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November 2007

• NEW YORK -- 20 children died over 3 years at NYC homeless shelters
• BALTIMORE -- Home-buying program continues
• U.S. -- Real vs. fake: Which tree is greener?
• U.S. -- Asbestos turns up in toys, children's clay
• LOS ANGELES -- Strikers now striving to be creatively frugal
• U.S. Housing Prices Drop Sharply
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Mortgage crisis expected to cost Bay Area $5.4 billion next year
• PORTLAND -- Support building to restore state's land-use image
• Berkeley City Council to consider revised homeless initiative
• DALLAS -- Belief in cure resides in city homeless czar
• DENVER -- Land grab should be condemned
• MALIBU -- `Leave? Not a chance'
• CHICAGO -- New neighborhood bursts onto the city landscape
• SEATTLE -- Bike patrols take off, and Seattle police lead the pack
• SAN DIEGO -- Hard-to-reach locations challenge authorities
• SCOTLAND -- Crackdown on 'social cleansing' of homeless ordered after scandal exposed
• FORT WORTH -- Cell phones offer lifeline for the homeless
• RALEIGH -- Rule would limit home expansions
• OPINION -- Can LEED Survive the Carbon-Neutral Era?
• LOS ANGELES -- Enjoy Thanksgiving with extra helping of tact
• LONG BEACH -- Long Beach police lay out efforts to cut OT
• LONG BEACH -- City Council cuts public comment time on consent items
• CALIFORNIA -- Governor, 4 big lenders agree on plan to stall high mortgage rates
• SEATTLE -- What real estate agents really mean when they say ...
• WORLD -- Net gridlock by 2010 study warns
• OPINION -- Place: Our shining (and grotesque) city upon a hill
• SACRAMENTO -- Eminent domain state ballot measure takes aim at rent control
• LOS ANGELES -- Developer bills go to taxpayers
• SAN DIEGO -- Council to consider strict mini-dorm ordinances today
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Starting Tuesday, plastic bags illegal at big S.F. grocery stores
• WORLD -- U.N. panel releases comprehensive research on global warming
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. panel approves ambitious green building plan
• U.S. -- Dollar continues near record lows
• OPINION -- Skid Row Help Doesn't End on Thanksgiving
• U.S. -- US backs home lending clampdown
• LOS ANGELES -- Foreclosure Frenzy
• LOS ANGELES -- Salaries still soaring for L.A. officials
• SACRAMENTO -- Truck, SUV mileage standards thrown out by U.S. appeals court
• OPINION -- Biking in Santa Monica
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Dwindling mortgage options leaves Bay Area home sales mired in misery
• CALIFORNIA -- State to be $10 billion in the red, report says
• CALIFORNIA -- California fighting global warming with technology, greenbacks
• SOCAL -- SoCal housing markets all suffer price drops
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Ripple effect of foreclosures touch entire communities
• LAS VEGAS -- Home prices to fall further
• NEW YORK -- Condos Above Classrooms Strike Some as an Odd Mix
• BAJA -- Surfers warn of armed robberies while camping on Mexican coast
• SEATTLE -- $3 million for Seattle pedestrians
• PORTLAND -- Few developments likely affected by land use law
• CHICAGO -- Where are the grocers?
• U.S. -- Homeless Veterans Tell of Service, Life on the Street
• OPINION -- Returning Iraq war vets need compassion,treatment
• U.S. -- Homelessness High mong Veterans
• OPINION -- Revered but Homeless -- Our Veterans
• LOS ANGELES -- Problems plagued LAUSD chief during his first year
• LOS ANGELES -- 86,000 homes to be built in fire-prone SoCal areas
• SEATTLE -- Seattle's big bike plan gets a green light
• WORLD -- 11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities ... In The World
• CALIFORNIA -- Prospectors claim stretches of ocean, hoping to harness wave energy
• U.S. -- Countrywide sees glimmer in gloom
• SEATTLE -- FHA ban on down payment assistance put on hold
• OPINION -- Deals, Lies and Back Channels
• ATHENS -- Running out of space to park, and places to walk
• SEATTLE -- U.S. mayors find it's not easy to be green
• WASHINGTON -- Low-Cost Housing Eliminated, But Nothing Built in Its Place
• WASHINGTON -- Californians better informed on global warming threat, poll finds
• SEATTLE -- Roads and transit, post-Prop. 1: Where do we go from here?
• HOLLYWOOD -- Schwarzenegger aims to end strike
• CARSON -- Nunez protege disavows mentor
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Alms for the environment?
• OPINION -- What's happening now in the reportedly stormy San Francisco housing market?
• WASHINGTON -- Chronic Homelessness Dips by 12 Percent
• WASHINGTON -- Surge Seen in Number of Homeless Veterans
• LOS ANGELES -- Deals, Lies and Back Channels
• LONG BEACH -- Green Airport proposal gets OK
• BERKELEY -- Berkeley OKs cell-phone towers
• SEATTLE -- Voters hit the brakes
• MARTINEZ -- Martinez's agreement means that beavers can leave it
• WASHINGTON -- FTC crackdown on companies calling people on Do Not Call list; $7.7 million in fines
• U.S. -- Dollar drops to all-time low against euro amid worries about US economy
• MASS -- MIT says Gehry building flawed
• SACRAMENTO -- Water managers warn of dry winter, potential shortages ahead
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Calif. high court considers if medical pot users can be fired
• SEATTLE -- Election 2007: In every commute is a story
• NEW YORK -- As Beaches Erode, So Do Solutions
• NEW YORK -- The Affordability Problem
• SEATTLE -- City tries to ease tensions between bicyclists, motorists
• LOS ANGELES -- Writers strike after bargaining fails
• LOS ANGELES -- Police help gang-infested community reclaim ground
• CALIFORNIA -- State air regulators want go-ahead on auto exhaust reduction rules
• CALIFORNIA -- Robot cars race around California
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Feds go after wildly successful medical pot sellers
• LOS ANGELES -- Writers Strike Looms Over Hollywood
• LOS ANGELES -- WGA Strike Q&A
• LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles spends more, revenue drops
• CALIFORNIA -- Going negative: 42% of state's voters say state headed downward