Outer Sunset shop owner happy about expanded Community Ambassador Program
The Community Ambassador Program in San Francisco is expanding by more the 50 percent in an effort to improve public safety and expand alternatives to policing.
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The Community Ambassador Program in San Francisco is expanding by more the 50 percent in an effort to improve public safety and expand alternatives to policing.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Wednesday refused to block Oakland officials from disposing of several large pieces of property at the Wood Street homeless encampment.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding San Jose more than $11 million as part of a federal push to combat homelessness.
Mayor Breed was on hand as city officials unveiled a new, five-year strategic plan to deal with the issue of homelessness in San Francisco. Kelsi Thorud reports. (4-14-23)
San Jose officials broke ground on the city's biggest homeless-housing project yet which will provide hundreds of beds for people living on the streets. Len Ramirez reports. (4-13-23)
Oakland officials said advocates for the residents of the Wood Street homeless encampment in the city created a barrier out of fencing and debris to block the clearing of camp by police and city staff Wednesday.
The mayor of San Jose is pushing to scale up its stock of emergency housing, breaking ground on a site Thursday that will soon provide hundreds of beds for people on the streets.
After nearly a year-long saga, final evictions were underway Monday at the Wood Street homeless encampment in Oakland.
Sixteen months after San Francisco stepped up efforts to battle blight in the city's troubled Tenderloin District, KPIX 5's Wilson Walker investigates what has changed.
Sixteen months after San Francisco stepped up efforts to battle blight in the city's troubled Tenderloin District, KPIX 5's Wilson Walker investigates what has changed. (4-9-23)
A brutal attack on former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani outside his mother's Marina District home has left him battling for his life. Da Lin reports. (4-7-23)
A brutal attack on former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani outside his mother's Marina District home has left him battling for his life. Da Lin reports. (4-7-23)
San Jose police gave notice for ten homeless campers parked on Asbury Street to vacate to make way for construction equipment to build a dog park. Len Ramirez reports. (4-6-23)
San Francisco has been placing as many as 300 people into some type of housing every month but not all the people placed into housing end up staying there. Wilson Walker reports. (4-6-23)
Time is running out for homeless RV campers on Asbury Street in San Jose Wednesday as police gave notice for ten campers to vacate to clear the way for construction equipment to build a new dog park.
Since 2021, San Francisco has been mobilizing an emergency effort to save the Tenderloin neighborhood and many of the people who call it home. Wilson Walker reports. (4-5-23)
Max Darrow reports on the approach a member of the San Mateo Police Department's homeless outreach team takes to her job (4-3-2023)
The San Mateo Police Department is taking a new approach to help find long-term solutions for the unhoused with a strategy involving two people who are not officers.
Santa Rosa police arrested a woman early Friday morning after she allegedly tried to check into an emergency shelter in Santa Rosa while carrying a pistol and blank checks that did not belong to her.
On a chill Friday night in Oakland, community members participated in a "sleep out" to call attention to the plight of homeless youth.
On a chill Friday night in Oakland, community members participated in a "sleep out" to call attention to the plight of homeless youth. Andrea Nakano reports. (3-24-23)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction.
California will spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes across the state this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, part of a plan to help house the nation's largest homeless population and to address an issue that has persistently plagued the state during the governor's time in office.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans for the state to pay to build 1,200 small homes to help house the homeless population.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a slew of affordable housing agenda items at their Tuesday meeting.
