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, ...

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 ...

Berkeley City Council adopted an ordinance to include garage conversions under the definition of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, and increased the allowable ADU maximum height to 20 feet in all ...