Photos: Helping the homeless

Homeless Army veteran Donald Reynolds visits with good Samaritan Mehrnaz Davoudi at the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Center.

Homeless Army veteran Donald Reynolds hugs good Samaritan Mehrnaz Davoudi at the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Center. Reynolds, 80, has dementia and was lost on skid row. Davoudi was instrumental in helping get him off the street.

Gallery owner Mercedes Hart in Boyle Heights. Hart helped homeless veteran Donald Reynolds after he became lost on skid row and let him sleep in her studio.

Doelorez Mejia is a homeless woman who lives in her car at Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights. Mejia helped homeless veteran Donald Reynolds after he became lost on skid row.