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‘Sobering’ report documents more than 800 homeless deaths in three years in Alameda County
More than 800 people died while homeless in Alameda County over a three-year period spanning 2018 to 2020.Read More
Fire destroys three Lake Merritt tiny homes, displaces five people
Three tiny homes were destroyed by fire Monday, displacing five people in the Lakeview community built to help unsheltered Oakland residents.Read More
Lake Merritt tiny home village construction begins
Construction began this week on a tiny home village city officials intend for homeless people on city-owned land at Lake Merritt. The property, located at East 12th Street, will...Read More
Navigation center offers hope with permanent housing for half of participants in first year
Almost half of the homeless people who took refuge at Hayward’s Housing Navigation Center during its first 12 months now have permanent homes, the city announced Wednesday. Forty-five of...Read More
Chief vows to ‘tenaciously pursue justice’ in shooting death of 24-year-old woman
Investigators are looking into the Sunday shooting death of a 24-year-old woman, according to Vallejo police officials. The woman, whom policed referred to as a transient, was found dead...Read More
Oakland police arrest 22 people at Housing Justice Village protest
Police arrested 22 people on suspicion of resisting arrest early Monday morning after they allegedly refused to leave a homeless camp that had been set in front of Oakland...Read More
Homeless camp protest outside City Hall brings attention to ‘cruel and inhumane’ practices
A camp dubbed Housing Justice Village set up Sunday at Frank Ogawa Plaza near Oakland City Hall to provide a safe place for the city’s homeless population and protest...Read More