OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- ABC7 News is working to build a better Bay Area and finding solutions to our homeless crisis is a big part of that mission. In Oakland, homeless advocates are building ...

The final remnants of a large homeless encampment on East 12 th Street in Oakland are being removed and most of the former residents have accepted spots at the city’s newest transitional housing ...

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 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Advocates gathered at Oakland's City Hall on Monday to oppose Councilmember Ken Houston's new encampment abatement proposal. "Councilmember Ken Houston's legislation is a ...

In a coordinated effort to provide critical support to the region’s homeless veterans, the Alameda County Veterans Affairs Commission and St. Vincent de Paul emergency shelter will host a two-day ...

Two years ago, as a stopgap measure, Oakland set up toilets, washstands and garbage cans at two of the city’s biggest homeless camps. It was supposed to be the first step toward getting people off ...

In the past five months, Oakland has endured the tragedies of the Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 people and a blaze at a halfway house that took four lives. Both buildings turned out to be deadly ...

About two hours after six Bay Area counties announced “shelter in place” orders, Larry Taylor sauntered on 45th Street in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood. Taylor, who is homeless, held a cigarette ...