How to prepare for California’s new fire-smart landscaping guidelines
For residents living in areas of high wildfire risk on the Peninsula, landscaping is no longer just about creating a lush, private yard. California is moving to require wildfire-safe landscaping for thousands of homeowners, turning long-standing recommendations for defensible space into rules that will be phased in over the next several years.
New wave of buyers heads to Peninsula — some paying $10M just for ‘dirt’
AI wealth and return-to-office mandates are reshaping the Midpeninsula housing market, bringing new buyers into a market where prices are rising and inventory remains tight. Some buyers are spending $10 million or more for land alone, while others are finding that homes they could once afford are now out of reach.
After 15 years, a Barron Park couple’s unusable bathroom gets a makeover
For more than a decade, the owners of the 1948 home in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood lived with an unused bathroom just steps from their bedroom. Water damage and mold from an earlier homeowner’s “fix” had made the room so unappealing that they preferred to climb the stairs to use another one.
How Palo Alto’s newest housing projects are testing the limits of what can be built
Palo Alto has long struggled to add enough housing, particularly affordable homes, under some of the region’s most restrictive zoning rules. Six projects now moving through the city’s development pipeline are using state housing laws, new zoning tools and public-private partnerships to add hundreds of homes. Here’s where each project stands and why it could…
Home & garden
Meet the teen building miniature ecosystems on the Peninsula
A local teen is bringing miniature ecosystems to the Peninsula through terrarium workshops, aquarium installations…
Neighborhoods
The dark history behind Woodside’s Moore Road
Woodside’s Moore Road is lined with oak trees, horse paddocks and large homes on multi-acre lots. But more than a century ago, it was the…
Real Estate business
Former home of famed mountaineer sells for $21.7M in Old Palo Alto
This week, 34 homes sold across the Midpeninsula, with prices ranging from $760,000 in East Palo Alto to $21.9 million in Atherton. We also take…
