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A Week In The Bay Area On A $325,000 Salary – Refinery29
Photo: Courtesy of Benefit Cosmetics;. Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week: a director who makes $325,000 per year and spends some of her money this week on a Benefit eyeliner. Occupation: DirectorIndustry: Real estateAge: 41Location: Bay Area, CaliforniaSalary: $325,000Assets: Taxable brokerage: $167,500; 401(k): $304,800; Roth IRA: $45,000; HSA: $12,700; HYSA: $50,000; checking: $3,000; home value: $520,000; car value: $20,000Debt:…
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This Bay Area city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit? – The Mercury News
Tami Rule stands outside the vehicle she lives in along Sandpebble Drive on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in San Jose, Calif. The city of San Jose has launched a pilot program to use AI to identify lived-in RVs and homeless camps. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Across the country, cities have begun experimenting with artificial intelligence to map potholes, reduce traffic and fight wildfires. In San Jose, officials are now harnessing the rapidly evolving technology with another goal in mind: detecting homeless encampments. Three times since December, a white city-owned…
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The Bay Area is the country’s 4th-hottest housing market – Yahoo Finance
The Painted Ladies in San Francisco. As of March 29, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan area was the fourth-hottest housing market in the country. The Bay Area metro had a 90-day average Market Action Index score of 61.19, according to data from Altos Research. In comparison, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, the top-ranked metro area, had a score of 64.53. Altos considers anything above a Market Action Index of 30 to be a seller’s market. San-Fran-Metro-Area-Market-Action-Index-Line-Chart-San-Francisco-Oakland-Fremont-CA-90-day-Single-Family While the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont housing market may be decently hot, local real estate agents feel that it could be…
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Sale closed in San Jose: $3.2 million for a three-bedroom home – The Mercury News
1751 Coastland Avenue – Google Street View The property located in the 1700 block of Coastland Avenue in San Jose was sold on March 15, 2024. The $3,198,000 purchase price works out to $2,600 per square foot. The house, built in 1951, has an interior space of 1,230 square feet. The layout of this single-story house consists of three bedrooms and two baths. On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally,…
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99 Cents Only Stores to close all locations – NBC Bay Area
The Commerce-based operators of 99 Cents Only stores announced Thursday they will shutter all 371 of its locations, with liquidation sales set to begin Friday. The move will impact all company locations in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. “This was an extremely difficult decision and is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve,” interim company CEO Mike Simoncic said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the last several years have presented significant and lasting challenges in the retail environment, including the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting consumer demand,…
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Real Estate Partner Brad Wright Joins Dorsey in Phoenix – Law360
By Nate Beck · April 4, 2024, 4:58 PM EDT Brad Wright, a real estate attorney with experience in developing projects with public amenities, has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s growing Phoenix practice from Polsinelli PC, the firm announced…. To view the full article, register now.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative joins Philanthropic and Community Partners to Discuss Innovative Solutions to Solving Bay … – PR Newswire
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Partnership for the Bay’s Future (PBF), one of the nation’s largest private-sector housing funds focused on addressing the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis through innovative equity-centered solutions, is marking its fifth anniversary. Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) joined San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell at an event hosted by PBF last week to highlight the progress made in the first five years of the partnership, including the protection of over 73,000 tenants and financing over 4,400 homes for 11,000…
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California House Prices Plunge By as Much as 40% in Some Areas – Newsweek
Homeowners in parts of California are slashing the price of their properties by as much as 40 percent as they leave behind the explosive home appreciation that characterized the pandemic years. A five-bedroom home in Oakland, California, that was listed for sale for $4.1 million in March 2022 is now once again available on real-estate marketplace Redfin for $2,550,000 after experiencing a price cut of more than 40 percent. “Oof,” wrote San Francisco Bay Area realtor Matt Castillo, who first spotted the listing, on X, formerly known as Twitter. “This…
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