• Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Nosh
  • Arts
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • COVID
  • Crime
  • Housing
  • Neighborhoods
  • Schools
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Latest news
  • The Oaklandside
  • Cocktail Week
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Subscribe to Nosh

Nosh

  • New restaurants
  • Bites
  • Nosh features

Arts

Business

City

City

COVID-19

Crime & Safety

  • Policing
  • Homicide
  • Shootings
  • Traffic Safety

Events

Housing

Neighborhoods

Schools

Obituaries

Opinion

Skip to content
Berkeleyside

Berkeleyside

Nonprofit news. Free for all, funded by readers.

  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact
DONATE
  • Nosh
  • Arts
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • COVID
  • Crime
  • Housing
  • Neighborhoods
  • Schools
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Latest news
  • The Oaklandside
  • Cocktail Week
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Subscribe to Nosh
  • Nosh Logo (Highlight Menu)
  • Nosh

Storm safety tips, undergrounding | BUSD studying reparations, Berkeley High + Cal's relationship since 1800s | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

SF Homeless Project

Posted inCity

UC Berkeley social worker Ari Neulight puts people first in People’s Park

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso July 31, 2019, 2:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

“We need about 3-4 people like him,” one park resident said. “He’s trying his best to do everything for people out here.”

Posted inCity

‘No Section 8’: How a Berkeley fair-housing law falls short

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein July 31, 2019, 1:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

In 2017, Berkeley made it illegal to discriminate against tenants who use housing vouchers. So why are there still so many Craigslist ads flouting that law?

Posted inCity

There are 26 portable toilets, 10 hand-washing stations, and 15 encampments in Berkeley: A 2019 statistical index

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel July 31, 2019, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

The numbers behind the people living on Berkeley’s streets.

Posted inCity

No one in Berkeley does more than JC Orton to help those without shelter

by Matt Werner July 31, 2019, 11:00 a.m.September 26, 2022

For more than 20 years, this volunteer extraordinaire has been preparing and serving free meals, running a quasi post office and handing out supplies to those who sleep on the streets.

Posted inCity

‘Street Spirit’ newspaper offers ‘justice news and homeless blues’

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel July 31, 2019, 10:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The 24-year-old publication is one of more than 100 street newspapers in 34 countries with a combined readership of more than 5 million.

Posted inCity

New drop-in center, new Hub operator among changes to city homeless services

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein July 31, 2019, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Starting this fall, some unhoused people in Berkeley could spend every day and night in one downtown Berkeley basement without missing a meal, a shower or a full night’s sleep.

Posted inCity

First Person: How I got inside

by Andy Pope July 31, 2019, 8:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

While Andy Pope was living on the streets, he was reluctant to find a cheaper locale in which to live because he didn’t want to leave his support network. He eventually changed his mind.

Posted inCity

First Person: Death on the streets

by Timothy Busby July 31, 2019, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

My friend Michelle Marie Larson was a giving person, but living on the streets took its toll. In October last year, she died on Shattuck Avenue, an apparent suicide.

Posted inCity

Berkeleyside joins other media outlets in day focused on homelessness

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff July 30, 2019, 4:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

On Wednesday, as part of the SF Homeless Project, we are focusing on stories about the 1,000-2,000 people who don’t have a permanent place to live in Berkeley.

Posted inNosh

Surplus of food in your pantry? Here’s what Berkeley homeless, food insecurity services need

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli June 28, 2018, 10:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Find out the best types of foods to donate and where to bring them, as well as places to volunteer to feed the hungry.

Posted inCity

Berkeley celebrates opening of $2.4M homeless navigation center

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel June 26, 2018, 4:55 p.m.August 4, 2022

Residents at the new West Berkeley shelter will have 24/7 access, showers, laundry facilities, the ability to bring pets and store their belongings on site.

Posted inCity

Berkeley’s ‘Here There’ protest camp puts down roots

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein June 28, 2017, 4:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

After ousting it from several previous sites, the city has allowed the First They Came for the Homeless camp to stay at the Berkeley-Oakland border for several months.

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Older posts
Berkeleyside

Berkeleyside

  • Arts
  • Berkeley neighborhoods
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • Coronavirus
  • Crime & Safety
  • Events
  • Housing & Development
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Schools

Nosh

  • All Nosh
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Coming Soon
  • Nightlife
  • Nosh Guides
  • Restaurant Closures

Info

  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact

Support

Donate to Berkeleyside and support independent local journalism.

Part of

© 2023 Cityside. All Rights Reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic