El Nino is coming to Berkeley for dinner tomorrow? Wait! I am not ready! It’s raining, it’s pouring, soon we all will be snoring. Checked the weather lately? Did you know that it is supposed to rain for the NEXT TWO WEEKS? A biologist friend sent me an email from a climate scientist that said [...]
We are all making an effort to become more green. The easiest switch is changing out your lightbulbs. So when I walked into a house over the weekend I noticed that one of the CFL’s was broken. I thought, “Hmmm, this can’t be good.” It never occured to me what would happen if it did [...]
Did you know that there are programs out there to help low-income homeowners fix up their homes? In Contra Costa County there is a program called the Neighborhood Preservation Program which is operated by the CCC Building Inspection Department. The program, created in 1975, makes loans to very-low and low-income [...]
COMMUNITY CRIME ALERT – BURGLARS KICK DOORS IN THE HILLS Berkeley, California (Friday, October 24, 2008) – City of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) Property Crimes detectives are alerting the community about a series of daytime burglaries that have been plaguing the North Berkeley Hills in the past two months. I have clients and friends in [...]
(sing to the tune of the Calomine Lotion jingle) “Icky, sticky, drippy, crusty…oh I see that shiny stuff-y!” (end song) You know what I am talking about, right? Huh? CREOSOTE! That black stuff that sticks to the inside of your chimney. The stuff that, when you open your flue, sometimes trickles down in a fine, [...]
A minute in the life of Berkeley Real Estate Agent and Business Coach, Krista Miller. Hold on tight and check back often! The real estate market in the East Bay is movin’ and shakin’ and will surely keep you on your toes…