Homeless encampments are a part of the landscape in many U.S. cities. In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday that a planned increase in federal immigration enforcement was on pause throughout 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mayors from major cities across the state gathered Wednesday in San Francisco for the first-ever California Big City Mayors ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A motel in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood is slated to be converted to housing for homeless people thanks in part to a $7.1 million state grant, city officials announced Monday. The California ...