This housing program keeps college students off the streets and in the classroom • Three trailers in Topanga, less than 5 miles from beach, list for $299K each
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025

If you’re planning to make financial resolutions for the new year, experts recommend that you start by evaluating the state of your finances in 2024.

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This housing program keeps college students off the streets and in the classroom

They’re getting help from a 4-year-old effort to boost graduation rates with rent subsidies and life skills training.

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Three trailers in Topanga, less than 5 miles from beach, list for $299K each

These ‘studio homes’ offer an alternative to the soaring prices that have made homeownership unattainable for many.

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World’s 500 richest people surpass $10 trillion in wealth in 2024

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang led the group of billionaires to the new milestone.

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California income inequality year in review: Poverty rises as programs end

While pandemic-era safety net programs ended, 2024 saw an increase in guaranteed income pilot programs.

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Mexico has a plan for Trump’s deportation promises — on both sides of the border

The plan includes opening new shelters for deportees in Baja California and creating an app to notify consulates in the U.S. of impending detention.

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US Treasury says it was breached by Chinese-backed hacker

The hacker was able to remotely access certain Treasury workstations and “certain unclassified documents maintained by those users,” the department said.

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Which way will mortgage rates go in 2025?

Mortgage rates averaged 6.72% for 2024, the 31st-highest yearly rate in the past 52 years.

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California to require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas

A consumer advocacy group said Monday that the new rules would allow home insurers to drive up rates by 40% to 50%.

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Bank insiders are leaking data on client accounts as scams surge

The industry’s lowest-paid employees keep getting caught selling sensitive customer information out the back door.

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