Santa Clara County says it’s making progress when it comes to keeping people from becoming homeless, but admits it still has a lot of work to do when it comes to getting people off the streets.

California’s governor is expected to call for better mental health care to help the state’s huge homeless population when he addresses one of the state’s most pressing problems in his second State of the State speech.

A sobering fact when it comes to making it in the Bay Area: People living in vehicles is a reality nearly 10,000 people wake up to each and every day, according to recent census data.

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

Mayors for the Bay Area’s largest cities Thursday are set to weigh in on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $750 million plan to address homelessness statewide, and the main point of contention is how the funds would be distributed.

A sobering fact when it comes to making it in the Bay Area: People living in vehicles is a reality nearly 10,000 people wake up to each and every day, according to recent census data. Bob Redell reports.

Mayors for the Bay Area’s largest cities Thursday are set to weigh in on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $750 million plan to address homelessness statewide, and the main point of contention is how the funds would be distributed. Kris Sanchez reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal likely won’t have a meaningful impact on the nation’s largest homeless population, according to a new analysis from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.

San Francisco city leaders on Wednesday were set to vote on opening a navigation center aimed at homeless youth.

Before he was a fitness trainer or appeared on NBC’s hit show “America Ninja Warrior,” Eric Small lived in a van, parking in different places across the San Fernando Valley. “It was one of the craziest times of my life, not knowing where I’m going to sleep, [trying] to find a safe neighborhood to sleep on the side,” he...

Several RVs camped on the shoulder of a road near the Tesla factory in Fremont moved out Thursday, and one was towed as police enforced the no-parking zone alongside Interstate 880.

In the shadow of Los Angeles’ world-famous Hollywood sign sits the newest LA landmark: piles of uncollected, rat-infested garbage, much of it piling up near homeless encampments. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged an additional $6 million per year last June to improve trash pick-up around encampments in Hollywood and across the entire city, the problem in some areas appears…

Several RVs camped on the shoulder of a road near the Tesla factory in Fremont moved out Thursday, and one was towed as police enforced the no-parking zone alongside Interstate 880. Kris Sanchez reports.

All the runners have dealt with homelessness and currently live at San Diego Rescue Mission.

More than 200 people that had been staying at a homeless encampment in Santa Rosa were forced out Friday, fearing being arrested if they didn’t pick up and go.

More than 200 people that had been staying at a homeless encampment in Santa Rosa were forced out Friday, fearing being arrested if they didn’t pick up and go.

A majority of Los Angeles homeless women interviewed in a recent survey reported being victims of some type of violence over the past year, according to a report released Thursday. According to “The Los Angeles Women’s Needs Assessment” survey of 305 homeless women, released by the Downtown Women’s Center, 60.2% of respondents said they had been victimized in the past…

The days are numbered for one of Oakland’s largest homeless encampments. Starting next week, the city will begin clearing the camp, despite protests from the homeless who say the city is breaking up their community.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other city officials on Tuesday opened another set of community cabins aimed at addressing the city’s growing homeless crisis. The new set of 19 cabins at Oak and Sixth streets, near the Chinatown and Jack London Square neighborhoods, is the seventh such site since the city launched the cabin program in December 2017. Caltrans has…