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Lava Mae founder Doniece Sandoval, who has a background in marketing, community relations, and the arts, was eager to do something about the homelessness she saw every day in San Francisco. She began ...

You know that old phrase about April showers? Lava Mae, the innovative program to turn old Muni buses into shower stalls for homeless people, is giving it a whole new meaning. The nonprofit put its ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- Michael Thornton may have lost his home, but he never lost his self-esteem. The now housed San Francisco resident made staying clean a top priority even when he was living on ...

Mobile shower nonprofit Lava Mae is struggling with an issue many face in San Francisco: safe, secure parking. The mobile hygiene service currently owns two converted Muni buses, as well as two shower ...

Doniece Sandoval, 57, and her family used to live in a diverse, middle-class neighborhood in San Francisco. But after the Great Recession, gentrification struck, turning their community into an ...

These days, ingenuity and determination are often used for mind-numbingly dumb ventures. Did tech gurus in San Francisco really build an app with the sole purpose of sending texts reading "yo" to ...

For a sizable number of Los Angeles’ homeless people, opportunities to maintain a personal hygiene schedule can be tricky. That’s where Lava Mae comes in. The San Francisco–based mobile shower and ...