Critics of camping bans say they punish poverty and don’t actually do anything to improve unhoused people’s situation.

San Francisco crews Monday morning knocked down a fire at a residential building that injured at least one person and prompted a brief shelter in place ... investigation. Bay City News contributed ...

The incident unfolded about 1:30 p.m. at the 1,800-student campus serving Palm Bay. “There was a disturbance with a student which caused the shelter in place,” said Lt. Virginia Kilmer ...

Two schools in Sacramento County were under shelter-in-place orders Monday afternoon after a phone threat, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.

A shelter in place situation that lasted more than six hours in south Bozeman on Friday afternoon was resolved with the arrest of a suspect who was allegedly making "threats about harming himself ...

Hers just happens to be an orphaned, disabled rabbit named Simone Biles from the Richmond-based shelter House Rabbit ... (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group) HRS is calling ...

The city of Walnut Creek recently placed signs prohibiting superbloom tourists from taking up all the nearby parking.

People without a safe place now have homes to go to in Gjoa Haven. The hamlet has opened two shelters, one for men and the ...

civic leaders across California have launched a variety of punitive tactics aimed at clearing out homeless camps and ushering people into shelter and treatment. Like many Bay Area cities ...

Kevin Fagan’s new work moves beyond predictable policy critique to offer a powerful reminder of the moral side of the crisis.

Fremont has enacted one of the most restrictive homeless encampment bans in California, sparking backlash from advocates and nonprofits who fear the ordinance could criminalize efforts to help ...

Hers just happens to be an orphaned, disabled rabbit named Simone Biles from the Richmond-based shelter House Rabbit ... (Photo by Douglas Despres for the Bay Area News Group) HRS is calling ...