Twenty-five percent of West Berkeley encampment residents are in hotels, 17% were housed and 25% are still on the streets.
Homelessness
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.
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.
No one injured at brush fire from outdoor cooking near Berkeley Marina
The fire did not threaten any structures and firefighters knocked it out in 30 minutes.
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.
Man struck in roadway during mental health crisis, police seek driver
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).”
2 men who died of suspected drug overdoses at Berkeley park identified
Police believe the deaths at Civic Center Park resulted from a “bad batch” of drugs laced with fentanyl.
Berkeley looks at $7M earmark for expanded mental health services
Most of the money is for a new Specialized Care Unit that would respond instead of armed police to people in crisis.
People’s Park Kitchen springs up to ease food insecurity during pandemic
The semi-permanent kitchen says it has provided over 5,000 meals since March
Police: Man with Molotov cocktails, machete arrested again in Berkeley
Police had been looking for Marty Schwind for a week, BPD said, after he had reportedly thrown a Molotov cocktail at a passing train.
2 men found dead in downtown Berkeley park, 1 man hospitalized
Police do not believe foul play was involved.
New West Berkeley 24-hour emergency homeless shelter to open July 1
Dorothy Day House will operate the emergency city homeless shelter from July 1 until September 2022.