United Way Bay Area warns of an indefinite pause in federal funding for hunger and homelessness relief, impacting local nonprofits in seven Bay Area counties, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and beyond.

Supervisors are aiming to make it easier to build temporary housing in response to a deal to end most Point Reyes ranching, but residents say new permanent affordable housing is needed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

Lawmakers lack the basic information needed to assess how well one of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature programs for clearing homeless encampments is working and should hold off on further funding, according to a new report from the legislature’s policy analyst.

Lariza Dugan-Cuadra, CARECEN SF’s executive director, says supporting young people is at the heart of the organization. The mission is more important with an anti-immigrant Trump administration.

For more than a year, KQED documented the closure of J-Sei Home, a residential care facility for elderly Japanese Americans in Hayward.

The Trump administration is reportedly considering revoking humanitarian parole for Ukrainians as soon as April. 'Anxiety levels are off the charts,' one immigration lawyer said.

Amid a back-and-forth over tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, many San Francisco small businesses that sell handmade goods, clothes, food and other items are rattled.