Keep Informed

May 2008

• LOS ANGELES -- As gas prices climb, L.A. changes
• SEATTLE -- Urban farming sprouts in Seattle
• CHICAGO -- US rail network facing congestion 'calamity'
• WASHINGTON -- Public Transit Feels the Pinch of Gas Prices
• LONG BEACH -- City offers its workers flexible schedules
• OPINION -- There's a hidden housing crisis we need to discuss
• LOS ANGELES -- County to consider bids for winter shelter programs
• CALIFORNIA -- Eminent Domain Targeted by Propositions 98 and 99
• U.S. -- Food price inflation is just the beginning
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Winery goes solar with 'Floatovoltaics'
• SAN FRANCISCO -- SF's BART in Talks for Full Wi-Fi Rollout
• LOS ANGELES -- 23rd District: Environment a major focus of campaign
• NEW JERSEY -- Housing rules stir controversy
• UK -- YouTube law fight 'threatens net'
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Proposal would turn streets into recreational spaces
• CHICAGO -- Michigan Avenue Makes List of Most Endangered Places
• LOS ANGELES -- Metrolink Tries to Censor Bloggers
• U.S. -- As homes foreclose in U.S., squatters move in
• UK -- Call to settle ocean care dispute
• CANADA -- New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen
• SACRAMENTO -- State special interest groups skirt voter-approved spending caps
• PHILADELPHIA -- Americans leery of bicycles despite gas price jump
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F. bid for 49ers stirs race issue
• OPINION -- Stranded in Suburbia
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area home sales see first monthly gain in half a year
• CHICAGO -- 40 Percent in Survey Support Ban on Smoking in Apartment, Condo Communities
• DALLAS -- $21 million downtown Dallas facility will focus on chronically homeless
• U.S. -- Real estate listings settling into Web
• LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Eyes Sewage as a Source of Water
• NEW YORK -- US Rep.: High speed rail will ease transport woes
• LOS ANGELES -- Civil cases in deadly Santa Monica Farmers' Market set
• U.S. -- Department stores feel pinch
• OPINION -- Making sense of contradictory foreclosure numbers
• CALIFORNIA -- UC, Cal State systems approve fee hikes for fall
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area traffic bottleneck report is mixed
• VIRGINIA -- Zoning Plan Stirs Uneasy Questions In Arlington
• ALASKA -- A City Cooler and Dimmer, and, Oh, Proving a Point
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F. parking meters retooled to aid homeless
• OREGON -- Homeless not swept from City Hall as expected
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Commercial rentals abandoning San Francisco
• NEW YORK -- Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10
• UK -- Google helps the web to go social
• SEATTLE -- Priced Out: Fleeing Seattle's costly core, they live on the edge
• BOSTON -- Menino pedals for cycle-friendly city
• LOS ANGELES -- City workers hit OT jackpot
• U.S. -- Stamp prices up Monday
• U.S. -- States remove local barriers to eco-friendly homes
• NEW YORK -- Parking Space as Living Space?
• SAN DIEGO -- Code-enforcement storefront opens
• CALIFORNIA -- Major Deal Preserves Ranch Land in California
• CALIFORNIA -- Housing Construction Nearly Ceases In Some Markets
• LOS ANGELES -- Group sues over order to stop feeding the homeless at Doheny State Beach
• U.S. -- Mortgage Turmoil Contributes to Rental Affordability Woes
• NEW YORK -- Transit systems travel 'green' track
• NEW YORK -- New York bicycle commuters face an uphill climb
• OPINION -- The high cost of affordable housing
• LOS ANGELES -- Eli Broad's Grand Avenue Follies
• SAN DIEGO -- Feds penetrated drug culture easily at San Diego State
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Differing views on measure to end rent control
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Moth-spraying foes plan events in S.F., Marin
• LOS ANGELES -- Metro narrows possible subway routes to four
• LOS ANGELES -- Outdoor ‘Living Rooms’ Bring Touches of Cheer to Central Los Angeles
• U.S. -- Rental Market Heating Up Due To Foreclosures
• NEW YORK -- Harlem’s First Affordable Green Housing
• SEATTLE -- Parents are autism's hidden victims
• LOS ANGELES -- Residents lash out at proposed library, parks cuts
• LONG BEACH -- Officers' $4.1 million 'Lobstergate' award upheld by L.A. judge
• OPINION -- Renter Beware! Scammers turn their sights on the humble apartment seeker
• SEATTLE -- No easy access to fresh groceries in many parts of Seattle
• LOS ANGELES -- Library Book Liberation Front: Don't Tax Library Books
• WASHINGTON -- Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S.
• NAPA -- Napa renter with big family wins eviction case
• OREGON -- Spike in gas prices help burst housing bubble, a Portland economist suggests
• OPINION -- Urban planning needs green rethink
• CHICAGO -- Daley backs plan to give assault rifles to all cops