PLANT CITY, Fla. – Strong storms moved through the Tampa Bay Area on Wednesday afternoon, dumping lots of rain and causing some damage. Two mobile homes were destroyed along Platt Road, north of Plant City in Hillsborough County. High winds also caused damage to several other homes. Debris was strung on trees, trees were broken […]
Though his name might not be quite as well-known as other Bay Area architects like Julia Morgan and Bernard Maybeck, the late John Marsh Davis still left an undeniable mark on the region during his lengthy 40-year career, crafting everything from landmark wineries such as Chateau Souverain and Rutherford Hill, to a swath of avant-garde […]
Just a week later, Leah Rosenberg’s Color in Twelve Parts, a piece commissioned by Basso for the BAN 9 film program, gets a triumphant, complete debut on April 21 at CounterPulse. Halted halfway through its 12-part rollout by the Feb. 15 closure of YBCA, Rosenberg’s series of monochromatic films, mise en scènes with collections of […]
Nearly all the cities in Santa Clara County — including San Jose — are moving so slow in meeting state housing goals that hitting the numbers looks like a pipe dream, a data analysis by San José Spotlight shows. Every eight years, the state decides how many homes need to be built in order to […]
By James T. Norman Editor James joined Community Impact in June 2023, and is the editor of both the Bay Area paper and the Pearland-Friendswood paper. Before joining the team he worked for several newspapers in both Texas and Illinois. Since graduating from the University of North Texas in 2018, James has covered more than […]
Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the United States was $349,216 in […]
New numbers from the California Association of Realtors show the median price for a South Bay home is now $1.8 million, a 20% jump in one year. In San Francisco, the median home costs $1.6 million, which is also a jump over last year. Local realtors said sellers are starting to move past concerns over […]