Counting the homeless

Some 3,000 volunteers will tally them in streets, alleys, parks, under bridges and along the Los Angeles River beginning tonight in the nation's largest homeless count. Dana Bartholomew in the Daiily News.

With more than double the volunteers over its previous survey, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is expected to comb more than 700 census tracts through Thursday night as part of a federally mandated tally taken every two years.

Despite a dip in the number of homeless from 2005 to 2007, volunteers are expected to discover more homeless residents this time because of the recession