by Steve Rodriguez – March 4, 2025, 11:05 p.m. Ask current or former members of a California Homeowners Association to relate a mismanagement or overly zealous board of directors horror story pertaining to owning or living in such a community of homes — chances are good they will respond with a few interesting tales. If…
Three years later, authorities raided nine sites around valley By LAWRENCE MOWER | Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL On Aug. 22, 2005, Bill Farnsworth, Wanda Murray and three other owners of condominiums at the Rhodes Homes development of Vistaña walked into the local headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In their possession was a 3-inch thick,…
As thousands of gallons of water pour out of sinkhole every day, HOA initially says it’s not a big problemBy Thy Vo [email protected] January 28, 2020Publication: Mercury News, The (San Jose, CA)Page: B1Word Count: 1254 SANTA CLARA Doug Ridley and Sherry Shen figured their condominium in Santa Clara would serve as a retirement nest egg,…
Homeowners Ivette Santaella and Rex Ramsey got the good news on Tuesday –they won their case against Walnut Creek debt collectors Angius & Terry. In April, they won their small claims suit against the debt collector, but the company appealed the ruling; the appeal was heard August 4 in Contra Costa Superior Court. CCHAL attended…
By Fran SotoRiver Valley Times Staff – The Ranch Equestrian Estates, a planned development built by JTS Communities, is located on Clay Station Road in Wilton. It is not uncommon to hear birds singing or view whole-sky sunsets. But within this picturesque community, a legal conflict has erupted as homeowners and their fledgling homeowners’ association…
Jason Probst, The Press-Tribune Sep 16, 2005 11:00 AM After a lengthy battle against Sun City Roseville’s board over whether or not he could access financial records, Don Chaney feels vindicated. Thanks to a Sept. 8 decision, the Sun City resident’s lengthy and often contentious push to access what he believes are public records was…
Rockin’ the suburbsHomeowners associations have the power of government–but what about the accountability? By Jeffrey M. Barker September 11, 2005 Don Chaney just wants to know where his money is going. But to find out, he’s had to take his Roseville homeowners association to court. And in doing so, his fight for information has become…
By Jennifer K. Morita — Bee Staff Writer – (Published August 17, 2003) When Bay Area resident Linda Giovannini turned 55 and was ready to retire, she had seven high school classmates living in Sun City Roseville — Del Webb’s first age-restricted community in the Sacramento area. So, naturally, she followed. Giovannini says the lifestyle…
By Cynthia Hubert — Bee Staff Writer “Coward!” he hears from the window of a passing car, between honks of support. “Traitor!” If only they knew, William Durston thinks. If only they knew he volunteered for the Marines at age 17 and gave up college scholarship offers to serve in Vietnam at the height of…