California beach town to fine homeless people to combat encampments

Officials in Long Beach, California, have announced they will begin fining and potentially arresting homeless people in an effort to tackle the most “problematic” encampments. The decision came after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that cities can ban people from sleeping or camping in public places and arrest them even if there is no public […]
Beach town police issue ultimatum to homeless people on boardwalk: ‘Might be a catch-22’

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Homeless man slashes North Carolina tourist across cheek inside Newark Airport

A homeless man allegedly stabbed a North Carolina tourist in the cheek at Newark Airport on Sunday evening, just eight days after completing a nearly three-year sentence, police said. According to authorities, Melissa Mauldin was waiting for a friend to return from the restroom when she was attacked with a knife by suspect Xiong Jin, […]
CA Baseball Park from ‘A League of Their Own,’ Now a Homeless Hotspot, Burns Down

The film was set at historic Jay Littleton Ballpark in Ontario, California. A league of its own A five-alarm blaze broke out Thursday, apparently caused by homeless people entering the park. Ontario Fire Department Posts According to Fox News, the fire department sent out a message on social media informing residents that the first fire […]
Voter enthusiasm is homeless in San Francisco, too

Sam’s Tavern in San Francisco was founded in 1867. It’s the kind of place where you’d think Mark Twain or Jack Kerouac might have mingled in its cozy surroundings, but what I found there this week was a more brilliant election conversation than most pundits could pull off these days. The day began with a […]
Reddit user defended after dad leaves him ‘effectively homeless’

The Reddit user who told his father he was “effectively homeless” was completely justified, other users on the site said. “Was it AITA who told my dad that he effectively made me homeless?” asked “OkNumber787” in a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A–hole” (AITA) subreddit on Friday, August 16. In his post, OkNumber787 explained […]
New Zealand Food Bank Gives Out Candies Laced With Meth ‘Worth $600’ To Homeless

(Photo provided by: PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP via Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffFriday, August 16, 2024 3:13 PM Food banks in New Zealand are searching for a cache of potentially methamphetamine-laced candy that was mistakenly distributed to homeless people at a charity event. advertisement New Zealand police have so far found 41 blocks of methamphetamine […]
Homeless woman arrested for trying to take toddlers from NYC playground: cops

A homeless woman with a lengthy criminal history is accused of making a brazen attempt to abduct two young children from a Manhattan playground in broad daylight earlier this week, police and prosecutors say. According to the criminal complaint, Jesse Pennille, 34, was arrested midday Wednesday after supervising two young children, ages 1 and 2, […]
Newsom threatens to pull funding from cities, counties that don’t solve homeless crisis: ‘I want to see results’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to cut funding to cities and counties that aren’t working to solve their homelessness problems, warning Thursday that he will redirect the money to cities that are working to solve the problem. The threat follows the president’s executive order last month calling on local governments to “urgently address homeless […]
Newsom cleans up homeless California encampments after he allocated billions of dollars while crisis grew

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the streets of California on Thursday to clean up trash left at homeless encampments, threatening local governments with losing state funding next year if they don’t clean up the encampments. A frustrated Governor Newsom was spotted alongside California’s Department of Transportation picking up trash from a cleared encampment in […]