The path to a permanent home: What does it take to get housed?
By Alastair Boone on In Richmond, two women traverse the transition from homelessness to permanent housing
Bradley Penner
Great-granddaughter of Piedmont’s first Black residents, who were forced out by a ‘terror campaign,’ sues city
By Darwin BondGraham on In 1924, Sidney Dearing’s family faced attempted bombings, a mob attack, and KKK threats.
On this Day – March
By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on Retelling stories of social struggle with Left in the Bay
New affordable housing remains closed, despite ribbon cutting
By Bradley Penner on "We are putting the red ribbon back up at The Phoenix Apartments, because it should have never been cut.”
Cooked out: Permanent supportive housing units excluded from statewide kitchen appliance law
By Jordan Wasilewski on California landlords must provide refrigerators to their tenants, except those living in permanent supportive housing
This artist built a safe space on wheels for homeless Berkeleyans to warm up
By Nathan Dalton on Stefan Kaiter-Snyder won a citywide “kindness award” for the mobile warming shelter.
A Message from The Warming Hut Project
By The Warming Hut Project on 'The Warming Hut has been bringing people together, housed and not, and that is the real warmth.'
The Cry of Rebellion
By Thesis on 'The cry of rebellion does not know tears. /
It is a fearless epiphany walking the path of a smile’s song.'
Street Spirit horoscopes – March 2026
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on 'There will be opportunities to create miracles this month'
Inside the PIT count: Can Oakland’s homeless census ever be accurate?
By Zack Haber on Zack Haber rides along in Oakland for the 2026 Point-in-Time count, a bi-annual census of unhoused people that’s recorded in just seven hours.
More than socks and tents: Street Spirit is building a resource guide
By Zoe Meyer on Street Spirit is building a comprehensive resource guide for Alameda County’s unhoused communities.
Sidewalk Stories: How do unhoused people stay informed?
By Alastair Boone on Our increasingly digital world can make it nearly impossible for unhoused people to find up-to-date information.