Strip Mall

Paul M. Anderson GLENDALE -- Harry Marshalian wanted to help, but he didn't know how. He noticed a homeless man hanging around behind the strip mall where Marshalian has worked as a jeweler for 25 years. "I told my landlord I am willing to buy sandwiches for him and give him money," Marshalian said. But the lanlord felt it would only encourage the homeless man to stick around, he said. On Monday, it became clear that hanging around the strip mall on the 300 block of North Verdugo Road was dangerous for the homeless man, Luis Lopez.

Buck Wargo DOWNTOWN - A homeless man was stabbed and severely beaten by two men early Monday morning as he slept in a Dumpster behind a Verdugo Road strip mall. Luis Lopez, 48, was in serious but stable condition Monday at County-USC Medical Center, where he was recovering from a fractured skull and bruises to his body, said Glendale Police spokesman Sgt. Rick Young. He was originally taken to Glendale Adventist Medical Center before being transferred.