Jessica Roy

Tell us your thoughts on choosing a preschool in our survey for an upcoming series on costs and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s expansion of the Early Learning for All (ELFA) program.

With California electricity prices painfully high, a few surprisingly simple changes can cut the cost of keeping your home cool.

If you've recently swigged from an Owala water bottle , spritzed yourself in Sol de Janeiro body spray or dashed out of the house in a Lululemon

Watch the Chronicle webinar where our personal finance columnist interviews three experts about how the “Great Wealth Transfer” will play out in the Bay Area and what it means for your family.

More than $100 trillion is set to be passed down in the United States over the next two decades in what's been called the " Great Wealth Transfer

How much does it cost to run central air conditioning compared to ceiling fans, portable units and heat pumps? We decided to break it down.

Personal Finance Columnist Students walk through Sather Gate at UC Berkeley. When students turn 18, they become legal adults, changing parents' automatic access to some medical, financial and educational information.

Personal Finance Columnist California Gov. Gavin Newsom has urged families to consider Trump accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children, despite the program's political branding.

If you're a child of the late '80s or '90s, you may have noticed something peculiar recently: The clothing brands of your childhood, the ones that

Personal Finance Columnist Gas prices above $6 a gallon and diesel prices over $8 a gallon are posted at a station in Monterey Park (Los Angeles County) on Sept. 8.