Alastair Boone
Beat Reporting FellowAlastair Boone is the Director of Street Spirit newspaper, and an alumn of KALW's 2024 Audio Academy.
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CrosscurrentsA homeless shelter in Oakland called Mandela House is closing on May 29. Its purpose was to get unhoused people into permanent housing. But Residents say they haven’t found housing, and now they’re protesting the program’s closure. -
The new policy says Oakland can tow RVs and close encampments without always offering shelter. -
The 5th Street Apartments — a transitional housing program for unhoused youth — will be closing at the end of May. -
CrosscurrentsTwo women in Richmond traverse the transition from homelessness to housing. -
CrosscurrentsThis week's Sidewalk Stories dives into how unhoused people get information — from news and history to the time and weather. -
The city used some new methodology to conduct its biannual tally of unhoused people. -
A controversial new encampment policy was not discussed at yesterday's council meeting as planned. -
CrosscurrentsIn this segment of Sidewalk Stories, we hear from people who live in RVs as Bay Area cities are increasingly cracking down on vehicle homes. -
CrosscurrentsCities around the Bay Area have been debating how to handle people camping in public places or living in RVs. Oakland may follow suit. -
CrosscurrentsA homeless shelter in Oakland closed this week. But things did not go as expected—here's how.
