Monthly Archives: March 2019

Messaging platform Slack Technologies has kicked off what many believe will be a major year for initial public offerings in the technology sector. Experts say that could have major implications for home buyers and owners in the San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Despite the Bay Area’s natural beauty and booming job market, nearly half of its residents now want to get out, citing a creeping disillusionment with the high cost of housing. Forty-six percent of Bay Area residents surveyed said they are … Continue reading →

Oakland teachers say they are not paid enough. Their bosses and their students want them to get a raise. Education researchers agree. But the specifics of teachers’ demand — a 12 percent raise over three years, and its distance from … Continue reading →

Cris Bautista teaches high school in Oakland, California, but to afford to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, he commutes an hour or more to an apartment he shares with another teacher and works weekends at a coffee shop. … Continue reading →

In recent years, so-called “tiny homes,” loosely defined as units of 500 square feet or less, have been a byword in real estate marketing and development, proposed as an efficient fix for the housing crunch and the homeless crisis. (Enterprising … Continue reading →