Inspectors found that the house failed to have smoke detectors in the sleeping pods; used extension cords instead of permanent wiring; had possible over-fusing with multiple-plug strips ...

Other interns at the restaurant told Manjappa about their living situation. It was Palo Alto’s “pod house,” and for $800 a month that included utilities and Internet – with no security ...

One pod serves as a one-bedroom, one-bath guest house, or "accessory dwelling unit," while the other works as a studio. "When the owners purchased the home in 2023, they were initially drawn in by ...