will be a major infectious disease epidemic this summer in Los Angeles." Pinsky described to Kilmeade what he believes to be the almost medieval conditions in the City of Angels and compared local politicians to Nero, the infamous Roman Emperor who allegedly fiddled while his nation burned. "We ha