Successful Silicon Valley venture capital companies have turned Sand Hill Road, a Menlo Park boulevard lined with VC firms, into an icon of wealth, and sprinkled the region with palatial homes and gleaming Maseratis.

But there's a growing movement called "impact investing" that looks beyond financial returns to also deliver positive effects on ...Read more

You might imagine that more people would feel flush with a few Benjamins in the bank.

After all, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above 27,000 for the first time ever in July. The country's jobless rate hit 3.7% in June -- the kind of lows we saw the year that man first walked on the moon.

So why are we hearing that so many households ...Read more

Women's pay has been rising faster than men's, by some measures, so why aren't they taking more control over their money?

Women's pay grew by nearly 10% between 2000 and 2017, while men's earnings ticked up just 3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But the share of women reporting that they are the breadwinners of their families ...Read more

If you're lucky, you're already avoiding the 100-plus degree heat some areas are experiencing; hunkered down at home, sipping a glass of iced tea, staying downwind of an air conditioner or a fan. But while you're hiding from the sun, your electric meter is out there, whirring like a tiny tornado, diligently toting up all the energy it takes to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--Actor David Arquette appears set on shaking up his real estate portfolio, listing both his Encino home and a Lake Arrowhead retreat for sale.

The Encino property, purchased two years ago from actress Kate Walsh, is priced at $4.975 million and includes more than an acre of grounds, a tennis court and a guesthouse.

Built in 1950 ...Read more

A dearth of new apartments and a swell of new jobs have pushed Bay Area rents higher in recent months, keeping the region's title as the most expensive place in the country for renters.

Median rents rose 4.2% in San Jose, year-over-year, in the second quarter of 2019. In the Oakland and San Francisco metro area, monthly apartment payments grew ...Read more

Q: Our landlord sold the home we have rented for many years. The new landlord wants us to make a new security deposit. We told him that we still have the one from when we moved in. He feels that is the prior owner's problem and is withholding repairs to the home until we make another deposit. Can he do this? -- Tina

A: No. When your landlord ...Read more

DETROIT -- A new study challenges the notion that Detroit is rapidly gentrifying and even that gentrification is as harmful as many believe.

Indeed, the analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is one of several lately that see more positives than negatives in the changing nature of many urban neighborhoods.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Rare is the real estate listing that really means it when characterizing a home as "truly, one of a kind."

But there is no other place like 3311 Waverly Drive in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.

Robert Giambalvo, the Redfin listing agent, described the property over the phone in perfectly formulated servings of real-estate ...Read more

Few people would consider a door handle a hazardous part of a building. Those folks haven't encountered the Everbilt Stainless Steel Door Pull, of which Home Depot recalled 70,200 recently.

The problem, as stated in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice: "The door pulls can have sharp edges on the back, posing a laceration ...Read more

Get a robocall lately from Jonathon or someone else saying that your student loans have been flagged for a student loan forgiveness program?

"If you owe more than $10,000 and are not currently enrolled in school, you could qualify for a reduced monthly payment and a large portion of your balance to be forgiven," one caller said.

"To redeem ...Read more

After cutting the cable cord a few years ago, I opted to go with Netflix and Amazon Prime accounts to stream movies and TV shows.

But the monthly and yearly membership fees keep creeping upward. I pay $119 a year for Amazon, which offers many benefits including Prime Video. I also fork over $155 a year for Netflix. The company recently ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Driven by steadily increasing rents, apartment dwellers are far more likely to seek housing on the other side of the bay, creating a huge game of musical chairs, according a recent survey.

The study this month by Apartment List describes a curious ping-pong-like phenomenon where renters, often forced to move by rising rents,...Read more

Are you a worker worried you won't have enough money to retire?

Are you an employer who doesn't offer either a pension or a 401(k) to your workers?

If so, CalSavers is aimed at you.

On July 1, California launched an ambitious state-sponsored retirement program for the private sector. All employers with five or more workers will be required to...Read more

No doubt, it's tempting to sign up for a "quick fix" to clean up your credit. Who wouldn't want to instantly find a way to add 100 or more points to a credit score to qualify for a rewards-packed credit card? Or maybe, finally, qualify for a great deal on a car loan?

But the Federal Trade Commission and others are warning that any company that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Half a decade is plenty for Pete Wentz, who has put his Encino home of five years on the market for $2.395 million.

The house has been a hot spot for musicians over the years; Wentz bought it from R&B singer-songwriter Eric Benet for $1.965 million in 2014, records show. That was around the same time Wentz sold his old place in ...Read more

As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn't 3%.

The larger increase reflects higher inflation levels and comes as rising rents have been blamed for crimping household budgets and driving people into homelessness. Across Los Angeles and Orange counties,...Read more