On Wednesday morning, Oakland leaders gathered to hear a new proposal to solve homelessness that immediately drew backlash. Outside City Hall, homeless activists were protesting what was going on ...

An emotional, seven-hour City Council committee meeting on a controversial proposal to crack down on homeless camps ended in ambiguity Wednesday evening. Councilmember Ken Houston wants Oakland to ...

Oakland would dramatically change how it treats homeless people when removing encampments under a new policy pitched by District 7 Councilmember Ken Houston this week. Houston’s plan, unveiled on ...

A person, curled in a blanket, slept on top of a discarded mattress and box spring on the corner of an East Oakland street. That person counts. At dawn Wednesday morning, I was riding around East ...

With the explosion of tent encampments reaching crisis level in Oakland, city officials are looking to turn an empty lot into a sanctioned homeless campground — complete with sanitation and other ...

At a time when Oakland is dealing with everything from growing homeless tent encampments to the coronavirus, it’s also facing a crisis at City Hall: an unprecedented exit of top administrators. The ...

BERKELEY — A fire early Thursday at a homeless encampment spread to two buildings and caused damage to both of them, fire officials said. ‘Mom’s glasses were blown off her face’: Fundraiser seeks to ...