San Francisco to improve pedestrian space, increase physical distancing in Tenderloin
San Francisco city officials on Friday announced a temporary, four-block stretch of Jones Street in the city's Tenderloin will increase physical distancing as the district struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emeryville’s Bay Street Mall gifts clothing to homeless, underprivileged youth
The closure of Forever 21 and the generosity of the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville made magic for a group of homeless and underprivileged youth.
Santa Rosa police to clear out homeless from park, saying conditions pose a fire hazard
The Santa Rosa Police Department warned the 100 campers who live there they have to leave or they could be cited.
Advocacy group says PGA championship parking to displace homeless people
A San Francisco advocacy group for homeless people warned Monday that more than 50 people living in their vehicles near the TPC Harding Park golf course would be displaced as a result of parking restrictions during the upcoming PGA Championship.
Fremont police work with private contractors to board up nuisance property
The residence is located in the 37000 block of 3rd Street in Niles.
Homeless camp takes over tennis courts near Oakland's Lake Merritt
As of Tuesday, there were 13 tents at the Athol Plaza Courts, causing neighbors to complain.
Activists rally through Tenderloin, denounce city's settlement with UC Hastings over homeless people
Activists marched through the Tenderloin to denounce a plan by the city to remove hundreds of homeless people from the area in accordance with a legal settlement brought on by UC Hastings, among others.
Shocking video shows homeless man set on fire with fireworks in Harlem
A disturbing video shows someone lighting a firework and throwing it at a man lying on the street in Harlem. The firework explodes as the suspect runs off.
40-year-old transient arrested after ransacking Fremont home
A resident heard noises in her home about 3:30 p.m. and came downstairs to see the interior ransacked and a man fleeing.
Man charged with poisoning 8 homeless people, filming victims' reactions to eating laced food
The Orange County District Attorney's office Thursday announced charges against a man accused of poisoning eight homeless people, including an elderly person, in a series of attacks that were videotaped to record the victims’ reactions to eating food laced with oleoresin capsicum, which is twice as strong as the pepper spray used by police.
San Francisco program offers 1,000 hotel rooms to essential workers
The program will provide temporary free hotel rooms to San Francisco essential workers living with others in neighborhoods with higher COVID-19 rates.
San Francisco lags filling hotel rooms to shelter homeless from COVID-19, state data shows
As of last week, hotel rooms designated to shelter homeless people in San Francisco from COVID-19 were less than half full.
SF mayor under fire for texts about homeless
According to Mission Local, text messages from July and August of last year between Breed and Chief Bill Scott, show the mayor urging Scott to roust homeless people from their encampments despite her repeated denials.
Pandemic indirectly contributes to spike in homeless deaths in San Francisco
A total of 48 homeless people died, compared to 14 during the same time period last year.
Homeless man faces arson, burglary charges
The man entered a Fremont home illegally on two occasions and set a fire inside the home.
San Mateo County gets state Project Roomkey funds to help house homeless during pandemic
The county project known as Bayfront Station leases a block of rooms at an undisclosed hotel in the county for homeless people who do not have COVID-19 symptoms, but are categorized as high risk under federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Santa Rosa opens homeless encampment during COVID-19
Seventy tents are arranged on the parking lot, with restrooms, showers, and hand-washing stations nearby.
California homeless quarantine in hotels, more rooms needed
In San Francisco, which has moved more than 1,000 of its estimated 8,000 homeless into hotels, nonprofits raised money to get rooms for some who couldn’t get them. Activists have pleaded with Mayor London Breed to do more.
Food distribution drive-thru held in San Francisco and Oakland
On Saturday, the Salvation Army joined with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for drive-thru food distributions in Oakland and San Francisco.
Santa Rosa to open tent city for homeless to practice social distance
By next week, an empty parking lot of the Finley Community Center in West Santa Rosa will be a tent city for homeless people. It's an encampment being organized by the city.