As the North Bay’s nonprofits and government agencies prepare shelters and warming centers for winter, they want to share that one of the reasons the number of people experiencing homelessness has not dropped significantly is because new
A proposed 130-unit housing development at the foot of the North Marin hills was green-lit by the Novato City Council this week. The council voted 5-0 to approve the Valley Oaks North project, slated for a 38-acre
American retirees just got a small raise. At least that’s one way to look at the 3.2% increase in Social Security payments to about 66 million recipients beginning this January. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to monthly
California State Parks got 650 acres prettier this week—as a vast swath of open space at the former Sonoma Developmental Center was transferred to the parks department’s jurisdiction. The transfer of SDC lands is the largest addition
Landlords in Sonoma and Marin counties regularly discriminate against Latinos and renters with families, according to a recent investigation by local fair-housing watchdogs. The report by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (FHANC), a nonprofit based in