Keep Informed

February 2007

• U.S. -- Shake-out alters lineup of NU and smart growth investment funds
• OPINION -- The Fed Is Not Asking the Right Questions
• OAKLAND -- Low-Income Housing For Struggling Artists
• LOS ANGELES -- Ganging Up On City HallRICHMOND -- Richmond plans will put public health at forefront
• BOSTON -- A vision is realized: Creative community embraces ArtBlock
• CALIFORNIA -- State OKs 405 car-pool lane among $1.2 billion in county projects
• SEATTLE -- Seattle may get taller -- at a cost 
• WASHINGTON -- Same Town, Different Communities
• WASHINGTON -- Unique national homeless count found 754,000 in 2005
• AUSTIN -- Republican lawmaker's bill could gut home-size ordinance
• PERU -- Towers point to ancient Sun cult
• SANTA MONICA -- City drops Tyra Banks ads from buses
• IMPERIAL BEACH -- State seeks pollution solution
• LONG BEACH -- Petition could force a vote on hotel ordinance
• LOS ANGELES -- Locals get say in use of land
• BERKELEY -- High-Rise Tower Plan Proposed for Downtown
• U.S. -- US Economy Leaving Record Numbers in Severe Poverty
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. DWP Makes Progress Towards Renewable Energy Goals
• LOS ANGELES -- LAPD braces for exodus
• LOS ANGELES -- MTA moves toward riding a Wi-Fi wave
• OPINION -- Hard Time for Mortgage Slaves
• LOS ANGELES -- City fight on wage looming
• SAN DIEGO -- City allows sleeping in public
• BOSTON -- Anxiety High: Moving for Schools
• OPINION -- Do Sustainable Cities Have a Future?OAKLAND -- Group sues feds over medical marijuana claims
• U.S. -- Daylight Time Will Be Early -- Get Set
• U.S. -- Housing Bust Rebels
  U.S. -- Consumer Prices Top Forecast
• BIG SKY -- Boom in the Mountains Creates a Housing Shortage
• LOS ANGELES -- Freeways run short on funds
• LOS ANGELES -- Planning for Disaster
• SEATTLE -- High housing costs make fixer-uppers look goodSEATTLE -- Downtown Dilemma
• PHILADELPHIA -- Zoned Out
•  LOS ANGELES -- Hospital accused of 'dumping' homeless patient
• DENVER -- Foreclosures rip neighborhoods
• PORTLAND -- Metro at odds with officials on highways
• US -- New Study Details Devastating Effects of Eminent Domain Abuse on African Americans
• OPINION -- Straying over the property line isn't always deadly, but it can be dangerous
• LOS ANGELES -- Independent shops close
• US -- Digital neighbourhood watch plan
• OPINION -- What's On Deck?HOLLYWOOD -- Homeless hit Hollywood after skid row crackdown
• LOS ANGELES -- Teachers deal has high price
• LOS ANGELES -- Airport hotels 'living-wage' law advances
• CERRITOS -- Councilman sorry for insulting resident in e-mail
• MIAMI -- Moratorium to prevent `McMansions'
• HOUSTON -- Houston Plans Citywide Wi-Fi Network
• LOS ANGELES -- LAUSD strikes deal with union
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Medical pot cuts pain, study finds
• CALIFORNIA -- What’s the Toll? It Depends on the Time of Day
• LOS ANGELES -- Condos trump rental homes
• LONG BEACH -- Council to ask for report on prevailing wage compliance
• CALIFORNIA -- Down and Dirty
• ORLANDO -- Orlando goes to extreme lengths to get transients out of town
• OPINION -- Incorporating Sustainability Into Community Development
• LOS ANGELES -- Czar for LAPD programs, Most Wanted list sought
• LONG BEACH -- Hotel measure opponents gather support
• U.S. -- Vacant Homes For Sale Cloud Economic Hopes
• ORLANDO -- 'Do not feed the homeless'
• NEW YORK -- Second-Story Story
• OPINION -- US Housing Market- The Mother of All Bubbles  
• NEW YORK -- Homeless Given Apartments in Buildings Called Unsafe
• LOS ANGELES -- It could be the end of the lines
• CHICAGO -- Affordable housing gap widens for the elderly
• WHITTIER -- Pot clubs have critics fuming
• OLYMPIA -- Builders try to demolish homeowner 'rights' bill
• LEHI -- Proposed Frank Gehry-designed megaproject will include tallest building in Utah
• LOS ANGELES -- No safety net near schools
• OPINION -- Between a Rock and a Soft Place
• WASHINGTON -- Affordable housing plan takes aim at sprawl
• LOS ANGELES -- Mini towns could dot MTA lines
• LOS ANGELES -- Internet cafe opens for Skid Row residents
• WASHINGTON -- Personal savings drop in 2006 to the lowest level in 74 years
• SEATTLE -- Housing takes a bigger bite out of people's budgets
• LOS ANGELES -- Stink raised over site of spills
• LOS ANGELES -- Gehry's Grand Scheme for LA
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. condo rules closer to approval
• WASHINGTON -- Gang fighters get help