Ways to help the Bay Area homeless crisis
If you are interested in helping the homeless crisis, here are some organizations that accept volunteers and donations.
Victim in fatal shooting at Oakland homeless encampment ID'd
A man who was fatally shot at a homeless encampment near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland late Thursday morning was identified by police today as 44-year-old Jason Coleman.
New radical transformation for providing services to San Francisco's homeless
San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has launched a new database called “ONE System” to help serve the homeless more efficiently.
City workers fear Hepatitis A outbreak among homeless in Oakland
A Hepatitis A outbreak is sweeping through homeless populations in two California cities and now there’s worry the Bay Area could be next.
The Faces of Homelessness
Meet your new neighbors: The men, women and children who are living without a home on Bay Area streets.
Landowner-tenant laws may be contributing to homelessness
While laws are supposed to protect, attorney James Cook told KTVU local landowner-tenant laws may be worsening the Bay Area’s housing crisis forcing more people into homelessness.
Business owners not seeing improvement among SF's homeless population
San Francisco business owner Noeme Chahenian isn’t ready to give up, but she’s close.
San Jose's homeless reside next to tourists
San Jose City officials say they have a homeless crisis on their hands. In Downtown San Jose's Plaza de Cesar Chavez, sits colorful Adirondack chairs initially put there to attract tourists ahead of Super Bowl 50. The furniture has become a permanent fixture, along with the homeless.
The breadth and depth of the Bay Area housing crisis
Across the country overall the homeless population is down. So, why are many of these statistics rising in the Bay Area? When it comes to the issue of homelessness, one thing that can't be ignored, is the lack of affordable housing, especially here in the Bay Area.
SF tent on sidewalk prohibition has been enforced 152 times
A new ordinance in San Francisco, that prohibits tents and structures on public sidewalks in an effort to get homeless into housing, has been used more than 150 times since it was passed by voters in November.
"Homeless Hill" to be cleared in Santa Rosa after 20 years
A five-acre homeless camp, 20 years old, is being cleared in the North Bay, but not overnight.
Oakland homelessness up 25% in last 2 years; residents hold Town Hall
Many Oakland residents say the homeless population is at a crisis level. The number of homeless in the city has shot up 25 percent in the past two years.
Facebook employee is homeless, lives out of car
The high cost of living in the Silicon Valley is taking its toll- even on tech workers.
Over 3,000 children are homeless in San Francisco
Meadow Dawn Sylvester has been homeless for 18 months now.
Oakland family of five homeless, living in Toyota Camry
A family of five from Oakland who says they've never been homeless before until a year ago, reached out to KTVU to share their story.
San Francisco battles growing homeless problem
A recent head count in San Francisco revealed that about 7,500 people have no place to call home. Every night, about 60 percent or 4,500 are left to fend for themselves on the streets. Last year, the mayor created an entirely new department to tackle the issue, aptly named the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing or HSH.