Homelessness Archives

New West Berkeley homeless shelter opens as city emerges from COVID-19 pandemic

The Grayson shelter has space for about 50 people, and organizers hope it will be a warm, transitional space, rather than a permanent home.

The driver left the area in what police described as a “lowered, dark-color, mid 90’s sedan, with tinted windows (possibly a Nissan Altima).”

Police believe the deaths at Civic Center Park resulted from a “bad batch” of drugs laced with fentanyl.

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Most of the money is for a new Specialized Care Unit that would respond instead of armed police to people in crisis.

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The semi-permanent kitchen says it has provided over 5,000 meals since March

Police had been looking for Marty Schwind for a week, BPD said, after he had reportedly thrown a Molotov cocktail at a passing train.

Police do not believe foul play was involved.

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Dorothy Day House will operate the emergency city homeless shelter from July 1 until September 2022.

Lyles was inspired by Bay Area hip-hop music and hoped to be a producer.

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The BESS ran from November to April this year, and remained open 24 hours a day with reduced capacity.

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The driver may have lost control and struck a fence, trapping the man under her white Toyota sedan, first responders said over the radio.