Beyond the box: How one Bay Area firm is redefining prefab with custom designed homes

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For decades, factory-built homes carried a stigma. People pictured boxy, cookie-cutter houses pulled from a catalog and churned out on an assembly line. CleverHomes is among a growing number of architects and builders proving otherwise, using modular construction as a way to create unique custom homes faster and with greater efficiency.

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California prepares for fire risk as storms bring lightning threat

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California has prepositioned firefighting resources across the state in anticipation of thunderstorms bringing heavy rain, dry lightning and gusty winds that could spark new wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. CalFire has boosted staffing statewide, a press release issued Thursday said. The agency has added extra engines, strike teams, and hand crews in both its ...

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Newsom signs laws to resist Trumps immigration crackdown, including ban on masks for ICE agents

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a set of bills meant to check the Trump administrations aggressive immigration crackdown in California, including measures that limit their access on schools and force them to identify themselves in public.  The new laws echo the "resistance" measures ...

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This monthly sale is a treasure trove of historic, whimsical and practical cookbooks – all for a very low price

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Learn how to cook with bugs, incorporate Coca-Cola into all sorts of dishes and even make an (unofficial) Harry Potter cauldron cake in the pages of cookbooks stocked at a Friends of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL) book sale.

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Armadillo Willys regular reopens shuttered Sunnyvale restaurant, couldnt bear to see favorite sandwich go

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John Vink never thought hed end up in the restaurant industry – especially four years into retirement. But his love for Armadillo Willys Pit-Smoked Boneless Chicken Sandwich with fresh jalapenos led him to reopen the barbecue chains Sunnyvale spot.

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In Los Altos, 1 in 8 homes sell $1M over list price as bidding turns fierce

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After a slow spring in both prices and sales activity, the Midpeninsula housing market is picking up again, mirroring the recent surge in the stock market.  While mortgage rates havent had much effect on home prices since 2023, the chance of future rate cuts now has buyers moving faster as many look to lock in homes, worried prices could climb higher.

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County greenlights first ever broad union labor agreement

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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors recently approved its first broad labor agreement with unions for public works projects in the county.

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Child hit by car while biking to school

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A North Star Academy student was hit by a motorist outside of Orion Alternative School during drop-off at around 8:30 a.m. The middle schooler was on her way to school, traveling by bicycle.

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Which of these 2025 bills will Gavin Newsom sign?

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The fate of hundreds of bills recently approved by the Legislature now rests with Gov. Gavin Newsom. He has one month to sign or veto any measures passed in the final days before the session ended Sept. 13. As his attention turns ever ...

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Californias sky high living costs afford it the nations highest poverty label - again

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last years presidential election underscored, particularly to Democrats, that the costs of living were a major factor in the outcome. Inflation had increased sharply during Joe Bidens presidency, and voters angst about rising prices worked against Vice President Kamala Harris campaign to succeed ...

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