Keep Informed

August 2007

• LOS ANGELES -- Take This Car and Shove It
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Google a victim of EarthLink woes with cancellation of S.F. Wi-Fi
• SEATTLE -- Number living in dilapidated homes has doubled since '96
• LOS ANGELES -- Hearing targets smog ingredient
• LOS ANGELES -- SoCal's water might soon run dry
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A.'s getting richer
• LONG BEACH -- Homeowners encroaching on beach?
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Appeals court upholds Critical Mass cyclist's vandalism conviction
• OPINION -- C.W. Nevius gives both sides a say on camping at Golden Gate Park
• PARIS -- Anger as French tackle homeless with foul spray
• U.S. -- Is 'Green Architecture' Really Sustainable?
• LOS ANGELES -- City pitches foam and plastic recycling program
• SACRAMENTO -- One-fifth of Californians lack health insurance, report says
• SAN DIEGO -- Housing crisis adds to poverty pictureU.S. -- Existing home sales drop in July to slowest pace in nearly 5 years
• OAKLAND -- Hardworking Oakland family can't sell 'sweet little house' located in real estate 'dead zone'
• NEW YORK -- Southeast Queens Is Split Over Makeover Proposal
• LOS ANGELES -- LAUSD, union at odds over payroll mess
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Anti-gentrification forces stymie housing development
• OREGON -- Bikes: We like fun, but we really like functional
• U.S. -- States set target for reducing emissions
• U.S. -- Mortgage Job Losses Surpass 40,000
• SAN FRANCISCO -- 167 homeless camps removed from Golden Gate Park, city says
• LOS ANGELES -- Should city bail homebuyers out?
• LOS ANGELES -- LAX expansion truce falling apart
• GERMANY -- How to Forecast Traffic Jams Days in Advance
• U.S. -- Report urges cities to halt surveillance
• SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz police break up homeless protest camp at City Hall
• LOS ANGELES -- Budget talks in extra innings
• LOS ANGELES -- Foreign teachers fill a need at LAUSD
• U.S. -- Wikipedia edits traced to companies
• U.S. -- Five of the best neighborhoods in North America
• SACRAMENTO -- Legislature returns to unfinished business
• OPINION -- Is Bigger Better?
• OPINION -- Denser than thou
• SAN FRANCISCO -- FOCUS ON SECURITY CAMERAS
  Is it worth the cost?
• SEATTLE -- Fewer choices in mortgage market
• U.S. -- Where did that food come from? Your guess is as good as the label
• WASHINGTON -- IRS privacy rule hinders crackdown on employers
• SACRAMENTO -- Ferris Bueller's Off Day
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. moves to stop pot raids
• LOS ANGELES -- Avowed pedophile arrested twice on UCLA campus
• TORONTO -- Killing has cities wondering how to curb homeless problem
• UNLAND -- Has controversial Home Depot project built council support?
• WASHINGTON -- Fed: Banks Tightening Subprime Standards
• U.S. -- For 2015, It's What's Inside That Counts
• LOS ANGELES -- Monkey Madness at UCLA
• PORTLAND -- Key land-use case unsettled
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. gets shake-up call with temblor
• LOS ANGELES -- LAUSD looking for an A in ethics
• UK -- Ten-year climate model unveiled
• LOS ANGELES -- Southern California is becoming a tight fit
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Mortgage Crunch
• U.S. -- Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Public transit, parking measures create fork in road for S.F. voters
• OPINION -- Owners' dues keep going up
• OPINION -- Slowdown Offers a Chance to Get Real About Home Sizes
• CANOGA PARK -- Latino gang makes blacks its target
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Plug-in Prius turns heads
• SAN DIEGO -- Foreclosure agents bask in bad times
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Homeless Rousted: 4:30 a.m. wakeup for the park campers
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Supes put Muni plan on the ballot
• U.S. -- US mortgage lender closing down
• OPINION -- In The Name Of 'Community'
• LOS ANGELES -- Gains made in fighting gangs
• LOS ANGELES -- Foreclosure rate soars in first half of 2007
• SEATTLE -- Home appraisers pressured to fudge the numbers
• OPINION -- Community building 101
• U.S. -- How Do New McMansions Affect the Value of Neighboring Homes?
• LOS ANGELES -- How to Fix Our Gridlock