Keep Informed

June 2006

• UK -- Lighting the key to energy saving
• LOS ANGELES -- LAPD, LAX police reach airport deal
• BERKELEY -- Berkeley council passes impeachment resolution
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Property values bracing for a fall
• OPINION -- Villaraigosa Calls on AIA Architects to Help Transform Los Angeles
• CHICAGO -- Report: Hot housing markets cooling
• WASHINGTON -- Surgeon General Warns of Secondhand Smoke
• SAN DIEGO -- S.D. tries to settle affordable housing suit
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Judge puts city's bicycle plan on hold
• PORTLAND -- City considers fee for developers who opt for fewer parking spaces
• OPINION -- The Chronicle Discovers Gentrification in San Francisco
• LONG BEACH -- `Back to basics' on the Council
• WASHINGTON -- High court rejects Vermont campaign finance law
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Hackers switch to targeting MySpace, other Web services
• UK -- PC users want greener machines'
• CHICAGO -- Watchdog barks at schools tax hike
• LOS ANGELES -- Study: Southern San Andreas fault overdue for big quake
• NEW YORK -- Housing Tighter for New Yorkers of Moderate Pay
• US -- Foreclosures may follow rise in ARM rates
• US -- Housing market shows strength, sag
• LOS ANGELES -- Council backs hands-free bill
• SAN DIEGO -- S.D. council votes to ban smoking in city parks, beaches
• WASHINGTON -- Police use dubious telephone connections
• US -- 2006 State of the Nation's Housing Identifies Cities With Highest Home Prices
• FT LAUDERDALE -- to vote on low-income apartment tower for downtown workers
• US -- Nation's love affair with McMansions shows signs of waning
• US -- Beyond the Valley: 10 Blooming U.S. Cities for Tech
• US -- Housing market index falls to 11-year low
• US -- Dollar May Drop; Housing Starts Probably Held Near 17-Month Low
• CALIFORNIA -- New college loan plan proposed
• SAN DIEGO -- Aguirre unveils case against pension increases
• CHICAGO -- Gangs widening suburban reach
• BOSTON -- Mayor's condo proposal denounced as rent control
• DENVER -- War on obesity enlists sidewalks, bike paths
• CONTRA COSTA -- Officials plan to drive out homeless
• OPINION -- Raise High the Green Beam, Carpenter
• ORLANDO -- Free food and fear
• UK -- Number of new homeless families at a 20 year low
• CALIFORNIA -- The Mean Green Machine
• OPINION: Taking California taxpayers for a ride
• BURBANK -- Airport weighs security shift to sheriff
• CHICAGO -- Alderman fails to calm rage over adult store
• SEATTLE -- Global warming could burn insurers
• LONG BEACH -- Housing mistrust: Condo conversion fee would punish property owners
• PORTLAND -- Oregon might tax motorists per mile driven, not per gallon
• LOS ANGELES -- Caltrans collects options for fixes to 101-405 jam
• SAN DIEGO -- Housing advocates are pleased by tougher rules
• SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County home prices take a tumble
• EVERETT -- In drive for peace and quiet, state to try rubber in roads
• OPINION -- The business of helping homeless
• SEATTLE -- Neighbors welcome housing project for mentally ill homeless people
• LOS ANGELES -- Condominium upsurge triggers backlash
• BURBANK --Burbank Bus ridership leaps
• SANTA MONICA -- 97 Year-Old's Death May Be Linked To Bizarre Scam
• DENVER -- New Campaign Shows Progress for Homeless
• SACRAMENTO -- Tiny clutch of voters picks state's leaders
• SACRAMENTO -- State's schools found skimping on PE classes
• OPINION -- Transporting Climate Change: the Environmental Rights Implications of Local Choices
• CHICAGO -- Kids out past curfew? It could cost you
• LOS ANGELES -- Food pantry supply wanes
• LOS ANGELES -- Student Fatally Shot at Venice High
• NEW YORK -- What You Can Rent for $1,000
• NEW YORK -- A Distubing Insider's Look At New York City's 'Rentocrats'
• WASHINGTON -- Justices to look at schools, race
• LOS ANGELES -- Road rage more than rudeness
• LOS ANGELES -- Suspected hit-and-run grannies plead not guilty
• SAN DIEGO -- Parking meters in downtown S.D. enter digital age
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Costs double as Translink system idles
• CHICAGO -- Fair-housing agency closing
• CHICAGO -- Strict moms raising fat kids
• U.S. -- 1st-Quarter Home Prices Rise, but at Slower Pace
• CALIFORNIA -- Assembly Passes Evans Affordable Housing Bill
• LOS ANGELES -- MTA ideas may ad up
• SEATTLE -- Smokers find refuge in secret nicotine dens
• WASHINGTON -- Perceptions of school differ across race lines
• PALM BEACH -- Easy-to-get loans cause thousands to lose homes
• WASHINGTON -- Restrictions Causing Sprawl, Study Says
• SAN DIEGO -- Council OKs Aguirre call for help in pension suit
• SAN FRANCISCO -- With more choice has come resegregation
• LOS ANGELES -- Clerks in line of fire over gas prices
• SACRAMENTO -- State bill part of police turf war over LAX, other airports
• US -- Net ad spend poised to overtake national press