Pier 80 Homeless Shelter Is Open
The shelter, now open, is intended to be the city's response to El Nino and the heavier winter storms that have been predicted. Depending on the weather, it will operate through March or April.
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The shelter, now open, is intended to be the city's response to El Nino and the heavier winter storms that have been predicted. Depending on the weather, it will operate through March or April.
Bail was set at $5 million Thursday for a man accused of slashing a California Highway Patrol officer in the throat and arm on a San Francisco highway on-ramp on Tuesday.
As Super Bowl City goes up along San Francisco's Embarcadero, homeless are feeling the unwelcome push from Public Works employees telling them it's time to move on.
Warriors Forward Draymond Green played the part of Santa Tuesday night, handing out gifts to people in need in the East Bay.
San Francisco's Union Square merchants are taking a new approach this holiday season to stop the homeless from hanging around their stores. It's called 'Union Square Cares.'
An emergency housing crisis was declared in San Jose Tuesday and efforts are underway to shelter the homeless during the winter as El Nino is expected to bring inclement weather.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced plans Thursday to create a new Department to End Homelessness and spend $1 billion over the next four years helping homeless residents move into permanent housing.
Despite heated opposition from homeless advocates, the Berkeley city council voted Tuesday night in favor of a strict set of laws that will ban people from taking up more than 2 square feet of space on sidewalks.
In Downtown San Jose, a nonprofit has found a way to get homeless people back on their feet, starting with a cup of coffee.
A group of homeless people staged a sleep-in at Berkeley's City Hall to protest a proposal to limit their personal items.
The "All the Way Home" campaign plans to assist 700 homeless veterans in the city and county by 2017 in partnership with the county's Housing Authority and other community organizations.
Low-income and homeless U.S. veterans were given a shopping spree for new business attire Tuesday at St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco, just in time for Veterans Day.
Each day, thousands of Bay Area families are stretched beyond their financial limits. Often they are forced to choose between buying groceries, paying the rent or buying medicine. Many households that receive weekly groceries through the Food Bank include at least one working adult. Hunger frequently strikes the most vulnerable people in our communities. Here's how you can help this holiday season.
The Santa Rosa City Council has approved a new pilot program that would allow owners of certain types of properties to provide shelter and facilities for homeless people during the winter months.
It was once the biggest homeless camp in San Jose, but now nearly a year after the city tore it down, the Jungle is slowly returning to nature.
A Novato man won $750,000 in the California Lottery Friday and stashed the winning ticket in a children's book until he could redeem it Monday, lottery officials said.
An illegal RV Park is getting a lot of attention in one Cambrian Park neighborhood. On Wednesday, those living there could be out on the street.
A San Francisco firefighters are among the busiest in the country, but their emergency calls are most often not emergencies at all.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved funding on Tuesday for a temporary winter shelter and has their eyes set on a site in Sunnyvale, where the City Council has yet to make a decision on moving forward with the plan.
In about six months, San Francisco is going to transform into the center of the football universe for Super Bowl 50. With part of Market Street being converted to Super Bowl City, the mayor said the homeless in the area must clear out.
A survey shows the number of homeless people on San Francisco's streets has stubbornly remained nearly the same over the past two years — and that population is now sicker and older.
The bathroom at the 10 stations have been closed since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
A standoff where a homeless man climbed atop a crane that was 90-feet above the street near San Jose City Hall ended peacefully when the man descended on his own and was taken into police custody.
Almost three months ago, KCBS revealed that Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco was drenching the homeless at night to keep them from sleeping in the church alcoves. The Bishop in charge apologized, and the Archdiocese removed the illegally installed plumbing system, under orders from the City.
It was all part of the Broadway Serves program.
