Homeless encampments are a part of the landscape in many U.S. cities. In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and most well-known encampments was at Union Point Park. It was right by the ...

City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has ...

An emotional, seven-hour City Council committee meeting on a controversial proposal to crack down on homeless camps ended in ambiguity Wednesday evening. Councilmember Ken Houston wants Oakland to ...

The Wood Street encampment in West Oakland was at one point the largest homeless encampment Northern California. In 2023, the city of Oakland completed its final evictions of the unhoused residents ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- An audit of Oakland's response to the rise in homeless encampments found the city was "not adequately prepared to shoulder such a massive project." "The city did not have a ...

Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about sprawling homeless camps that have taken root across the city. Now the ...

Cardboard boxes, broken appliances, and mattresses litter Oakland's streets, turning the California city into a battleground against trash as officials and residents scramble for solutions to an ...

Homelessness continues to be a major issue in California, but some places are reporting decreases in their populations. Large RV encampment ensnared in abatement ‘whack-a-mole’ since leaving San ...

In this Special Report, EdSource spotlights homelessness among California students: who is affected and why it’s often underreported and ignored. It features one district with one of the highest rates ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland City Council Member Sheng Thao will become Oakland's 51st mayor, beating out City Council Member Loren Taylor by less than 700 votes in ranked choice voting. "We chose ...

Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else.