Residents can save thousands of dollars through a San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District incentive program if they replace their home heating and cooling with an electric heat pump system.

SAN FRANCISCO — Paying the public to reduce wood smoke, Bay Area pollution regulators this summer will offer homeowners thousands of dollars to replace old wood fireplaces and stoves with cleaner ...

Dear Sue Ann: Replacing an old fireplace surround and hearth with newer, modern designs and a fresh coat of paint on the walls can completely transform the decor of your living room. Gas logs are ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...