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State gives San Jose millions to clear homeless camps
The state plans to give San Jose $4.8 million to help clear encampments and provide support to unhoused residents. But it’s a mere drop in the bucket compared to what the city needs to tackle homelessness. Gov. Gavin Newsom doled out $130.7 million last week to assist in reducing...
3 indicted in bank robbery scheme spanning Sacramento, several Bay Area cities
SACRAMENTO — Three Northern California people received a five-count indictment, charged with bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery in Sacramento and several cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, prosecutors said Wednesday. The defendants were Dontae Jones, Jr., 20, Yasmin Millett, 21, and Richmond resident JoMya Mauriyne Futch, 21, the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of California said. Jones and Millett are from Northern California but have no fixed addresses. Between June 2023 and September 2024, Jones and Millett are accused of robbing at least 10 banks across Sacramento, Vallejo, Suisun City, Benicia, Concord and Antioch, prosecutors said. Aside from...
Santa Clara County homeless deaths dip slightly
Homeless deaths in Santa Clara County are down so far this year despite an opioid crisis and thousands of people living on the streets. There have been 159 deaths as of Oct. 6, compared to 169 deaths during the same period last year, according to data from the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner. One of the most significant decreases in the cause of death or contributing factor of death has to do with fentanyl. There have been 21 fentanyl-related deaths so far this year, compared to 51 deaths over the same time last year.
Hurricane Milton rescue, recovery efforts boosted by San Francisco Bay Area crews
As Florida residents feel the wrath of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday night, crews from the San Francisco Bay Area have arrived to help with the rescue efforts.Members of California's Task Force 3 from Menlo Park and Oakland-based Task Force 4 are on the ground, ready to help those in need. Some Bay Area task force members have been on the East Coast for weeks, helping communities recover from Hurricane Helene. Additional units left the Bay Area on Wednesday and are ready to be deployed to help those impacted most by Milton."The team has one objective and the priority at...
Redwood City church and resource center that feeds hundreds of families faces steep rent hike
The need for food assistance is higher than ever, but so is the rent for one Redwood City church and community group.Church and family service center Verbo helps feed 1,700 families each week. Video sent to ABC7 shows a line of of cars outside the church that stretches over three blocks.Aside from worship and food distribution, the nonprofit provides after-school programming for kids and ESL classes for adults.In the evenings the space also transforms into an indoor soccer arena.VIDEO: Bay Area organizations work to reduce food waste, help people in need. Here's howWork is being done to make sure food...
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