Bay Area homebuyers are taking advantage of record-low mortgage rates and attractive prices to keep home sales on track to record their best year since 2005. Our monthly look at Bay Area real estate m…

Bay Area home sales jumped significantly in the second quarter of 2012, effectively ending any doubts about the strength of the housing recovery here. Our quarterly summary of real estate activity sho…

News reports -- and our own data -- are giving more weight to evidence of the housing recovery, with home prices and number of homes sold posting solid gains in June in California and the Bay Area. Bo…

In this week's Local View roundup of Bay Area happenings, get the scoop on the Outside Lands lineup, hear about a history-making attempt by a Santa Rosa cyclist, and learn why Oakland revised its Safe…

What's ahead for the Bay Area's economy and real estate markets? Pacific Union International spoke recently with Stephen Levy, a leading California economist. The interview will appear in our second-q…

In the Bay Area this week: A San Francisco restaurant ducks the statewide foie gras ban; Sonoma County beachgoers are having a whale of a time; San Anselmo ponders a ban on chain stores; Berkeley move…

In the Bay Area this week: Walnut Creek has a new fountain that is raising eyebrows; City College of San Francisco is in a tough spot; the St. Helena Public Library is adding more hours of operation; …

In the Bay Area this week: Muir Beach firefighters get a gift of a fire engine; private embulances get a green light in Santa Rosa; a Napa vineyard gets an international buyer; demolition starts on Be…