Keep Informed

August 2006

• LOS ANGELES -- Credit set to help the homeless
• US -- Housing, Energy Prices Strain Shoppers
• OPINION -- "Don't Feed The Homeless"
• SACRAMENTO -- Assembly approves universal health care
• CALIFORNIA -- CBIA home picture bleak
• US -- The Housing Crisis Goes Suburban
• US -- Can We Afford New Urbanism?
• OPINION -- Business in downtown Seattle may not be worth cost
• WASHINGTON -- Waistlines continue to grow in U.S.
• OPINION -- Once bubble bursts, cities feel the pain; Housing market riddled with speculation
• US -- As the Auto Age Dawned, Gasoline Wasn't King
• UK -- Technology lets ads get personal
• LOS ANGELES -- Welcome to Gentrification City
• LOS ANGELES -- MTA agrees to the name 'Expo Line'
• SEATTLE -- Rental housing turns in landlords' favor
• CHICAGO -- Daley proposes fifth year of high school
• SOLANA BEACH -- Ordinance limits square footage
• SAN DIEGO -- Cost of mayor's recovery plan put at $45 million, 500 job cuts
• LOS ANGELES -- Real estate sellers call for higher agent's help
• US -- Voters Approve Of Transportation Ballot Measures
• SACRAMENTO -- Key elements of global-warming bill divided
• US -- Cityscape of fear
• US -- Attacks on homeless up, activists say
• SAN DIEGO -- Helping hands tied by cuts
• DENVER -- More Housing Pops Up Near New Light Rail Stations
• LOS ANGELES -- Gap persists on high school exit exam
• CALIFORNIA -- Defaults rise in California
• US -- Existing home sales drop
• US -- Ozone hole stable, say scientists
• US -- Hybrid cars will pay for themselves over time
• US -- ‘Mash-Ups’ Will Revolutionize How Planners and Citizens View City Planning
• SEATTLE -- College campuses are going green
• CHICAGO -- Foie humbug: Daley mocks ban
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Free wireless a high-wire act
• HOUSTON -- Mayor Wants Crackdown On Panhandling
• CALIFORNIA -- Housing prices may fall, but slowly
• US -- Newspapers trim work forces as advertising slows
• SEATTLE -- In the pursuit of youth, each vote counts
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Luxury condo complex spawns lawsuit
• LOS ANGELES -- Soulless Converts
• PORTLAND -- Where the car is not king
• SAN DIEGO -- Some nonsmokers huffy about ban, too
• SEATTLE -- Smoking ban a drag on bar take?
• CALIFORNIA -- Insurers OK auto rates based on your record
• CALIFORNIA -- California on brink of global warming breakthrough
• OPINION -- Big Box Rebellion
• LOS ANGELES -- Students in districts around L.A. do well
• SAN FRANCISCO -- City accuses big landlord of illegal tactics
• SEATTLE -- Proposed rules irk nightclub owners
• EARTH -- Planets plan boosts tally to 12
• SWEDEN -- File-sharing 'darknet' unveiled
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Inner cities shrinking as nonwhites seek better schools and lives
• OPINION -- A 100-year plan for open spaces in the Emerald City
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Google to connect town to Internet for free
• SAN DIEGO -- S.D. luxury home values see slight gains
• SAN DIEGO -- City Attorney launches personal Weblog
• SAN DIEGO -- Five on City Council lambasted
• SEATTLE -- Housing Prices Cooling in Parts of City
• US -- Homeowners say "Downsize Me!"
• NEW YORK -- City's Wealthiest Zip Code May Soon Get a Face-Lift
• ASPEN -- Private-planner pipeline starts at City Hall
• SAN MATEO -- Cities team up to meet housing requirements
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Gore's TV idea seems more Current
• LONG BEACH -- Veteran officers leaving Long Beach
• PARIS -- 'Tent city' shames Paris into helping its homeless
• OPINION -- Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said he is open to ideas on how to address homelessness
• LOS ANGELES -- Grading The Best Traffic Solutions For Los Angeles?
• UK -- Warning of online drugs 'danger'
• SAN DIEGO -- Aguirre challenges Kroll to justify its conclusions
• SAN DIEGO -- City must answer the biggest question: Where to find money?
• US -- Office waste: Workers kill 1.86 hours a day
• SEATTLE -- Condo price rise outpaces houses
• WATSONVILLE -- Organic farms short on workers
• OLYMPIA -- Renewable energy initiative qualifies for November ballot
• BIG BEAR -- Homework pays off for Mathieu
• SAN DIEGO -- A beach building boom
• LONG BEACH -- Council weighs greener growth
• US -- Economic Development and Smart Growth
• OPINION -- Getting There: Crosswalk buttons aren't just for show
• SAN FRANCISCO -- City leaders reach deal on housing complex
• CHICAGO -- How much should you spend on your kitchen?
• TOPANGA -- Group sues EPA over beach cleanup
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F.'s homeless aging on the street
• US -- Bans on Feeding Homeless Spread, Face Challenges
• OPINION -- Easy credit driving housing prices?
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Next frontier for spammers: text messaging
• US -- Reconquering World Cities
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Mortgage defaults increase
• LONG BEACH -- L.B. called a good friend to business
• LOS ANGELES -- Termed-out City Council members running again?
• LOS ANGELES -- Plan OK'd to reduce jail crowding
• LONG BEACH -- Council shelves charter changes
• CALIFORNIA -- Democrats see pay cuts in minimum wage hike
• LOS ANGELES -- "Black Widows" Charged With Killing Homeless Men
• LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas marshals ticket 7, arrest 3 amid homeless protests
• SEATTLE -- Council wants authority to fire agency directors
• VAIL -- Vail makes green energy move
• LOS ANGELES -- Intern program gives youths new start
• LONG BEACH -- Youth program offers second chance
• NEW YORK -- For Rent: The Hottest Form of Housing
• US -- Housing Slows, Taking Big Toll on the Economy
• CHICAGO -- Council defies Daley, OKs 'living wage'
• ORLANDO -- Group skirts homeless feeding ban on apparent technicality
• LOS ANGELES -- Sale to developer is upheld
• SAN DIEGO -- Aguirre attacks law firm's handling of pension-fund inquiry
• US -- US 'may give up' some net control