National Amid end to COVID help, homelessness surging in many cities By KATHLEEN RONAYNE, MICHAEL CASEY and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated PressUpdated Apr 15, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In California's capital, massive tent encampments have risen along the American River and highway overpasses have be…
Bay Area SF board passes ‘shelter for everyone’ ordinance Updated Apr 13, 2025 The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s “A Place For All” ordinance to provide shelter for “eve…
Local News Featured Speier praises new shelter effort in Half Moon Bay Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Mar 11, 2022 Half Moon Bay’s Coast House Shelter, the first homeless shelter on the coast and former Coastside Inn, has received praise from federal and co…
Bay Area Decision to defend fire station nearly cost firefighters’ lives during Dolan Fire Bay City News Foundation Jan 24, 2022 OAKLAND — A firefighting crew’s decision to stay and defend its beloved station on California’s central coast nearly cost the lives of 14 fire…
State 'So difficult': Winter snow, cold slam Northwest and Sierra By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press Dec 28, 2021 SEATTLE (AP) — The Pacific Northwest and Sierra Nevada grappled Tuesday with another day of snow, ice and unseasonable cold that has disrupted…
Pet Tip Pet of the week Updated Apr 13, 2025 If Salma were to join the pop music band The Spice Girls, her stage name would be Spicy Spice. This 1-year-old spayed female Brown Tabby with …
Local News Featured Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA's ‘Bunty Python’ promotion will waive fees on adoptions Bay City News Foundation Aug 2, 2021 Buzz the bunny, Ginger the guinea pig and other small animals at the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA in Burlingame are now available with …
National US official calls large shelter for migrant kids a 'model' By AMY TAXIN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press Jul 2, 2021 POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Biden administration officials and lawmakers on Friday toured an emergency shelter that the government opened to house c…
National Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids By JULIE WATSON, AMY TAXIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Jun 14, 2021 Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bod…
Local News Shelter order lifted for area near Everest Public High School Bay City News Service Mar 12, 2021 A shelter in place order was lifted Friday afternoon for the area near Everest Public High School in North Fair Oaks after a chemical found ea…
