In July alone, the fire department responded to eight fires believed to have originated at homeless encampments in arroyos or ...

In July alone, the fire department responded to eight fires believed to have originated at homeless encampments in arroyos or vacant buildings.

Ken Houston says Oakland is in a “critical state of unhealthy, unsafe conditions” and needs to follow the lead of other cities.

The passage of two Newsom-backed bills earlier this month to overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act over the ...

The former Oakland school was to be redeveloped into affordable housing, but years of delays and inaction have made the ...

People living on the streets in Oakland say someone has been firing projectiles at their vehicles, mostly overnight while ...

The conclusion was that the region’s bias for single-family housing, its historic enmity toward housing for low-income residents — particularly nonwhite residents — and “urban renewal” projects ...

The area’s council member said placing a shelter near the neighborhood’s “vulnerable residents” would amount to ...

While some left the site and found permanent housing, others remain and could face either arrest or a return to street ...

The death of a mother and Army veteran whose body was found at a homeless encampment in Los Angeles was ruled an accident and due to drug use. On May 12, Lucrecia Macias Barajas, 46, was found dead… ...

Following community outcry, the proposal to bring interim housing for medically fragile people experiencing homelessness ...

A man was convicted in a shooting that sparked the closure of a controversial Gastonia homeless encampment.