Nearly half of the 48 homes sold this week had price tags of $4 million or higher. Atherton saw the most-expensive recorded sale at $29 million, while Los Altos saw the most transactions.

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Our guide to a month full of summer fun throughout Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley house hunters having a difficult time finding homes for sale aren't alone. Low housing inventory seems to be a nationwide phenomenon.  

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Want to give your kitty's living quarters an upgrade? If you have the space (and it doesn't need to take much) adding a catio could prove to be the cat's meow.

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Home prices and sales fell statewide in California in June as mortgage interest rates hovered above  7% throughout the bulk of May, when most of these sales opened escrow, according to a new report from the California Association of Realtors.

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When Sally and Joel Phillips purchased their Portola Valley property, it didn't exactly come with the home of their dreams. The old 1,000-square-foot cabin was barely habitable, but it was what the newly married couple could afford in the neighborhood at the time, so they decided to make the best of it. 

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Menlo Park recorded the highest home sale for the week, while Mountain View saw the most transactions.

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Systems at San Francisco International Airport are now functioning after a global tech outage early Friday morning. Other systems outages reported so far include Santa Clara County Superior Court and the Palo Alto and Menlo Park city websites.

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From a cemetery tour by trolley to a boat ride on the lagoon, step back in time on these Peninsula guided excursions

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San Mateo native Edwina Ferro creates upcycled handbags using vintage fabrics obtained from a variety of salvage sources.

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