Architect Jon Stoumen is ready. Now that the Palo Alto City Council has decided to legalize turning garages into granny units, his newly designed office can easily be switched to a living unit. But, ...

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 21, 2023 / In a recent meeting with Danny Yamnitski, the owner of CCS (LA Construction Consulting Services), a leading company specializing in Accessory Dwelling ...

Bryan and Jen Scott are believers in living small. Granted, it was a process to pare down possessions that once filled a five-bedroom house and move into their 480-square-foot garage. But today, the ...

Your underused or overstuffed garage may be tempting you: Could it be put to better use as a second home that you could rent out, let a family member use or move in yourself? You aren't the first. The ...

Montebello has avoided a lawsuit and Whittier may have settled one by agreeing to follow state laws that went into effect on Jan. 1 easing rules on garage conversions and accessory dwelling units, ...

An Oxnard man pleaded no contest to illegally converting an El Rio garage into a dwelling, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The 52-year-old entered the pleas to one ...