Shelter Beds Available Tonight at Oakland's Year-round Shelter

Oakland, CA – With air quality remaining at “very unhealthy” levels, the City’s shelter at St. Vincent de Paul—which has recently expanded from a winter shelter to a year-round shelter—has beds available for the homeless tonight.

In addition, St. Vincent de Paul is opening its doors tomorrow, Saturday, November 17, as an all-day drop-in respite center from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm for unsheltered residents looking for an indoor reprieve from unhealthy air quality.

The year-round shelter, located at 675 23^rd Street in Oakland, operates seven-days a week with shelter beds available for up to 65 homeless Oakland and Emeryville adult men and women (no minors) through December 1, 2018, after which it will expand to a capacity of 100. Shelter doors open to clients by 6pm each evening and close by 8am in the morning.

Shelter beds can be secured through referral, reservation, and walk-up on a first come-first served basis. Persons seeking shelter should contact St.Vincent de Paul directly at (510) 638-7600.

In addition to the respite center at St. Vincent de Paul, the following Oakland public libraries are scheduled to be open tomorrow from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm:

• Main Library, 125 14^th Street
• 81^st Avenue Branch, 1021 81^st Avenue
• Asian Branch, 388 9^th Street
• Cesar E. Chavez Branch, 3301 East 12^th Street, suite 271
• Dimond Branch, 3565 Fruitvale Avenue
• Elmhurst Branch, 1427 88^th Avenue
• Golden Gate Branch, 5606 San Pablo Avenue
• Lakeview Branch, 550 El Embarcadero
• Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, 6833 International Blvd.
• Melrose Branch, 4805 Foothill Blvd.
• Montclair Branch, 1687 Mountain Blvd.
• Piedmont Avenue Branch, 80 Echo Avenue
• Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue
• Temescal Branch, 5205 Telegraph Avenue
• West Oakland Branch, 1801 Adeline Street