“People who are homeless in Oakland now typically are not from here. They’re drug tourists.” Recently, people have been flocking to “Fentanyl Island” a patch of land between 7th and ...

When Travis Walker isn't teaching, he and his partner provide warm meals and resources at a homeless encampment site in East ...

The City of Oakland has cleared a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street, relocating about 70 people to the Mandela ...

And last year, Oakland launched a $9 million program aimed at preventing homelessness by providing financial and other resources to at-risk residents. Even so, about three people are becoming ...

California will house hundreds of homeless people in Oakland hotels amid the coronavirus outbreak. The state secured 393 rooms across two hotels, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday night ...

Homeless ‘war zone’: Oakland officials under fire to solve crisis Affordable housing almost entirely absent in Oakland’s building frenzy And half of those living in shelters, cars, tents ...

Homelessness in Oakland has nearly doubled over the past five years; the city accounts for roughly half the estimated 10,000 unhoused people currently in Alameda County. The city’s response has ...

E volutionary Homes, a company owned by members of the Duong family that appears to be at the center of the FBI corruption probe, recently angled to build housing for homeless people in Oakland.

According to a September audit of Oakland’s homelessness services, close to half of the people housed in community cabins ended up back on the street in the 2020-21 fiscal year. While temporary ...