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At Least 31 Dead, 3,500 Structures Destroyed in Northern California Fires
By KQED News Staff and Wires – Authorities say some of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history have killed at least 31 people. Seventeen people have died in Sonoma County, eight in...
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Updating Your Association’s CC&Rs
by Steven J. Tinnelly, Esq. – *Asked & Answered Asked – Our documents were created in 1981 and have not been updated since that time. I imagine that we are out of legal compliance with some...
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Post-Disaster Checklist: Returning Home After Evacuation Order Lifted
The Valley Fire swept through the Spezza family’s rural community in Lake County in September 2015, destroying more than 1,300 homes. (Courtesy of Carolynn Spezza) By Miranda Leitsinger and Michelle...
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The California Report
October 24, 2017 Largest Fire Cleanup in State History Begins in North Bay In Northern California, local, state, and federal agencies are launching what they call the biggest fire clean-up effort in...
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This might explain why your electricity bill is so high
You’re wasting electricity and money. Here’s how to save on both. BY ALINA BRADFORD – Colin West McDonald/CNET Even when you turn off your electronics, they could still be wasting electricity. When...
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Please stop calling the new Bloomberg HQ the world’s most sustainable office...
by Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) – © Foster + Partners/ Bloomberg It’s a great building with lots of green features, but there is more to sustainability than a high BREEAM score. Mike Bloomberg is one of...
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Bay Area Sprawl Has Put Homes in the Path of Fires — What Now?
A home burning in Napa’s Atlas Fire. (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED) By Lauren Sommer – October’s historic fires in the North Bay are a stark reminder of a growing reality across California: during fire season,...
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Tips from an HOA Board for a Safe Halloween in Your Association
by HOA Manager – Halloween is a kid’s delight. It’s a blast to dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, attend parties and most of all, eat a lot of candy. At the same time, Halloween can be scary...
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All That Online Shopping You’re Doing? It’s Also Bringing Jobs to Inland...
Distribution centers are becoming more automated, but increased demand from consumers is still creating more jobs. (Erasmo Martinez/KQED) By Erika Kelly and Lisa Pickoff-White – The unemployment rate...
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13 cozy cabins nestled in the snow
by NOEL KIRKPATRICK – A cabin in the snow with the lights on is a beacon to coziness. (Photo: Iris van den Broek/Shutterstock) There are few things more romantic than the notion of waiting out a...
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How to Get a Jump Start on Your Spring To-Do List
By Christina Burch – In the winter months, there is only so much that can be done to improve your rental property buildings and their surrounding grounds. Especially if you live in a cold, snowy...
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San Jose Lets Residents Try Their Hand at Balancing the City Budget
By Alyssa Jeong Perry FEBRUARY 12, 2018 SHARE Think it’s hard putting together your personal budget? Try doing it for the largest city in the Bay Area. San Jose has put together a new website where...
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Trump administration proposes food boxes instead of food stamps
For starters, let’s not compare this to Blue Apron. by ROBIN SHREEVES – SNAP recipients will have fewer chances to choose fresh fruits and vegetables under the proposed changes to the program. (Photo:...
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The Big Sort: What To Do With 2 Million Tons of Fire Debris
Piles of fire debris await removal in a Santa Rosa parking lot. By Molly Peterson – California’s biggest disaster cleanup in a century is now three-quarters complete, according to the Army Corps of...
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The Right Screening Tool Can Ensure Protection of an Asset
Feb 22, 2018 An effective screening tool can pay dividends for property management companies. A tool that provides an applicant’s rental payment history as well as identity screening and...
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ICE: 232 Arrests in Northern California Operation This Week
By Julie Small and Alex Emslie – Federal immigration agents have arrested 232 people in Northern California over the past four days, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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At least two dozen Kern County farmworkers arrested in latest immigration...
By ROSANNA XIA – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is shown during an operation in Los Angeles in 2015. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) At least 26 Kern County farmworkers were...
View ArticleSix Do’s and Dont’s for HOA Board Meeting Success
Attend any HOA board meeting, and you’ll notice how different every board member and resident is. When it comes to your community, everyone brings their own set of opinions and preferences to the...
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What home buyers and renters need to know about Trump’s steel tariffs
By Jacob Passy – This is how much Trump’s protectionist trade policy will add to the price of new homes Getty ImagesSteel and aluminum tariffs will likely increase the costs of building new homes. A...
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How Driverless Cars Could Disrupt The Real Estate Industry
by Ely Razin – Pony.ai self-driving cars during a trial run in February in Guangzhou, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Driverless cars could become a regular feature of the roads as early as...
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