Home Design
Remodeling, property preparation, and design decisions that change how Bay Area homes sell.
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A raft of California housing bills heads to Newsom; here’s what’s new
Measures span ADU fees, permitting timelines, infill townhomes, high-rise zoning near transit, and look to alleviate entitlement risk
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UC should examine how it sorts students by campus
New students are pegged by the informal hierarchy of UC campuses, affecting resources, faculty credentials, graduation chances and future earning ability.
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Home Depot, Lowe’s: remodeling idles as big projects lag
While home repair and maintenance demand remains steady, consumers stall large, discretionary remodeling projects
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Redfin Brings Childcare Information to Home Listings
Home searchers can now see nearby daycare and preschool options from Winnie directly on Redfin, making it easier to understand whether a neighborhood works for their family Choosing a home is about more than bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. For families with young children, one of the biggest questions is often much more practical: What…
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California lets teens pre-register to vote before they’re 18. It doesn’t teach them how
California lets 16- and 17-year-olds preregister to vote by their 18th birthday, but only 11% do. High schools should be required to teach them how, a graduate says.
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Why confide in AI? Teens open up on why they trust chatbots
Why turn to artificial intelligence rather than a friend? For young people, it often comes down to not having to worry about what a peer or a parent thinks. That’s one takeaway from a new report by San Francisco-based Hopelab and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which surveyed 30 people between 14 and 22…
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Un juez envió a un médico a evaluar el centro de detención de ICE más grande de California. Esto fue lo que encontró
El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas abrió rápidamente un nuevo centro de detención en una antigua prisión estatal de California el año pasado. Los detenidos ahora han presentado una demanda por falta de acceso a la atención médica.
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The homeownership rate isn’t what you think
The commonly cited 65% homeownership figure is an owner-occupancy rate that counts owner-occupied units, not adult owners. A proposed homeowners-to-population ratio estimates 53% of US adults own a home, and 13.9% live in owner-occupied homes but likely are not owners.
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Survey: Californians overwhelmingly opposed to new data centers
A new survey shows that Californians really don’t like artificial intelligence data centers. The latest Public Policy Institute of California poll of 1,578 adult Californians finds that 73% oppose the construction of data centers in their communities. Though the majority of both Democrats and Republicans disapprove of building data centers, Republicans are slightly more likely…
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Una nueva ley responsabiliza a las universidades si sus graduados no ganan más de 36,000 dólares al año
Una nueva ley exige que las universidades demuestren que sus graduados ganan más que alguien con solo un diploma de bachillerato; de lo contrario, los estudiantes podrían perder el acceso a los préstamos federales. Alrededor de 300 programas de California podrían no superar la prueba, incluyendo muchos de cosmetología y algunos de artes.









