The Phoenix, an affordable housing complex, opens in West Oakland to help low-income and formerly homeless residents.

WEST OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Some people living in a homeless village in West Oakland put up last month by advocates and neighbors are looking for a new home after city officials cleared it out ...

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 ...

Oakland County's Safe Tonight Shelter Fund connects homeless individuals to after-hours shelter spaces at local churches ...

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 ...

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 Mayor Barbara Lee announced this week that she is creating a new city department to tackle homelessness. Lee said the Office of Homelessness Solutions will be responsible for the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick celebrated his 32nd birthday by helping the homeless in Oakland. RELATED: Former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick reveals why he ...

A person, curled in a blanket, slept on top of a discarded mattress and box spring on the corner of an East Oakland street. That person counts. Advertisement Article continues below this ad At dawn ...

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 ...