San Jose Mercury News

Just as he's done for almost 60 years, Charlie Olson continues to work in his Sunnyvale cherry orchard, producing plump and flavorful fruit--cherries so good they've drawn hundreds of thousands...

These are the days when Silicon Valley reaps the bitter fruit of its own economic success. Exorbitant housing costs and scarce vacancies. Maddening traffic jams. Crowded schools. All these trends...

For $379,000, rustic downtown Loma Mar could be yours. Consider the perks: a post office, a fire department, a restaurant, a store, a gas pump and a delicatessen -- all...

Taxpayers will pay for much of the damage caused by the New Year's storms that hit California and other Western states, despite efforts by the federal government to prod more...

A fair warning: Home-design software won't make you an expert in architecture, design, construction or drafting. Don't expect the results to be finished drawings that can be handed to a...

Even if you don't want to tackle a construction job, or even major remodeling, during the winter, it's an ideal time to plan. You can use your PC to help...

Jim and Chris, two recently wed Silicon Valley engineers, walked numbly through the three-bedroom, two-bath ranch house they had just bought in a desirable north Palo Alto neighborhood. The original...

Your rent's going up 30 percent a month and you can't afford it. But you don't want to move and take your kids out of their schools. What do you...

Jim and Chris, two recently wed Silicon Valley engineers, walked numbly through the three-bedroom, two-bath ranch house they had just bought in a desirable north Palo Alto neighborhood. The original...

Chaos reigns inside the ramshackle Victorian home as 17 people scramble to find a place to turn in for the night. In the living room, a 19-year-old woman, pregnant with...