Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

Q: My neighbor was draining his pool because his contractor needed to make repairs. He wound up in a real ugly confrontation with Bakersfield Police Department. BPD was telling him that it was illegal ...

CHICAGO — Thousands of public and private pools across the country will have to be retrofitted with new safety equipment after a recall Thursday of drain covers that may not protect swimmers from ...