kpix-masthead kcbs-black-masthead

Shelter

fire truck generic

32 Residents Displaced By Milpitas Apartment Fire

The American Red Cross opened a shelter for the 32 residents displaced by a two-alarm apartment fire in Milpitas on Tuesday.

2013/04/24

Homeless encampment near Mineta San Jose International Airport. (CBS)

Homeless Camp In Downtown San Jose Cleared Out

A planned cleanup of a homeless encampment in downtown San Jose got started Friday morning and will evict people who remained there after the city issued a 72-hour vacation notice on Monday.

2013/03/08

homeless, begging, panhandling, poverty

Bay Area Cold Snap Rough On San Francisco’s Homeless

Thursday was a busy night for San Francisco’s homeless outreach team, which was encouraging people to find shelter from the chilly weather.

2013/01/11

Police Sirens

Police Investigate Shots Fired In Concord Neighborhood

A shooting in a Concord neighborhood Monday morning is being investigated as an officer-involved shooting, according to police.

2012/09/17

A pit bull terrier. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

Pit Bull Found Tied To Side Of Watsonville Highway

A pit bull was rescued from the side of a highway near Watsonville Tuesday, according to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

2012/09/05

Jefferson Award winner Erica Mohan (CBS)

Jefferson Award Winner Brings Education Services To Needy East Bay Children

After years of studying about the achievement gap, a local graduate student wanted to do something more than write papers. So this week’s Jefferson Award winner started a program that takes educators, like herself, where they are needed most.

2012/08/09

Escalators at the Montgomery St. BART station in San Francisco. (BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons)

Phil Matier: Human Waste Plagues BART Escalators

KCBS, CBS 5 and San Francisco Chronicle Insider Phil Matier said many of the broken escalators are the result of human excrement gumming up its gears.

2012/07/26

A homeless man sleeps in the doorway of a closed store in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

CoCo County Officials Respond To Report Of Not Keeping Up With Homeless Youth Needs

Contra Costa County officials responded Tuesday to a Civil Grand Jury report that underscored their lack of services for homeless youth.

2012/07/24

Police Car, light, siren, generic

Suspicious Object Prompts Shelter Order In Downtown SF

The discovery of a suspicious device prompted a shelter-in-place order on New Montgomery Street in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon, a police spokesman said.

2012/04/17

A planned billboard targeting San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's recent comments regarding alleged domestic violence against his wife. (La Casa de las Madres)

Billboard Highlighting SF Sheriff’s Abuse Comments Being Unveiled

Domestic violence victim advocates in San Francisco were expected to unveil a billboard in the city’s South of Market neighborhood Thursday afternoon that they said is a reaction to a domestic violence case against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.

2012/02/16

more

Listen Live!