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Ryan Seacrest's Bay Area estate just hit the market for $22M
ST. HELENA, Calif. - An expansive and private Napa Valley estate owned by television and radio superstar Ryan Seacrest has hit the market for $22 million. The Tuscan-style renovated property, located on North Fork Crystal Springs Road in St. Helena, sits on more than 40 acres on the valley floor and offers sweeping mountain views.
Opinion: More affordable housing means a more vibrant Palo Alto
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My neighbor and his wife purchased their home in Palo Alto over 40 years ago. At the time, he was a history teacher at Menlo Atherton High School, and she taught English. During his 35 years of teaching, he helped coach the boys basketball team at Palo Alto High School, and she became a writing tutor for local students. They raised their two children here as they taught our neighborhood kids. Today, with the rising cost of housing, it’s unlikely that two local public-school teachers could purchase or rent a home in this neighborhood and live here as an integrated part of the community. Instead, our local teachers often commute over an hour each way from Santa Cruz or Half Moon Bay, and our community loses the sense of neighborhood and belonging that happens when those who work in the area can also afford to live here.
Apple Funds Hundreds of New Affordable Homes in SF Bay Area
Apple is doing its part to create more affordable housing in what’s become one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the world by helping to launch a new fund that will advance affordable housing development. In a newsroom post today, Apple announced that it’s teaming up with the San...
Sonoma County supervisors place Bay Area affordable housing bond on the November ballot
Come November, Sonoma County voters will weigh in on a proposed Bay Area-wide property tax hike to raise money for affordable housing construction. The measure, known as Bay Area Housing for All, could unlock $20 billion from annual surcharges on property tax bills to spur construction of up to 119,000 affordable homes regionwide over 10-plus years. It will appear on the ballot in all nine Bay ...
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