Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumped 19% from last year, even as local officials added hundreds of homeless housing units and shelter beds. The county’s latest annual “point-in-time” homeless count …
Kelly Thompson lives in a sun-faded camper at an encampment in an industrial corner of West Oakland. At 76, being homeless is getting harder. Thompson is feeling it in his …
As the spring housing market began heating up, the median home price blew past the $2 million mark in two Bay Area counties. In Santa Clara County, the median home …
Construction preparation is expected to begin this summer on Cupertino’s largest-ever housing project at the site of the old Vallco Shopping Mall. The Rise, a mixed-use housing project, will include …
San Mateo County’s homeless population spiked 18% over the last two years, according to the latest official estimate, even as local officials added around 300 shelter beds to help people …
San Jose, more than any other Bay Area city, has embraced tiny homes as a solution to homelessness. Since 2020, the city has developed six tiny home sites with around …
In 1984, Mike Bradley bought a brown-shingled home on a quiet street in central Berkeley. Forty years and three generations later, the Bradley family has grown — and so has …
“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: The typical California house for sale now costs more than $900,000. The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at …
This summer, developer Andy Ball expects to finish construction on a 19-story tower in downtown Oakland. If he had it his way, he’d also be breaking ground on two other …
Following two years of steady growth, housing construction across the Bay Area dipped in 2023, as developers reckoned with the increased costs of borrowing, labor and building materials. Permits in …