Can't clear caches locally I've been stumped on this one for awhile and tried everything. When I click Clear Caches in settings, it appears as if everything works fine but when I check the logs I see... 

2015/11/04 17:10:16 [error] [application] Tried to read the folder contents of path/cms/craft/storage/runtime/cache/, but could not.
2015/11/04 17:10:16 [error] [application] Tried to read the folder contents of path/cms/craft/storage/runtime/assets/, but could not.
2015/11/04 17:10:16 [error] [application] Tried to read the folder contents of path/cms/craft/storage/runtime/temp/, but could not.

I ommited the actual path because it contained a clients name but I checked it's accuracy. I also noticed that it appears to be writing files to the cache folder. I also verified permissions on the folders and parent folder, all are set at 777 (for testing) was set at 744. I'm not sure what else to try or do. Thanks!
How are you setting permissions? Command prompt? (S)FTP? What user does php run under? Make sure there are no open_basedir restrictions as well. 

You can find out the user that php runs under as well as a bunch of other details right inside Craft: http://server/admin/utils/phpinfo and look for user/group and open_basedir.

Make sure you're giving the storage directory recursive permission as well. I would delete everything under /storage manually...

cd /path/cms/craft/storage/ &amp;&amp; rm -r * &amp;&amp; chmod -R 777 . 


... and then let Craft/php recreate the folders underneath.