Christian Leonard

California’s housing market is in something of a rut, but not in these two cities where homes are reaching record prices.

The proliferation of fentanyl in recent years has driven a deadly drug overdose epidemic in San Francisco. The Chronicle is tracking accidental overdose deaths in the city to shed light on the crisis.

Housing markets across much of the U.S. are cooling, with many sellers resorting to the unthinkable: Cutting prices. But one city in the Bay Area hasn’t gotten the memo.

San Francisco rentals are leasing faster and pricing higher than they have at any point since the pandemic.

California’s poverty rate is once again the highest in the country, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. What’s more, that rate recently saw its first increase in more than a decade.

ICE deported roughly 5,500 people from California during the first seven months of this year, new data shows, reflecting a significant jump in removals since President Trump took office.

Rising housing costs and soft income growth in the outer Bay Area has made it harder for renters to make ends meet.

In recent years, California lawmakers have made strenuous efforts to streamline housing permitting and close the supply-demand gap — and catch up with other states. Has it helped?

The East Bay ZIP code’s home values are down 30% from the start of the decade and show no signs of reversing.

Using Zillow home values data, we are mapping Bay Area median home prices and charting changes in the housing market. See home prices near you by plugging in your address to the interactive map.