KQED: Oakland Dismantles Tiny Houses at Homeless ‘Village’

On Thursday morning, scores of Oakland police officers in tandem with the Department of Public Works, showed up to clear a unique homeless encampment called “The Village” at 36th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, near the MacArthur BART Station. The camp had been a grassroots partnership between homeless residents, local neighbors, and activist groups like Feed the People and Asians for Black Lives.

Just a day after the city's annual homeless count, Oakland police stepped in and took apart a homeless encampment that had been built by local volunteers. Tiny houses had been constructed from plywood to offer shelter to about 16 people.  Video production by Erasmo Martinez.

Read and watch more: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/03/oakland-dismantles-tiny-houses-at-homeless-village/

KALW: A Night At The Black Hawk with the San Francisco Recovery Theatre

This San Francisco Recovery Theatre performance recalls Tenderloin's jazz history as actors, recovering addicts themselves, play roles that reflect their own life experiences. 

KALW: The San Francisco Shelter System Leaves Some Out In the Cold

A shortage of shelter beds together with an unwieldy and glitch-prone computer system leave many of San Francisco's homeless out of shelter and out of luck.

KALW: Growing Home: A Community Garden For Homeless and Housed Alike

Growing Home community garden, started by Project Homeless Connect, brings San Francisco's Hayes Valley residents out to grow food alongside their homeless neighbors.  

KALW: Trees Take Root In the Tenderloin

The Tenderloin is an unlikely place for a park, let alone a forest.  But the Tenderloin National Forest - an urban alleyway turned peaceful art garden - makes space for redwood trees, fish ponds, hummingbirds, and grateful neighbors.

KALW: P.O.W.E.R. Lunch for the Formerly Homeless

A group of formerly homeless gather to support each other over a weekly hot lunch.

KPFA: Ghazwan al-Sharif: An Iraqi Refugee (and former US Army Translator) On Losing Home

Ghazwan al-Sharif talks about memories of his Iraqi hometown, Tikrit, his work as a translator for the U.S. Army, the bombing of his house, his journey as a refugee through Jordan and finally to the United States.