2025
"As the Bay Area rapidly ages, here’s what readers are witnessing in their communities"
The Bay Area is aging fast and our readers are noticing. Though population aging is a nationwide — and global — trend, the San Francisco metro area, which includes San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Marin counties, is aging faster than any other large U.S. metro area
...More"Will New CEQA Reforms Bring More Housing to California?"
California is the most expensive state in the country to buy a house for a host of reasons, including a lack of inventory and high costs of building.
...More"This East Bay city is ranked the healthiest in America and one of the best places to live"
A recent ranking by neighborhood and school resource site Niche placed the city of Berkeley at the top of its 2025 healthy places list, as it beat out 229 other U.S. locations.
...More"A new gold rush? How AI is transforming San Francisco"
On a sunny day in San Francisco, along the city’s waterfront, families dived into the wacky world of artificial intelligence inside the Exploratorium museum.
...More"Who are the most powerful NIMBYs in California? Realtors"
The California Association of Realtors uses its considerable political lobbying power to consistently oppose reforms to make homeownership more accessible
...More"San Francisco is the new Silicon Valley"
What I have learned from this recent New York Times article is that if you have a company with “AI” in the name — such as OpenAI, ScaleAI, Adept AI, Hayden AI, or Harvey AI — then you probably need to lease office space in an area of San Francisco (around the Mission District) that is now being called The Arena.
...More"How an NYC Suburb Is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down"
New Rochelle embraces development and makes it easy to build, leading to thousands of new apartments
...More"New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units"
Data shows that limited supply is associated with greatest rent increases in low-income neighborhoods
...More"UC admits more California freshmen than ever — but fewer at top campuses"
The University of California admitted more than 100,000 California first-year students for fall 2025 — a systemwide record — even as the most selective campuses extended fewer offers to in-state applicants.
...More"A home remodel is dividing Sausalito and turning neighbors into enemies. But who’s really to blame?"
Allegations of physical violence. Police reports. Stay-away orders. Online fights waged in blog posts, on Nextdoor, in professionally produced videos and even in one-star Google reviews of local companies.
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