The cause of the fire is currently unknown, and no firefighters were injured.
Homelessness
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Alameda County gears up for major homeless count
Canceled last year for COVID-19 safety concerns, this year’s Point-in-Time assessment “counts more” than any before it, organizers say.
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With $6.6M grant, homeless youth in Alameda County will design programs for their community
Young unhoused people in Berkeley and surrounding cities will lead the decision-making process about how to use the federal grant.
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Grayson Street proposal could add to West Berkeley’s life sciences boom
The project is planned for the site of Berkeley’s Grayson Street homeless shelter. City officials have long known the site was only temporary.
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The end of the 1960s? Regents vote to put housing in People’s Park.
About 1,100 students will be housed in two buildings in the long-contested park.
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Berkeley RVs at 8th and Harrison will transition to new ‘safe parking site’
RV residents are required to move by Oct. 6, but some plan to protest what they see as a rushed alternative.
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Homeless residents at Ashby-Shellmound encampment allowed to stay for 6 months, judge says
Where Do We Go Berkeley argued that the residents have disabilities that make shelter options unsuitable.
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Hit-and-run crash killed man found in South Berkeley median, autopsy shows
The man’s death first appeared to have been due to a medical emergency. On Wednesday, police asked for help to find the driver who hit him.
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Take a look inside Berkeley’s biggest homeless housing construction project
The housing and services hub at 2012 Berkeley Way is set to open in May 2022.
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Berkeley’s biggest homeless camps were closed. Where are the residents now?
Twenty-five percent of West Berkeley encampment residents are in hotels, 17% were housed and 25% are still on the streets.
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4 stories shorter: UC Berkeley drops height of People’s Park student housing complex
But construction won’t start until the 50 or so people living at People’s Park have been housed or offered services, chancellor says.
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Residents under I-80 underpass search for housing after encampment sweep
Homeless residents say the sweep was destabilizing in a time when many of them were looking for housing.
