Clyde Berg, the South Bay real estate mogul, is facing charges of violently sexually abusing his wife, the Mercury News reports.

Berg, 74, is accused, among other things, of chaining his wife, Ellena Berg, 37, to a bed for two days and abusing her with a golf putter.

Berg denies the charges, saying he’s the victim of an elaborate scam to get around the terms of a prenuptial agreement.

Article source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/08/bay-area-real-estate-mogul-accused.html

Clyde Berg, the South Bay real estate mogul, is facing charges of violently sexually abusing his wife, the Mercury News reports.

Berg, 74, is accused, among other things, of chaining his wife, Ellena Berg, 37, to a bed for two days and abusing her with a golf putter.

Berg denies the charges, saying he’s the victim of an elaborate scam to get around the terms of a prenuptial agreement.

Article source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/08/bay-area-real-estate-mogul-accused.html

Neighborhoods around the Bay Area, from Silicon Valley to the East Bay, are seeing home values near their pre-crash levels, according to the real estate site Zillow.com.

The Mercury News reports that 34 of 185 ZIP codes in the region have reached or come near their bubble-era peak home values and another 49 are within 15 percent.

The recovery is being felt in many parts of the East Bay, as well, though areas of Contra Costa and Alameda counties where subprime lending was heavy are still struggling.

But home values in some parts of Berkeley, Pleasanton, Oakland and Orinda have risen to 10 percent or less below their earlier peaks, the report notes.

Read more at the Mercury News.

Article source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/04/housing-recovery-spreading-in-bay-area.html

A new item is posted each weekday. Some San Francisco websites offer an overwhelming amount of news, reports, profiles and event calendars. SFDentro seeks to present a single jewel each day, the very best of San Francisco.

The posts are deliberately short in order to be easily digested – usually only two or three paragraphs long. They always include a photo or two, and typically have links to other pages where more information can be found.

Categories include: Happenings, People, Looking Forward, Places to See and Neighborhoods.

Hill Co. is a real estate company, but the blog is not all about real estate. Instead, it’s more general in nature. It is intended to be an insider’s guide to San Francisco, appealing to City and Bay Area residents, visitors, out-of-towners and prospective homeowners alike.

“Our website provides lots of good information on the San Francisco real estate market,” said Hill Co. Vice President Eileen Mougeot. “We have market reports, homes for sales, neighborhood profiles and more. This blog rounds things out. It offers a broader view of the City than you might find elsewhere.”

Dentro is Italian for “inside,” and that’s where the name SFDentro comes from. Items are posted on the blog, and then reposted on Hill Co.’s Facebook and Twitter channels.

Article source: http://www.jagsreport.com/2011/11/13/hill-co-real-estate-launches-an-inside-san-francisco-blog/