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The path to a permanent home: What does it take to get housed? 

By Alastair Boone on March 3, 2026
News
In Richmond, two women traverse the transition from homelessness to permanent housing

Great-granddaughter of Piedmont’s first Black residents, who were forced out by a ‘terror campaign,’ sues city

By Darwin BondGraham on March 3, 2026
News
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 March 3, 2026
Features
Retelling stories of social struggle with Left in the Bay

New affordable housing remains closed, despite ribbon cutting

By Bradley Penner on March 3, 2026
News
"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 March 3, 2026
Commentary   Opinion
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 March 3, 2026
News
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 March 3, 2026
First-person   Opinion
'The Warming Hut has been bringing people together, housed and not, and that is the real warmth.'

The Cry of Rebellion

By Thesis on March 3, 2026
Arts and Culture   Poetry
'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 March 3, 2026
Arts and Culture
'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 February 2, 2026
Features   First-person
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 February 2, 2026
News
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 February 2, 2026
Features   First-person
Our increasingly digital world can make it nearly impossible for unhoused people to find up-to-date information.
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