The living room's location is unconventional in this home, revealing an ingenious reverse-loft configuration that includes a raised lounge upstairs and a main-floor bedroom underneath.

Residents worry the neighborhood's growth will be too fast for the city and district to keep up with infrastructure.

A distinctive Sea Ranch home that once belonged to master planner and renowned Bay Area landscape architect Lawrence Halprin is now on the market for $8 million — the highest asking price of any ...