The new policy approved Tuesday shifts the city from managing encampments to clearing them, allowing workers to act without ...

Restorative Pathways acquired the shelter late last year and transformed it into a safe space for families experiencing ...

It's a feat that no big city in California has ever achieved: cutting street homelessness in half in just five years. But this month, approaching her first year in office, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee ...

At a glance, it might look like Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is following the trends in the Bay Area — and the nation — in handling homelessness. The icon among progressives has cleared homeless camps ...

After months of debate, Oakland has passed a controversial measure allowing the city to clear RVs and cars used as shelter from public spaces, even when no alternative housing is available. Officials ...

The City of Oakland has agreed to give the owner of a property used as a homeless shelter during the COVID-19 shutdown a ...

Residents are asking for relocation payments from their landlord after a fire displaced 200 residents at a downtown Oakland building in January. Forty-seven apartment units were consumed by flames.

This week on The Final Straw Radio, we’re featuring an interview with three participants in the feature length documentary Wood Street, about the community that formed in a parking lot at 1707 Wood ...

When someone in the Bay Area winds up living in a homeless encampment or in an RV, chances are they’ll encounter an outreach worker. Armed with clipboards and paired in teams of two, outreach and ...