Berkeley homeless advocates to host open house for new facility
A local homeless advocacy group announced this week that it's opening its new facility by hosting an open house for community members Thursday.
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A local homeless advocacy group announced this week that it's opening its new facility by hosting an open house for community members Thursday.
It has now been one week since a team of agencies launched the removal of the largest homeless camp in Oakland, and much of the encampment is still there, largely untouched, with outreach workers trying to help residents before their time runs out.
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The full-scale clearing out of Oakland's largest homeless camp just wrapped up its fourth day. Wilson Walker reports. (9/13/22)
The full-scale clearing out of Oakland's largest homeless camp just wrapped up its fourth day.
After a day of confrontations and resistance, the clearing out is now moving ahead full speed. Dozens of Caltrans workers poured into Oakland's Wood Street encampment today as some were making their way out.
Last week San Francisco police announced a $25,000 reward for information about the brutal killing of a sleeping homeless man who was set a blaze in the Mission District.
The clearing of hundreds of homeless encampments on Spring Street in San Jose had been planned for a year. But it's happening now, in the middle of a heat wave.
A new law from a Bay Area lawmaker will authorize the creation of mobile pharmacy vans offering medication and counseling for reaching hard-to-reach communities and the homeless.
Union City police arrested a suspect over the weekend who was wanted in connection with an assault at a homeless camp back in March.
San Francisco Castro District merchants say the homeless situation is so bad they're threatening to stop paying city taxes and fees until progress is made.
California's legislative leaders on Thursday backed a pair of bills that would open up much of the state's commercial land for residential development, bypassing some local zoning laws to replace shuttered shops with affordable apartments.
The quaintly rustic George's Hideaway in Guerneville was once home to cocktails, storied ghosts and even a brothel, but now it will become Sonoma County's sixth Project Homekey site for homeless individuals or those at risk of homelessness.
Days before a court hearing to determine the future of the Wood Street homeless encampment in West Oakland, not one, but two fires started there on Tuesday.
Days before a court hearing to determine the future of the Wood Street homeless encampment in West Oakland, not one, but two fires started there on Tuesday. Katie Nielsen reports. (8/23/22)
Ministering to the needs of San Jose's homeless population can be physically demanding and emotionally draining work, but it energizes Pastor Scott Wagers, a longtime advocate for the city's poor.
The enormity of the homelessness problem can be overwhelming, but KPIX 5's Devin Fehely spent the day with a pastor whose mission focuses on helping the homeless in San Jose. (8/22/22)
A battle is brewing over a church in Palo Alto trying to help the poor by allowing homeless people to park their vehicles and sleep in a church parking lot.
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The city of Oakland on Friday asked for more time to respond after Gov. Gavin Newson threatened to withhold funding to the city over the handling of its largest homeless encampment.
After months providing shelter to homeless people during the pandemic, a Windsor hotel has undergone a massive renovation. Now it has reopened but the owners are now facing a different set of challenges.
The City of Sausalito has settled a lawsuit with a local homeless advocacy organization that will provide housing assistance to people sheltering at Marinship Park.
A section of the Joe Rodota trail in Santa Rosa is reopening, nearly one month after it was closed due to homeless encampments in the area.
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Noble Park in San Jose should remain an open space for the community, rather than become the grounds for a tiny-home project for unhoused residents, city councilmember David Cohen said in a news conference Monday.
