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.
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.
Santa Rosa setting up tents for homeless in community center lot
The 24,600-square-foot city-owned parking lot at 2060 W. College Ave. will be for temporary use to provide safe social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
'I hope for more work:' Undocumented immigrants thrilled to find jobs amid pandemic
"I'm very happy that I found work," Jose said in Spanish through a translator. "I now have money to send to my family. This is very important."
Number of people living in Tenderloin tents have nearly tripled
By the city's own estimate, there are now more than 300 tents, a 285% -increase since January.
San Francisco unveils COVID-19 safety plan for Tenderloin, sees near 300% increase in tents
Long before the crisis, the Tenderloin neighborhood faced many challenges, but COVID-19 has led to a renewed focus on how to support unsheltered residents.
Homeless women, advocates leave vacant property peacefully; SFPD face off against protesters
The protest ended with one person cited and released by police after advocates demanded the city provide housing for all unsheltered residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
San Francisco supes denounce mayor's refusal to implement emergency hotel room ordinance
San Francisco city supervisors and homeless advocates on Tuesday denounced Mayor London Breed's refusal to acquire more than 8,000 hotel rooms to protect the city's homeless from the coronavirus as part of an emergency ordinance approved unanimously by supervisors earlier this month.