Kevin Smith
Our weekly series putting names on the faces of San Diego's homeless
By Kelly Davis 12/18/2007
Kevin Smith claims to be the poorest guy hanging out in the 1200 block of Third Avenue Sunday evening—and he’s probably right—but, with his lit cigarette, he’s also the only one visibly in possession of smokes. A guy who looks like he could afford his own pack walks up and asks Smith for a cigarette in exchange for whatever’s in his pocket. Smith hands over his bag of tobacco and a pack of rolling paper and gets 16 cents in return.
Annette Cooper
By Kinsee Morlan 12/11/2007
The scary thing about Annette Cooper is that she could be your mom. 
She’s filled with warmth and offers that particular kind of motherly advice that doesn’t get said aloud nearly enough.
“I’ve got plenty of anecdotes, honey,” she says with a slight German accent, taking a break from painting one of her picture frames, “but I don’t want you to make the same mistakes.”
Annette’s mistakes are the kind many women can relate to. The story of how she ended up living in a tiny one-room office space in Mission Hills with all of her belongings stuffed into trash bags, forced to take what she laughingly calls “bitch showers” using a bathroom sink, is the age-old tale of falling for the wrong man.
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