A house under $500,000 in the Bay Area? The catch is there’s a tenant until 2053
There’s a house for sale in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood for less than $500,000, but its current occupant’s lease doesn’t expire till 2053….
With fires burning again, is California becoming uninsurable?
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara have floated proposals to lure home insurance companies back as climate change increases wildfire risks….
Oakley founder James Jannard sells Malibu mansion for $210 million — a California record
Eyewear mogul James Jannard just closed the priciest home sale in California history, unloading his Malibu mansion for $210 million….
Southern California prices are at a record. Could relief be on the way?
Southern California home prices are hitting records, but an increase in the number of houses for sale could make a home search at least somewhat easier for prospective buyers….
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs, buys Malibu estate for $94 million
Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire businesswoman and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, just paid $94 million for an oceanfront spread in Malibu’s Paradise Cove….
Cold War CIA director’s longtime mansion sells for $30 million, smashing San Marino record
A palatial estate owned for years by former CIA Director John McCone has sold for $30 million, the priciest home sale in San Gabriel Valley history….
Kurt Rappaport: Real estate agent to the stars
Real estate agent Kurt Rappaport has handled many of the most expensive home sales in California, including the Malibu mansion Jay-Z and Beyoncé bought for $200 million….
‘Who’s going to live here?’ What happens when an e-commerce warehouse takes out your neighborhood
Bloomington is the latest Inland Empire community to weigh the tradeoffs of allowing a developer to bulldoze a rural neighborhood to make way for a sprawling warehousing complex in service of online shopping. …
Clifton’s is reopening (again), this time in a changed downtown
Andrew Meieran will soon reopen the doors to Clifton’s, of one of L.A.’s legendary restaurants, in a bid to once again make it an offbeat dining destination. …
‘I had fun’: Alleged scammer takes credit for Graceland foreclosure upheaval
An identity thief allegedly based in Nigeria said they were responsible for the now-blocked foreclosure sale of Graceland, over which Riley Keough had sued….