Oakland is home to a quarter of Alameda ... and leniency The new report dispels a persistent myth that homeless people flock to the East Bay, seeking laissez-faire policies and warmer weather.

Federal and state reports on homelessness in Michigan differ because they are based on different counting methods.

After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer granted local governments broad new authority to clear homeless camps, the mayors of the Bay Area’s three major cities vowed to ramp up sweeps.

One man sleeping in a Mercedes was interested in shelter. Another man on a sidewalk outside Chick-fil-A said he was “home-free, not homeless.” Three women living in a 20-year-old Toyota Camry ...

When the Express spoke with DeVries the day of the Northgate clean-up, he insisted that the City of Oakland’s mission was to not harass or hurt homeless people, or displace them from these ...

OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning at an East Oakland homeless camp, authorities said. Police were trying to confirm the man’s name before it was publicly released. The shooting ...

(KGO) -- Oakland parents are raising concerns about homeless encampments near four East Oakland schools ... one child asked her recently. "'Why do people live there? Why do those girls dress ...

OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning at an East Oakland homeless camp, authorities said. Police were trying to confirm the man’s name before it was publicly released. The shooting ...