Berkeley city leadership issued a public health warning on Monday after animals in a homeless encampment tested positive for leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that can be fatal in dogs and humans.

Berkeley health officials are urging people to vacate a homeless encampment after an outbreak of a rare disease that can ...

"Cleanup will take at least 30 days" because that's how long leptospirosis can live in soil, said the city, calling it an "urgent public health concern." ...

After a months-long court battle, a federal judge has granted the city of Berkeley permission to clean up one side of one block of the longstanding Harrison Street homeless encampment. In court papers ...