San Jose firefighters battle one-alarm blaze at scrap metals yard
SAN JOSE — Fire crews battled a blaze at a San Jose metals recycling and junkyard that sent a plume of dark smoke into the sky that was visible for …
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Newsom helps clear homeless camp in LA, issues funding threat
By Tran Nguyen | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday had a message for local governments: clean up homeless encampments now or lose out on state …
CA hasn’t been tracking homeless programs’ effectiveness
By Tran Nguyen | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, …
Antioch’s bridge housing for unsheltered residents seeing high succes rate
Nearly nine months after launching Antioch’s first bridge housing program, the nonprofit that runs it says it has nearly hit its 12-month goal of serving 90 unhoused residents — with …
‘Frustrating and deadly’: How the extreme cold is hitting Canada’s homeless
Every day outreach worker Greg Cook tries to connect dozens of homeless Torontonians with one of the city’s busy shelters, mostly, he says, without success. Those efforts become even more …
Real estate allies buy San Jose motel ahead of homeless conversion
SAN JOSE — A motel in downtown San Jose has been bought by real estate allies who intend to convert the property into a complex to house homeless people. PATH …
US Homelessness Soars To Highest Reported Level As Rents Soar
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a …
Berkeley businesses open exclusive patio in public plaza
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The Plaza Patio is a customers-only outdoor dining area at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station plaza.Timothy Karoff/SFGATEA group of businesses around the Downtown …
LA man charged in shooting deaths of homeless men
By Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe | CNN A Los Angeles man suspected of shooting to death three homeless men last week as they slept has been charged with murder …
Homelessness growing in Alameda County, state of emergency declared.
When Alameda County adopted a $2.5 billion plan to address homelessness, it sought to stem the tide of a crisis that has intensified since the start of the pandemic. But …