How to avoid remodeling heartbreak
Some of the best money you can spend on a remodeling project is on something you should do before the project ever gets started. Monday, 11:31 AM

Home front: Year-round fruit in your home garden, growing and harvesting garlic
A roundup of local home and garden news and events, including classes on growing fruit year round and planting and harvesting garlic. Friday, 2:45 PM

Home sales for the week of Oct. 7
A complete list of home sales on the Midpeninsula, where Palo Alto recorded the highest sale at $7,020,000 for a five-bedroom, four-level home in Old Palo Alto that includes a professional home theater and billiards room. Friday, 2:10 PM

Newcastle disease sidelines this year's Tour De Coop
Since 2012, locals have biked around Silicon Valley every fall to get a peek inside residents' chicken coops. But this year, organizers opted to cancel the tour because of a disease spreading among chickens in California. Wednesday, 4:45 PM

Bring fall home with a bounty of seasonal events
In the coming weeks, the Midpeninsula offers a variety of ways to celebrate the arrival of autumn and welcome the season into your home. Friday, 12:45 PM

Equity ripples: East Palo Alto continues to struggle amidst neighboring tech boom
Skyrocketing housing prices, a historical lack of economic, educational and health care opportunities have created seemingly insurmountable barriers for East Palo Altans. Friday, 3:04 PM

Celebrate monarchs and learn how to help them
Gamble Garden's inaugural Monarch Festival on Oct. 12 aims to spread the word among young families about how to help restore the habitat of monarch butterflies. Friday, 4:51 PM

Make it a bug's life in your yard: Event explores attracting pollinators to the garden

Fire-safe landscaping: Strategies to starve a fire of fuel

Local architects share materials, ideas that make remodels beautiful inside and out

• Palo Alto
• Atherton
• Menlo Park
• Portola Valley
• Woodside
• Mountain View
• Los Altos

• Homeowners and Renters Assistance • Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing • Palo Alto Housing Corporation • Project Sentinel • Silicon Valley Association of Realtors