Cold Snap Has Warming Shelters Opening For Homeless In Sacramento
The warming center at South Side Park is opening, as the valley hits near-freezing temperatures overnight.
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The warming center at South Side Park is opening, as the valley hits near-freezing temperatures overnight.
Authorities say a car has shot off the side of a Los Angeles freeway and landed in a homeless camp, killing one person and injuring three others.
A new Sacramento city-funded program is hoping to get people off the streets and into homes.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved spending $2 billion to build permanent housing for homeless people with mental illnesses.
Homeless advocates are moving forward with plans to open a "tent city" in Sacramento.
San Francisco police have identified the two officers who fatally shot a homeless man who police said charged at them with a knife.
Executives at Pizza Rock say Frederick Callison's experience was all they needed to see before they decided to give him a shot.
Dozens of tents were removed from a Caltrans property over the weekend, but where do they end up? In many cases, it's just a few blocks away on city property.
One of Seattle's solutions has been to set up homeless encampments inside its own city boundaries.
Dozens of homeless people were cited in an enforcement mission in Stockton, police say.
Homeless advocates in the crowd were in the middle of offering comment when Vice Mayor Rick Jennings warned the crowd a second time about applauding following speakers.
The group threatened to disrupt the city's computer systems over the it prohibiting homeless people from camping on certain public properties.
Police in Sacramento handed out notices about the city's anti-urban camping ordinance today. The notices say that property will be removed and booked into evidence for safe keeping.
The hacking group known as Anonymous posted a video message aimed at Sacramento city leaders Thursday in response to the arrest of homeless people at city hall earlier over the weekend.
The proposal also calls for job training and social services programs to help homeless families become more independent.
California would spend more than $2 billion on permanent housing to help the nation's largest homeless population, under a proposal outlined by state senators on Monday.
For more than two weeks, the group has been protesting in front of City Hall, enduring rain and subfreezing temperatures to fight for better services for the homeless.
Police say a homeless person stopped an armed robbery in progress in Stockton.
The lawsuit claims the city's new ordinances making being homeless a crime, "with the discriminatory purpose of driving the homeless from the city."
Berkeley city leaders have approved a controversial ordinance that cracks down on homeless people in an effort to clean up the city.
Homeless people in Ventura County will get a treat this weekend when a father donates the banquet from his child's canceled wedding to those in need.
Up until a couple years ago, 13-year-old Jenna Wright was homeless.
Sheriff's detectives are investigating the discovery of a body on Monday morning in South Sacramento.
The county is talking tough, promising the change residents say is so desperately needed. A vote on Tuesday though means the shelter will stay open at least the next few months.
