Keep Informed

September 2007

• SEATTLE -- Fewer are paid overtime in today's perpetual workplace
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Owners face selling at a loss now that the housing bubble has burst
• OPINION -- Delucchi Study Finds That U.S. Motorists Do Not Pay Their Way
• OPINION -- Big Developments Need Good Timing, Not Just Good Location
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Critical Mass celebrating 15 years of free-form bicycle advocacy
• SEATTLE -- Apartments are getting harder to find
• LYNWOOD -- Lynwood mayor is ousted in recall
• OPINION -- Per-mile fee no alternative to antiquated gas tax
• SO CAL -- Blue Whale Requiem
• WASHINGTON -- Investigators: Long-standing problems in veterans care remain
• SEATTLE -- School crimes under wraps
• UK -- Lovelock urges ocean climate fix
• LOS ANGELES -- 45% of drivers caught by Valley's red-light cameras aren't cited
• LOS ANGELES -- Home prices slip in most L.A. areas
• LOS ANGELES -- Study: Skid Row crackdown only effective in short term
• FLORIDA -- West Palm votes to ban feeding of homeless at downtown parks
• LOS ANGELES -- As billboards evolve, concerns for highway safety increase
• U.S. -- Wolseley warns of continuing US slump
• U.S. -- Dropping Housing Prices, Rising Foreclosures Could Confirm Our Worst Fears
• SAN DIEGO -- Luxury project becomes affordable
• LONG BEACH -- Water rules spur flood of comment
• SEATTLE -- Flu shots in elderly questioned
• U.S. -- A Big Push for Affordable Housing
• GEORGIA -- Forsyth's zoning moratorium could extend to year
• LOS ANGELES -- Tuneup eyed for neighborhood councils
• U.S. -- Drivers test paying by mile instead of gas tax
• OREGON -- Vision? Like now, but better
• OPINION -- Golden Gate Park update - fewer needles, homeless campsites
• SACRAMENTO -- Schwarzenegger, Democratic leaders close to deal on health care reform
• NEW YORK -- The stunning comeback of electroshock and other harrowing treatments for the mentally ill
• U.S. -- Mortgage woes 'exceed forecasts'
• LONG BEACH -- Rules for water use? Get used to it
• U.S. -- Record sea ice melt this summer larger than Texas and Alaska
• AMHERST -- Town may start homeless board
• BOOK REVIEW -- Less Auto-Dependent Development Is Key to Mitigating Climate Change, Research Team Concludes
• OPINION -- Congestion Pricing Q&A With Rohit Aggarwala, Part 1
• OPINION -- What's right and wrong with LEED
• SEATTLE -- Zoning the 'enemy' of affordable homes
• LOS ANGELES -- Playa Vista Quicksand
• LOS ANGELES -- Simi Valley bills church for cops' time at protest
• U.S. -- Environmental groups petition U.S. to regulate air fresheners
• SACRAMENTO -- California’s legislature approves 1,000 new laws annually
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Farmers burn out on markets
• SEATTLE -- Neighborhood plans suffering from city neglect, audit finds
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F. studying congestion pricing to ease traffic, promote transit
• LOS ANGELES -- Angelenos stuck in gridlock for 72 extra hours each year
• LOS ANGELES -- Housing in Valley reflects troubles
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area foreclosure activity skyrockets
• LONG BEACH -- Council adopts rules for homes
• CHICAGO -- Few options for homeless 'single ladies
• WASHINGTON -- Legislation to ease parking crunch — for bicycles
• UK -- Hi-tech crime 'is big business'
• CALIFORNIA -- Rural sprawl in the Sierra raises the risk of wildfires
• SEATTLE -- Voters may be able to track mail ballots online
• KANSAS -- Homeless task force faces big challenge
• OPINION -- The sanity of hiring the mentally ill
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area rental market roars back
• LONG BEACH -- LBPD is $7M over budget
• SEATTLE -- City is taking on trashy yards
• SAN DIEGO -- Fluoridation is coming to San Diego County
• OPINION -- Is California the world's last best hope against climate change?
• LOS ANGELES -- Anti-gang tax moves closer to the ballot
• U.S. -- Dollar at record low against euro
• U.S. -- Federal judge gives boost to states on limiting vehicle emissions
• LONG BEACH -- State court will hear L.B. church's case
• SAN DIEGO -- Countywide median house price drops $20,000 in a year
• OPINION -- The city works – for those in power
• OPINION -- "Smart-Growth" Opportunities Are Dumb for African-Americans
• CORAL GABLES -- A City Defines Beautiful, but a Truck Owner and a Court Object
• ALASKA -- Alaskan Community Considers Property Value Compensation Measure
• WASHINGTON -- `Free lunch' seminars may defraud seniors
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Can they take the heat? Inside the launch of a San Francisco restaurant
• LOS ANGELES -- Delgadillo's War: Quietly, the city attorney is targeting Hollywood’s historic preservation protections
• SACRAMENTO -- Clearing the air
• SEATTLE -- ID theft updated for the 21st century
• OPINION -- California Focus: 60 million Californians? Don't bet on it
• LOS ANGELES -- Fines might increase as way to ease congestion in car-pool lanes
• SACRAMENTO -- Controversial container fee scrapped
• ATLANTA -- Faster wireless in works to transfer large files from gadget to gadget
• WASHINGTON -- McMansions Turn 'McApartments,' Stirring Ire
• SEATTLE -- Councilmen push for vans to catch speeders in act
• BALTIMORE -- Scrapping of traffic-congestion plan urged
• PROVIDENCE -- Just say no to sprawl
• OPINION -- The great clog of '07: Seattle met the challenge
• LOS ANGELES -- SoCal Heat Wave Strains Power Grid
• SEATTLE -- Overseas growth, especially China, means business for the West
• U.S. -- Openings hard to fill in blue-collar professions now
• CALIFORNIA -- 'Clearest' images taken of space
• LOS ANGELES -- Take This Car and Shove It