Lafferty Homes, a San Ramon home builder, filed for bankruptcy after lenders pulled funding on several projects.
Law enforcement officers raided an Oakland building and an Alameda home Tuesday morning, arresting six people and seizing 58 marijuana plants, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced.
Oakland nonprofit CEO Women helps low-income immigrant and refugee women launch or grow small businesses with small loans.
Aspiring entrepreneurs use grants from Oakland nonprofit to jump-start businesses
On the Fourth of July, someone lit up a 1996 Volvo 850 in Sunrise and a good neighbor was burned. When a police officer arrived at 12:59 a.m., the car in the driveway of a home in the 11400 block of Northwest 35th Street was fully engulfed in flames.
Spreading mortgage problems are blamed for the results at Washington Mutual and Wachovia. Wachovia Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. posted billions of dollars in mortgage losses Tuesday, far more than analysts had forecast, but their stocks rose as investors apparently concluded that the home-lending sector could work through its deep troubles.
Starbucks, which announced earlier this month it would be closing 600 stores and laying off up to 12,000 employees nationwide, has served as an outlet for Oakland residents to provide for their families in the face of misfortune.
The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced that an unnamed mesothelioma patient and his family have reached a confidential settlement with several manufacturers of home heating and air conditioning equipment, including industry leaders Lennox, Trane and Carrier.
Home Buyer Seminar: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Deed Realtors, 46135 Van Dyke in Utica. Free. Call Gloria at 586-531-1247 for information.
Equal love: Three years before the state Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal, designers Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams found Italian upholstery fabric with same-sex male and female graphics, which they made into 21-inch square throw pillows that...