BERKELEY, California (KPIX) — A group of homeless people in West Berkeley was awakened Wednesday morning by a swarm of police and city workers, arriving to clear out a long-standing encampment ...

In one of the most expensive housing markets in the U.S., a measure aimed at reducing the number of people living in vehicles meets a mixed reaction.

Berkeley encampment cleared in surprise sweep at center of legal battle 04:09. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, to decide if a long-standing homeless encampment in West Berkeley should ...

Workers clear a homeless encampment on Harrison and Eighth Streets in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. A federal judge ordered the city to halt clearing work Wednesday afternoon.

Pamela Benefante watches as workers clear a homeless encampment on Harrison and Eighth Streets in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Benefante has lived there for seven years.

The homeless encampment at Ohlone Park in Berkeley on May 29, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED) But he said he’s sympathetic to the concerns of people who live in houses near the park that don’t want to see a ...

"When they say they are trying to be just peaceful homeless, that's not the case at all," said Hossein Attar with the Save Ohlone Park group. "The drug use in the back, the stealing -- they have ...