Green Bay Area Public School District approves November referendum

GREEN BAY – Voters will decide the fate of a $183 million referendum for Green Bay School District in November, as the School Board unanimously approved the measure Monday night. The money would go toward maintenance and renovations at Green Bay schools, including remodels at elementary schools to accommodate for the new student sizes following […]

Apple affordable housing push helps Santa Cruz, San Francisco projects – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Apple Park’s spaceship campus is seen from this drone view in Sunnyvale, California. The US Department of Labor has launched a whistleblower investigation into Apple, in the latest sign of tensions between the famously secretive company and its current and former employees spilling over into public view. (Jane Tyska/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News) CUPERTINO — Apple […]

These tech startups are reconfiguring the home remodeling industry

As lumber and other building material costs soar, so are homeowners’ demands for renovations. But more than ever before, those with the remodeling itch have a bevy of tech-focused services that can help streamline the process.  The startup Outfit, for one, is digging into the DIY process for consumers who are brave enough to take […]

A Neglected Bay Area Home Finally Gets Its Moment in the Sun

Bay Area architect Henry Higby Gutterson’s houses have always been unorthodox—but not in the way you might think. While the early-20th-century architect’s more famous contemporaries—Julia Morgan, Bernard Maybeck, John Hudson Thomas—were creating homes that had rustic, woody features with sleek lines and a machine aesthetic, Gutterson was looking to English Tudors, Irish cottages, French Beaux […]