Why $4.5 billion from Big Tech won’t end the housing crisis
Efforts by Apple, Facebook and Google to address the California housing crunch must contend with the forces that created it.
Redfin aims to let house hunters buy with a click
The program Redfin is testing in some markets lets buyers who don't have an agent bid directly on a house, and sellers who take the...
‘Instant buying’: Can it make a home sale as simple as ordering takeout?
Offering “instant buying” to home sellers, companies like Zillow and Opendoor are bringing liquidity to the housing market. Critics fear they will also bring risk.
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Cannabis, marijuana, weed, pot? Just call it a job machine
Fast-growing jobs range from hourly work at marijuana farms and stores to executive positions.
Can America still build big? A California rail project raises doubts
The portion to Silicon Valley is still underfunded by at least $9 billion, and the governor’s comments have prompted deeper questions about America’s ability to...
Fires worsen a pervasive problem in California: housing
A small city’s worth of housing has been incinerated in California the past week — 8,760 homes destroyed in Butte County alone, north of Sacramento,...
In California, push for denser housing splits environmentalists
A bill that would allow eight-story buildings near major transit stops, even if local communities object, has riled some environmental groups despite its goal of...
San Diego fears loss of key employer, benefactor Qualcomm VIEW
With its profits sagging and a growing thicket of legal and regulatory disputes, Qualcomm has gone from a lion of the cellphone industry to a...