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February 2008

• SACRAMENTO -- State scrambles to fund global warming fight
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bronze plaques may mark where homeless died
• SEATTLE -- Street of Dreams homes burned, eco-terrorists suspected
• SAN JOSE -- VTA finds hydrogen buses cost much more to run than diesel vehicles
• U.S. -- US 'Homeless Czar' Tours New Orleans
• SANTA MONICA -- Driver leads authorities on chase from Oxnard to Santa Monica
• NEW YORK -- Fighting Gentrification with Historic Designation
• UK -- No impact from Energy Saving Day
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F. nightclub safety law in works
• SEATTLE -- When Seattle parking officials come calling -- more meters are on the way
• OPINION -- The Crash That’s Coming
• OPINION -- The dog days of real estate
• NEW YORK -- Counting the Homeless to Help End Their Plight
• CHICAGO -- City Losing its Landmarks
• WASHINGTON -- Top EPA deputy pleaded with boss to OK California standards
• NEW YORK -- The Battle Over the Greens
• OPINION -- Beauty in public spaces heightens community draw
• OPINION -- At last, community policing comes to Oakland
• LA -- County set to vote on homeless funds
• LA -- Silver Lake's Nasty Land Feud
• U.S. -- Star-struck states sweeten film incentives
• N.Y. -- A Notorious Harlem Shooting Gallery Goes Condo
• ALBUQUERQUE -- Landmarks along Route 66 face slow process to preservation
• U.S. -- Cities Step Up Tree Plantings
• LA -- L.A. says Health Net illegally halts insurance
• U.S. -- Consumers may not be able to avoid cloned food
• U.S. -- New Era Dawns for Rail Building
• LOS ANGELES -- Resurrecting the Red Car
• CALIFORNIA -- Will the Next President Try to Out-green California?
• CALIFORNIA -- California home prices still unaffordable
• BERKELEY -- Berkeley Council takes the blame
• U.S. -- Coffee clash in the West
• LOS ANGELES -- About 50,000 votes can't be tallied
• CALABASAS -- Countrywide to help subprime borrowers
• BERKELEY -- Berkeley to decide on revoking Marines letter
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Consumer food labeling suits reinstated
• UK -- Internet Day highlights web risks
• AUSTRALIA -- Parklands solidarity over homeless crackdown
• CALIFORNIA -- Park Toll Road Plan Rejected in California
• U.S. -- As Houses Empty, Cities Seek Ways To Fill the Void
• U.S. -- Car-Rental Companies Learn to Share
• DENVER -- Curb on land-taking could pinch light rail
• U.S. -- MySpace becomes hackers' space
• CALIFORNIA -- State ballot measure results
• CALIFORNIA -- How Clinton won California
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. County ballot flaw could void hundreds of thousands of votes
• OPINION -- State Dems still have delegates for the taking
• OPINION -- How the Dems Could Blow It Again
• LAKE ELSINORE -- City staff trying to block "McMansions"
• UK -- Holographic displays step closer
• LOS ANGELES -- Super Tuesday will be a measure of mayor's clout
• U.S. -- Mortgage Meltdown: Plenty of Blame for Lending Mess
• U.S. -- Can't Pay Your Mortgage? Trash Your House and Leave
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Riding That Train
• INDIANA -- Man Jailed For Creating Crosswalk, Vows More
• OPINION -- Ventura City Manager Rick Cole Surveys Green Clout of Local Government to Transform 'The Way We Live'
• NEW YORK -- Panel Passes Congestion Pricing Plan
• U.S. -- The Walkability Revival
• U.S. -- Employers cut payrolls for first time since summer 2003
• LOS ANGELES -- Ex-medical marijuana clinic owner pleads in federal drug-distribution and money laundering case
• OPINION -- Tenancy-in-common fractionalized loans weather the mortgage storm
• SEATTLE -- The Strong Arm of the Law: Violent force by police gets a pass