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The Fed is cutting interest rates. Is it time to buy a home in the Bay Area?


The Fed is cutting interest rates. Is it time to buy a home in the Bay Area?

The news many potential homebuyers have been waiting for is finally here: the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates. Does that mean Bay Area home hunters should turn to Zillow in hopes of finding a cheap mortgage loan? Not yet, say local real estate experts. For the most part, lenders have already factored the interest […]

Reconstruction plans for Big Basin Redwoods State Park unveiled four years after massive forest fire


Reconstruction plans for Big Basin Redwoods State Park unveiled four years after massive forest fire

Four years ago, a devastating forest fire devastated the Big Basin Redwoods, California’s oldest state park. 97 percent of the landscape was charred and all buildings and campgrounds were destroyed. Left behind were ruins where cherished family memories had been kept for generations. Now hikers have returned. The trails are open again. The blackened redwoods […]