Santa Cruz County is opening severe weather shelters to provide warmth and safety for the homeless community as cold weather hits the Central Coast. Shelters will be located at Community Health Trust ...

Housing Matters, a nonprofit in Santa Cruz, has closed its drop-in homeless services, including mail service, bathroom, and shower access, due to financial strain and a shift in focus toward permanent ...

SANTA CRUZ — By 10 a.m. Friday, neither a planned activist protest nor a hard move-out deadline had manifested at a large unsanctioned homeless encampment next to Highway 1. Beside the nearby ...

SANTA CRUZ — Last month’s cold snap, which included heavy rain and a blanket of snow in high elevation regions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, raised questions among advocates for homeless people and ...

People who live in cars and RVs throughout the Bay Area are moving between cities as crackdowns on street encampments ramp up, a trend that pushed Oakland officials to adopt a new policy speeding up ...

HEALTH TRUST HERE IS ONE OF THE SHELTERS OPENING THEIR DOORS TONIGHT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE COLD. ### WITH COLD WEATHER CREEPING IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT -- SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS ARE OPENING IN SANTA ...