![Oakland police and fire investigate an early morning fatal fire on Northgate Avenue in Oakland, Calif., that burned a small part of a larger homeless encampment at Sycamore Street on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. The body of a man was found in the fire. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)](https://thepioneeronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ebt-l-firecamp-0213-4.jpg)
Fires burn Oakland homeless encampment
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Homeless youth can find hope in despair
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Homeless encampments populate Hayward
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Oakland homeless camps continue to grow
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Homelessness plagues San Jose
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Financial aid can’t come soon enough
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Sleeping in a glass bubble
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