Keep Informed

March 2006

TENNESSEE -- Group Says Restrictive Land-Use Rules May Cause Housing Prices To Soar

LOS ANGELES -- L.A.-area rents high - and climbing higher

WASHINGTON -- A Drive for Affordable Housing

CALIFORNIA -- A 'fragile economy' ahead, UCLA forecast warns

CALIFORNIA -- Reiner backtracks, quits campaign for preschool initiative

LOS ANGELES -- Colleges pondering bond

SAN DIEGO -- City's Pension Legal Bills Pile Up

UK -- Home power plan 'disappointment'

WORLD -- Microsoft warns on browser bugs

OPINION -- Innovative Solutions To Vehicle Parking Problems

OPINION -- The Planning Penalty

LOS ANGELES -- L.A. green power low on energy

SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento jail sued for lack of vegan options

WASHINGTON -- Proposed FEC Rules Would Exempt Most Political Activity on Internet

UK -- Wind power 'ahead of predictions'

SAN DIEGO -- S.D. uses settlement for everything but

U.S. -- Working Families See Little Hope for Homes

U.S. -- Existing Home Sales Post Unexpected Gains

MASSACHUSETTS -- Towns allowed to ban smoking in private clubs

NORTH CAROLINA -- City approves ban on feeding homeless downtown

LOS ANGELES -- 3 plead guilty in recycling fraud

WASHINGTON -- Melting ice sheets could spur oceans' rise

CALIFORNIA -- State air pollution second only to New York

SANTA MONICA -- FAA Tape Reveals Pilot's Final Words Before Crash

SEATTLE -- Going up: Downtown building height increases approved

LONG BEACH -- Measure would target eminent domain

LOS ANGELES -- Marquez Pursues Ambitious Agenda at L.A. Housing Dept.

LONDON -- Plight of homeless families revealed in hard-hitting report

OPINION -- Bring homeless veterans in from cold

NEW YORK -- N.Y.C.'s crime fight to get more eyes

BERKELEY -- How to spot a baby conservative

U.S. -- More U.S. homeowners seek historic designation

KALAMAZOO -- City considers restrooms, camping, bus tokens for homeless

CHICAGO -- Illinois leads new push for universal preschool

JAPAN -- Huts of homeless win architectural kudos

LOS ANGELES -- Bonuses swell pay for police, firefighters

WASHINGTON -- Feinstein takes aim at global warming

SEATTLE -- Steinbrueck offers condo compromise

U.S. -- Group: Airlines Lost 30M Bags in 2005

CHICAGO -- Will you tolerate ads for free 411 dialing?

BURBANK -- Burbank council asks, how much face time is too much?

SEATTLE -- City's renters lose out as condo switch soars

SANTA MONICA -- Faulty Engine Rod May Have Caused Plane Crash

LOS ANGELES -- DWP OT flows like water

U.S. -- Google ordered to hand over data

DENVER -- As new generation grows, employers seek its groove

BALTIMORE -- To many, house buy is impossible dream

WASHINGTON -- Bush's 10-Year Plan To End Homelessness Underfunded

SAN MATEO -- Ground zero for homeless program

LOS ANGELES -- California gang members to be tracked by GPS

LOS ANGELES -- Homeboy Industries breaks ground for new bakery

CALABASAS -- The teen who snuffed out smoking in Calabasas

OPINION -- Would Market-Rate Housing Moratorium Slow Gentrification?

U.S. -- Is Whole Foods Wholesome?

UK -- Hackers get Mac running Windows

U.S. -- More Americans are losing their homes

CALIFORNIA -- Elder financial abuse among fastest-growing crimes, Lockyer says

SAN DIEGO -- New accounting rules put benefits under scrutiny

SACRAMENTO -- Assembly reconvenes to consider bond measures for June ballot

NEW YORK -- Bum Wrap

SEATTLE -- Condos to be auctioned on Internet

CALABASAS -- Come Friday, cigarettes in Calabasas go up in smoke

SAN DIEGO -- Council approves downtown strategy

SAN DIEGO -- Home prices rise, but sales keep cooling

UK -- Cyber bullies haunt young online

NEW YORK -- Agencies adopt new credit scoring system

SAN DIEGO -- In S.D. County, community activists take the lead in seeking information

SAN FRANCISCO -- A Hail Mary against global warming peril

LONDON -- 'Adapt to new technology or die,' Murdoch tells newspapers

CHICAGO -- Committee approves countywide smoking ban

MONTREAL -- How to Make Gentrification Work

DALLAS -- Dallas institutes new laws on homelessLOS ANGELES -- L.A. gets new transportation chief

NEW JERSEY -- Lopat adopts rent control

OPINION -- Rent control tale strikes deep nerve among landlords

U.S. -- Land Rush

ORLANDO -- It takes a village to lure buyers back to town

SAN DIEGO -- Aguirre: Promised city pensions can't be sustained

SACRAMENTO -- Lawmakers, governor 'close' to bond deal

SAN FRANCISCO -- Court says urinating in public is illegal under California law

LOS ANGELES -- 'Racial generation gap' grows here, study says

San Francisco -- Is one of SF's biggest landlords using muscle to get around rent control laws?

VIRGINIA -- Mayor to Homeless: “Out!” of City Libraries

NEW YORK -- Brighton halts demolition of old houses to build new, bigger ones

U.S. -- Americans Expect Housing Prices to Cool, Not Crash, Poll Shows

U.S. -- SUVs losing ground to crossover vehicles

U.S. -- Court upholds campus military recruiting

U.K. -- Thin people 'must exercise too'

LOS ANGELES -- L.A. must get 'lean':
Mayor vows to cut city budget deficit

SEATTLE Homeowners vs. environment: New building rules involve tricky trade-offs

UK -- E-mail delivery 'tax' criticised

CALIFORNIA -- Taxpayers may face big blow for pensions

CALIFORNIA -- State population growth slows

GAINESVILLE -- City to ban homeless food services in Downtown Plaza

OPINION -- Rent control, protected tenancies and the question of fairness

NEW YORK -- Spotting Glut,
Mayor Deflates Condo Cushion

GERMANY -- Altruism 'in-built' in humans

U.S. -- Home Prices Continue To Rise

U.S. -- Gender revolt at work over?

COSTA MESA -- Calif. School Suspends 20 Who Saw Web Site

ATLANTA -- Mad Housers Build Huts for Homeless

UK -- Online amateurs crack Nazi codes

LOS ANGELES -- Jail riots spread to L.A. County's juvenile facilities

LA MESA -- Threat of lawsuit to resident retracted by City Council

U.S. -- AOL accused of planning ‘two-tier’ internet

LOS ANGELES -- City's tree ordinance branching out

MASSACHUSETTS -- Senate OK's scaled-down health bill

MARYLAND -- Fair-housing law decried

U.S. -- Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago

URUGUAY -- Uruguay curbs smoking in public

OPINION -- Sunny Weather Creeps Me Out

CALIFORNIA -- Gubernatorial rivals roll out ads