Keep Informed

December 2006

• UK -- $100 laptop project launches 2007
• SACRAMENTO -- California no longer population magnet
• U.S. -- Eye in the sky for wildfire risks
• HARTFORD -- Houses affordable for everyone
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A., Long Ruled by Cars, Becoming a Transit Leader
• LOS ANGELES -- Officers to help with traffic near L.A. malls
• SACRAMENTO -- Turnout second lowest for November vote
• WASHINGTON -- Adviser says worst of housing slump may be over
• SACRAMENTO -- Fiscal storm on horizon
• U.S. -- Retail seen as ‘the Achilles’ heel’ of some Transit Oriented Developments
• UK -- Offshore wind farms get go-ahead
• OPINION -- finding the true holiday spirit
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A.'s future is on the line
• U.S. -- An eBay for Parking Spots
• CHICAGO -- Forest Park backs off idea of taking homes for parking
• MIAMI -- Downtown Development Authority seeks easing of affordable housing mandate
• LOS ANGELES -- Condo-conversion limits weighed
• LONG BEACH -- Bill to ban smoking on beaches, in car with kids
• U.S. -- More homeowners fall behind in payments
• LOS ANGELES -- Need a parking place? Good luck
• NEW YORK -- No Parking: Condos Leave Out Cars
• LOS ANGELES -- Orange Line peeling away
• LONG BEACH -- Council OKs union law for city hotels
• U.S. -- More Americans donating the gift of time
• CALIFORNIA -- California loses residents for first time in a decade
• SAN DIEGO -- 'Short sales' called an emerging trend
• OPINION -- US housing market is different this time - it's worse
• CHICAGO -- Scientist examines city squirrels' lives
• OPINION -- Brown Leaves Oakland With Legacy of Improper Planning
• LOS ANGELES -- City claims Westside traffic will ease, thanks to two skyscraper condos
• LOS ANGELES -- MTA questions Caltrans' budgeting
• VICTORIA -- The World's Most High-tech Urinal
• U.S. -- Behavioral psychology's unexpected lesson for urban design
• U.S. -- IM or e-mail? Age a new factor in cyber chatting
• OPINION -- Are Humans Totally Stupid?
• UK -- Plastics 'poisoning world's seas'
• BURBANK -- Teachers union presses for raise
• SPRINGFIELD -- Homeless facility provides model
• ORLANDO -- Homeless lose part of lawsuit over feedings
• CALIFORNIA -- Sales Slow for Hybrids
• SAN DIEGO -- Smoking along S.D. Bay banned by Port District
• CALIFORNIA -- New study shows 22 states' residents in better condition
• LONG BEACH -- Council moves toward RV limits
• U.S. -- You've got spam -- more of it than ever
• OPINION -- E-pay not so free-pay anymore
• LOS ANGELES -- City worker claims surge
• SAN DIEGO -- Smoking ban in parks considered by county
• U.S. -- Builder's 2007 profit outlook below forecasts
• SACRAMENTO -- Bill would expand domestic partner law in California
• SACRAMENTO -- Freshman class in Legislature setting a record
• UK -- Ikea launches flatpack homes in Britain
• U.S. -- Home Prices Barely Rose in Quarter
• LOS ANGELES -- Optimism is rising on housing market
• VALLEJO -- City Council gives Section 8 preference to homeless children
• U.S. -- Most Americans Oppose New Development
• OPINION -- The Coming Collapse in Housing