Judge will allow Oakland to clear dozens from massive homeless camp
With the opening of a new tiny home community and a new RV parking site, Oakland will have enough shelter beds for the displaced residents, the judge found.
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‘The battle lines are drawn:’ Newsom bashes Republicans in inaugural address
After being sworn in on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched into what has become his signature move -- scathing attacks against Republicans.
What to do when Bay Area residents refuse to evacuate?
With evacuation orders or warnings in effect from San Jose to Sonoma County, Bay Area officials grapple with the delicate dance between risk and personal freedom.
Are you underpaid? This new California law could help you find out
Here's what employees and employers need to know before Senate Bill 1162 goes into effect Jan. 1.
‘A collective failing’: Bay Area mourns hundreds who died this year with nowhere to call home
One man had been dead so long that by the time he was found at a homeless camp, his body was so decomposed that no one could tell how he...
What would it take to end homelessness in California? $8 billion a year for 12 years
A new, first-of-its-kind report lays out a plan -- and cost estimate -- to end homelessness in California.
Two more Bay Area deaths linked to cold weather
Two people appear to have died of exposure in San Jose.
Oakland spends $122 million a year on homelessness. It will take much, much more to solve the crisis.
Providing adequate housing for everyone on the street and in shelters would cost up to $4.5 billion.
Building homes in ‘God’s backyard’: New bill would permit housing at California’s churches, mosques and synagogues
Sen. Scott Wiener introduced legislation that would streamline housing built on properties owned by churches and other religious institutions.
A massive, floating swimming pool on San Francisco Bay? Here’s where a developer wants to build it
The Olympic-size pool would float just off the San Francisco waterfront -- if the project makes it through a gantlet of regulatory challenges.