Are tiny homes solution to homelessness?
Community leaders are increasingly deploying tiny homes to help the homeless. Community leaders are increasingly deploying tiny homes to help the homeless. Tiny homes grew in popularity around 2008 after so many people lost their homes in the mortgage crisis. The concept of tiny homes for the homeless is gaining momentum around the region. Oakland has its Community Cabin program, San Jose is building Tiny Homes for the homeless, and housing advocates in San Francisco proposed a Tiny Home village in the Tenderloin.
Earthquake strikes near San Francisco
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rocked California's Bay Area this week. The epicenter of the seconds-long quake, which happened around 10:30 p.m. local time, was in the Pleasant Hill area, less than 30 miles from San Francisco, according to the US(CNN) - A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rocked California's Bay Area on Monday. The epicenter of the seconds-long quake, which happened around 10:30 p.m., was in the Pleasant Hill area, less than 30 miles from San Francisco, according to the US Geological Survey. But it could mean there's a heightened chance of a bigger quake over the next few days near the Calaveras Fault, a branch of the San Andreas Fault system, she said. There's a 36% chance of aftershocks measuring magnitude 3 or higher in the week following the quake, most likely near the epicenter, the USGS forecasts.
Former NFL player Terrell Roberts shot and killed
(CNN) - Former NFL player Terrell Roberts was shot and killed in California's Bay Area on Wednesday, Richmond Police Sgt. Roberts was at his grandmother's home in Richmond that afternoon when someone entered the house and shot him in the backyard, CNN affiliate KPIX reported in a statement attributed to Roberts' family. Police didn't specify whose home it was, or what place in the house Roberts was shot. Roberts' family said the former football player had no known enemies and was not "mixed up in anything bad," KPIX reported. Roberts played as a defensive back for the Cincinnati Bengals for two seasons, from 2003 to 2005.