Tech, Housing Boom Creates Homeless Crisis On West Coast
A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region's success.
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A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region's success.
Mayor Libby Schaaf raised a few eyebrows in her State of the City address when she encouraged Oakland residents to rent extra bedrooms and spare units to a homeless person.
A prominent homeless camp in Berkeley was given an eviction notice over the weekend, but activists are rallying to keep it there.
The temporary relocation of an East Bay homeless shelter to a different part of downtown Walnut Creek has some nearby residents and businesses resisting the idea.
San Francisco is moving ahead with plans to use modular units to speed up the production and lower the cost of housing homeless residents.
Startling new numbers show how tens of thousands of homeless young people are "couch surfing" their way through Santa Clara County.
The owners of several San Jose businesses are trying to encourage action against two homeless men who have been damaging property and harassing their customers for more than a year.
City officials in San Francisco say they are close to finalizing a deal to buy the notorious McDonald's at the end of Haight Street with the plan of eventually building affordable housing on the land.
A man was arrested at a South of Market homeless shelter Wednesday evening after he allegedly stabbed another man with a pair of scissors.
A professor teaching at San Jose State University who can't afford a place to live in the South Bay tells KPIX 5 she is spending most nights sleeping in her car.
San Jose is scaling back plans for a novel experiment to build tiny homes for the homeless.
A controversy has erupted over piles of debris left behind by the removal of a large homeless encampment near railroad tracks in Oakland.
The University of California, Berkeley has hired a social worker to help the homeless in People's Park.
A controversy has erupted over piles of debris left behind by the removal of a large homeless encampment near railroad tracks in Oakland.
When school starts next week in East Palo Alto, families will be able to unload their clothes on campus, and for many in the working class community - their stress.
The City of San Francisco has offered to buy a McDonald's located in the city's Haight-Ashbury District, but it's not getting into the burger business.
A Mendocino County man living in a homeless encampment with his 2-year-old son is in custody after allegedly leaving his child tied to a tree branch and not providing basic necessities.
Help is on the way for families living on the streets of San Francisco.
Megan Doudney says she always wanted to be a mother. But postings on Facebook of her plight as a homeless mother on the streets of San Francisco have thrust her into the middle of a social media controversy.
A popular neighborhood park in San Jose could be part of the homeless solution, but the people who live nearby are saying: not so fast.
The solution to San Francisco's homeless population may be found in the San Francisco Bay.
Oakland has a solution to house the growing number of homeless people living in tent cities in abandoned hotels. The city will have to move fast before developers buy up those buildings.
Critics say throwing more money at San Francisco's homeless problem won't solve it.
Once a week, the homeless in Fremont line up for a free, hot meal courtesy of this week's Jefferson Award winner.
The city of San Francisco is getting a $100 million donation to reduce homelessness, Mayor Ed Lee tweeted Sunday morning.
