BFD Weekender: Homeless Californians Adapt To Camp Sweeps & ‘The Caltrans Shuffle’
Anna Maria Barry-Jester Kaiser Health News OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s 5 a.m., and the thermostat reads 44 degrees. Cars round the bend of an off-ramp of state Route 24 in northern Oakland, spraying bands of light across Norm Ciha and his neighbours. They wear headlamps so they can see