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January 2007

• U.S. -- Big health risk seen in some laser printers
• OPINION -- Congestion Pricing for Los Angeles: An Open Letter
• OPINION -- Parking Meters: The Congestion Pricing Controversy of 1932
• OPINION -- Gentrification is Good for the Poor and Everyone Else
• LOS ANGELES -- No cash left for colleges
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Cracking down on free parking
• LONDON -- Sustainability in design moves onto the corporate agenda
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A.'s homeless strategy called inadequate
• NEW YORK -- Distinguishing the Remarkable From the Merely Old
• NEW YORK -- Not your parents' parking garage
• LONDON -- Parking hike for high polluters
• NEW JERSEY -- N.J. plan for affordable housing is invalid
• U.S. -- Renters gloat over housing slump
• LOS ANGELES -- Does wimp factor ail councils?
• LONG BEACH -- Council may try to boost tax on oil
• ESCONDIDO -- Expanded 'safety zones' virtually blanket entire downtown in Escondido
• MARIN COUNTY -- Habitat for Humanity faces fight in wealthy community
• PORTLAND -- Mayor unexpectedly postpones passage of newest sit-lie ordinance
• LONG BEACH -- City's homeless spread
• LOS ANGELES -- Gang-report author calls for City Hall push
• US -- New home sales plunge by largest amount since 1990
• OPINION -- As the rich get richer, the livin' gets easier
• SACRAMENTO -- State bans dry-cleaning chemical
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Car-sharing catching on with Bay Area drivers
• US -- Never Mind the Bullets
• UK -- Criminals 'may overwhelm the web'
• LOS ANGELES -- Sewage spill response falls short
• OPINION -- Goodbye, L.A. Gangs
• CALIFORNIA -- Default notices in state double in 4th quarter
• LONG BEACH -- Church refuses to evict homeless
• LONG BEACH -- Hotels may sue over council vote
• LOS ANGELES -- Overall plan urged to reclaim streets
• US -- The power of online campaigning
• OPINION -- Are London-Style Traffic Charges the Answer for U.S. Congestion?
• OBIT -- Abbe Pierre; Drew Attention to Poor, Homeless
• CANADA -- Test private management of public housing
• EVANSTON -- Mayor Vetoes Amendment To Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
• LOS ANGELES -- 6-figure job goes begging
• SAN DIEGO -- Oceanside neighborhood struggles with gang violence
• LONG BEACH -- Another go-round for hotel work law
• ILLINOIS -- Gov halts mortgage counseling
• CALIFORNIA -- Spread sex-offense parolees around, assemblyman says
• Malibu -- Bad Neighbor
• BUCHAREST -- Owners of Dracula Castle Offer to Sell
• LOS ANGELES -- Medical pot dealers protest
• WASHINGTON -- Justices Decline to Take Up New Eminent Domain Case
• CALIFORNIA -- UC to let students know fees may rise this fall
• OPINION -- The gadget that perverts, vigilantes, and celebrity stalkers can all agree on
• U.S. -- Top Planning Issues Of 2006
• U.S. -- Plug+Play Construction
• LOS ANGELES -- Fighting gangs on two fronts
• LOS ANGELES -- Bias turns even more deadly in tense L.A.
• OPINION -- Farmers' markets nurture a need for open space
• CALIFORNIA -- Tax cost soars to pay retired public workers
• LOS ANGELES --Rent Control: Two sides of a coin
• SACRAMENTO -- Federal judge delays trial over California auto-emission rules
• UK -- Tesco to build homes for workers
• SEATTLE -- Town houses find their niche
• AUSTIN -- What's the view worth?
• NEW YORK -- Finding the Green in Building Renovation
• OPINION -- Want Affordable Housing? Stop Overregulating Development
• TARZANA -- Cops, neighbors huddle on crime
• TARZANA -- Slain good kid, 15, mistakenly dressed to kill
• LONG BEACH -- Ethics code goes to council
• SEATTLE -- Global warming to cost us
• FLORIDA -- Speculators Helped Fuel Florida's Housing Boom
• SAN FRANCISCO -- San Franciscans Hurl Their Rage at Parking Patrol
• LAS VEGAS -- Developer: Cargo containers can be a quick fix for housing
• LOS ANGELES -- Council facing tough living wage decision
• CALIFORNIA -- Scope of State Health Plan praised -- getting feds to fund half is a concern
• US -- Late credit card payments in summer climbed to highest point in a year
• US -- This Remaking of Downtown Has Downside
• US -- Sanctuary in the Stacks
  Forget FEMA. Your local library may be your savior. That is, if it's still open.
• CHICAGO -- No dead end to disabled parking in city
• SACRAMENTO -- Gov aims to cut welfare
• LOS ANGELES -- Taggers using L.A.'s public murals to showcase their graffiti, ruining years of artists' work
• LOS ANGELES -- County fraud explodes: $2 billion annual tab for worker, public abuse
• LOS ANGELES -- New attack on gang crime
• LOS ANGELES -- 'Attic' almost eludes anti-mansion rules
• U.S. -- Best of the Worst for 2006
• CALIFORNIA -- Pacific Rim's lofty future
• SEATTLE -- Seattle adds a touch of green
• MASS -- Backyard greenery