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 City of Oakland has cleared a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street, relocating about 70 people to the Mandela House — a former hotel turned shelter, now funded through a state grant. The ...

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

Union Craft Brewing is teaming up with Camp Small to brew "Camp Small Beer" — bringing awareness to the urban wood recycling program and raising money along the way.

A bus fire caused slowdowns along a section of Interstate 77 in Richland County.

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

The cities of Oceanside and Carlsbad are teaming up to get people out of homeless encampments and into housing. The North County cities are using the same approach that's been successful in San Diego.