In San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie has deployed cops, “street ambassadors” and outreach workers to push homeless people ...

The Oakland City Council has once again delayed a vote on a controversial policy to crack down on the city's homelessness encampments after state officials warned the proposal could jeopardize $45 ...

Some prospective tenants said they are still without housing and have been cut off from all help because they are officially listed in the county's computer as "permanently housed" at the Phoenix ...

Mayor Barbara Lee wants to reduce encampment sweeps and focus on improving sanitation while city council members want to increase enforcement, particularly against illegally parked RVs.

Oakland city officials issued a call Tuesday for 500 volunteers for the 2026 Point-in-Time Count on Jan. 22. The PIT count is a census of people experiencing homelessness that is mandated by the U.S.

Of the dozens of people we interviewed at an Oakland homeless camp over the three months I spent getting to know its residents, Gilberto Gonzalez Rojas stood out for his sartorial selections. As we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Organizations in Oakland County are getting a snapshot of the area's homeless population as volunteers tally the number of people ...

In the first moments of daylight on Thursday, a trio of volunteers peeked into the busted-out windows of an old transit bus on Oakland’s San Pablo Avenue. They wondered: Was someone living in there?

Every Wednesday night, an Oakland woman makes sure that hundreds of people don't go hungry while living on the streets of her city. Bopha Ul and her volunteers pack a lot of love into grocery bags ...