Housing | Housing shortage has led farmworkers to live in desperate conditions; a new bill aims to help change that By Luis Melecio-Zambrano July 21, 2024 at 10:38 a.m. Some local farm workers face overcrowded conditions or homelessness, but a new California bill seeks...
Photo | MidPen Housing’s Sparrow Terrace affordable housing project nears completion in Watsonville By Shmuel Thaler July 20, 2024 at 9:46 p.m. MidPen Housing’s Sparrow Terrace affordable housing project is nearing completion on Miles Lane near Freedom...
Final 2024 Santa Cruz County homeless count offers demographics breakdown By Jessica A. York July 19, 2024 at 3:35 p.m. While challenges persist, the data from the 2024 PIT Count demonstrates tangible progress and offers...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Latest Headlines | Housing group looks at new state law to streamline potential project at Soquel church By PK Hattis July 18, 2024 at 4:14 p.m. A small group of contractors, green building experts, a social worker and low-income developers are...
Housing | Apple affordable housing push helps Bay Area projects By George Avalos July 18, 2024 at 3:06 p.m. Apple has launched a "Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund" in a push to bolster affordable...
Mortgage rates fall below 7% for first time in months By Tribune News Service July 18, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. The 30-year mortgage rate fell to 6.92%. The 15-year rate fell to 6.92% and the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crane drops accessory dwelling unit behind Santa Cruz home By Aric Sleeper July 16, 2024 at 4:09 p.m. Friends and neighbors of upper Westside Santa Cruz residents Katrin Tobin and Mike Erbe gathered...
Housing | Map: Here’s where Allstate wants to raise California homeowners’ insurance rates By Ethan Varian July 16, 2024 at 4:33 p.m. The rate hike would affect more than 350,000 policyholders.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Can California’s health care providers help solve the state’s homelessness crisis? By Marisa Kendall July 13, 2024 at 2:33 p.m. When a shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars almost derailed new homeless housing in Bakersfield,...
Housing | Lock in 5% CDs before the Fed starts cutting rates By Jon Lansner July 13, 2024 at 7:24 a.m. Last year's 5% 1-year Treasury rates were the highest since 2000.