New caucus in CA State Assembly hopes to bring more protection to renters
A group of California lawmakers has formed a new caucus to advocate for renters. About 44% of California residents are renting, but the caucus says they need more protections from abuse and rising costs.
Santa Clara County families to receive $1,000 monthly in guaranteed income program
This project is one of the few that will focus specifically on families experiencing homelessness. Advocates say giving families this money gives them the ability to use the money for what they need the most.
Marin City's historical Golden Gate Village needs major work
Marin City, the unincorporated, mostly African American enclave on Sausalito's northern tip, may finally receive the attention it and its residents deserve, befitting the location's historical status.
Matt Mahan wins San Jose mayoral race after Cindy Chavez concedes
San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan is set to become the next mayor of San Jose after Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez conceded that she lost the election on Wednesday.
70-year-old Daly City woman gets surprise home makeover from volunteers
A nonprofit on the Peninsula is helping six families in need by making much needed repairs to their homes.
California tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls
Kim Carlson’s apartment has flooded with human feces multiple times, the plumbing never fixed in the low-income housing complex she calls home in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch.
480-square-foot home listed at $849,000 in Oakland Hills
Listed at $849,000, this 0 bed/1 bath home in the Oakland Hills hit the market in early October.
2 Bay Area cities among top 5 towns with the biggest housing shortages
San Francisco and San Jose are among the top 10 cities experiencing major housing shortages according to angi.com.
Homeless man builds wooden house 'on wheels' on Hollywood Boulevard
A small wooden house built by a homeless man on Hollywood Boulevard is drawing a lot of attention from people passing by the popular Los Angeles road.
Oakland residents rally against plans for new Home Depot
Rallying and waving signs, a group of Oakland residents from different neighborhood organizations gathered in The Ridge shopping center next to a vacant lot where developers want to build a Home Depot.
Measure Q would authorize up to 13k more low-rent housing units for Oakland
A measure on the ballot this November in Oakland seeks to give the city authority to develop, build, acquire or help develop up to 13,000 low-rent housing units in the city.
Shell of a home going for $765K in Oakland
The shell of a home in Oakland is selling for $765,000. And while the 1390 square foot residence is in need of some serious renovations, the property has a ton of potential.
Tenant busted after allegedly unscrewing fire hose valve, flooding SF high rise
San Francisco firefighters were called to 100 Van Ness, a 29-story-high rise, around 5:30 a.m. because of an activated fire alarm. Officials say when they arrived at the building they found a man drenched, standing next to a pipe that was gushing water.
56 tenants sue San Francisco high-rise apartment owners and management at 33 Tehama
Evicted dwellers from a San Francisco South of Market high-rise apartment building are hauling its owners and managers into court for a laundry list of claimed abuses and illegalities they were forced to suffer.
Rising Mortgage Rates Affecting Buyers Market
Morgan Stanley Family Wealth Advisor, George Noceti, weighs in on rising mortgage rates and the impact on buyers.
These are the California cities with the fastest cooling housing markets
Four of California's largest cities are cooling faster than any other housing market in the country, recent data shows.
San Jose drops controversial tiny homes plan
After months of opposition, a controversial plan to build tiny homes in North San Jose has been dropped, but residents are still skeptical.
Redfin predicts sharpest turn in housing market since 2008 crash
After two years of record high sales, data shows the housing market is starting to cool down.
San Jose housing shortage is worst in U.S.
San Jose's housing crisis is the worst of any major U.S. city due to its limited supply of homes.
These are the most unaffordable cities in California
All nine California cities placed in the top 10 list of most unaffordable cities in America.