Homelessness: A national issue. This local initiative comes amid a national surge in homelessness. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), over 770,000 people were ...

When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched groves. But for two decades, the state’s citrus industry has been under siege by a ...

Knowing your rights. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prevents debt collection companies from contacting you during certain hours. They are ...

Imagine coming home and finding out that a cement truck is in the middle of your living room. It's hard to picture a disaster like this, but it became a reality for residents of two Daly City Homes.

Align your financial freedom with a deeper mission. A 2024 survey by ResumeBuilder revealed that 13% of retired seniors plan to re-enter the workforce in 2025. Notably, 26% of these retirees expressed ...

Why many Californians are cost-burdened. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development considers homeowners cost-burdened if they spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing, ...

Deportations devastate farm workforce. About 50% of farm workers in the U.S. are undocumented migrants — including skilled supervisors and machine operators — according to Farmonaut, a farm technology ...

Complaints of crimes and missing person reports on cruises that dock at U.S. ports have surged in recent years, fueling what one security expert calls a “dark cloud” over an industry eager to protect ...

How to avoid being scammed by a contractor. The National Association of Realtors, citing a 2023 study from JW Surety Bonds, says that about one in 10 Americans have been a victim of a contractor scam, ...

Forty-year-old Jenny is a surgeon earning nearly half a million dollars a year. She called into The Ramsey Show to ask a hard financial and emotional question: “My boyfriend doesn’t want to work. Is ...

A Queens woman found what looked like a phone buried in her front lawn — but it wasn’t just lost property. Mary Kehoe, who’s lived in her Forest Hills home for 35 years, spotted the strange device ...

Rebecca Payne has more than a decade of experience editing and producing both local and national daily newspapers. She's worked on the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, Metro, Canada's National ...