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Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood suffers ‘devastating’ loss in community center fire
A busy community center in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood that serves thousands of meals every week to people in need was gutted by a fire early Saturday, fire officials said....Read More
Deputies arrest man ‘covered in soot’ on suspicion of setting Rio Nido fire
A 28-year-old man was arrested for felony arson Thursday in the unincorporated community of Rio Nido, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies, Cal Fire, and the Sonoma County...Read More
Crews contain Antioch brush fire at half-acre
A brush fire sparked Friday morning at a homeless camp in Antioch on Friday was extinguished within 30 minutes, fire officials said. The blaze, reported about 10:15 a.m. in...Read More
Convicted killer faces murder charges for homeless camp beating death
A convicted killer has been charged with murder for the beating death of another man at a homeless camp in Oakland on Tuesday. Javier Fregoso Reyes, 55, was charged...Read More
Man dies after severe beating at Oakland homeless camp
A man has been arrested for the beating death of another man at a homeless camp in Oakland shortly after noon Tuesday, police said. Patrol officers were flagged down...Read More
Last campers leave Sonoma County trail, some with nowhere to go
Fifty remaining homeless campers from the 250 who were camping along two miles of the Joe Rodota Trail in a Sonoma County Regional Park in Santa Rosa were gathered...Read More
Berkeley considers 120-tent homeless camp under bridge as ‘temporary fix
The Berkeley City Council is Tuesday night considering a proposal to develop a homeless camp for up to 120 tents below a bridge on University Avenue that connects Fourth...Read More
Crew knocks down homeless camp blaze near Lake Merritt
A fire at a homeless camp near Lake Merritt in Oakland was doused quickly Friday morning, according to an Oakland Fire Department official. At about 7 a.m., a single...Read More
Men struck by arrows on Richmond trail say they know attacker
Two homeless men wounded by arrows at a camp near the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond on Friday night knew their suspected attacker, park police said Saturday. Both...Read More
Officials investigate suspicious homeless camp fire
Fire crews on Sunday morning extinguished a suspicious blaze that burned a homeless camp near Fremont’s Niles neighborhood. No injuries were reported in the fire, but makeshift housing and...Read More
Fire ignites at East Oakland homeless camp
A homeless camp was reportedly on fire Monday morning in Oakland, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 6:07 a.m. at East 12th Street and 17th Avenue in...Read More
Sonoma County shelves plan to oust homeless
Plans to roust occupants of a homeless camp in Santa Rosa next week fell flat when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday objected to the imminent eviction. The...Read More