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New Times LA takes an irreverent look at Playa Vista and the Los Angeles City Council.

LA City Councilwoman Gallanter comes out strongly against SCAG's maglev transportation proposal.

Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.

The former El Toro Marine base in Orange County should have been a cargo airport already. Instead, the county is losing money just trying to maintain the empty airfield.

An awareness, and perhaps fear, of urban sprawl is causing a dramatic policy shift toward thinking green -- even in places like Los Angeles.

A working knowledge of this ancient system is turning out to be essential in some high end property sales.

Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.

The Department of Industrial Relations has launched a new policy of monthly surprise sweeps of residential-tract construction sites.

SCAG's proposal for the nation's first magnetic levitation train is delivered to Federal Rail Administration; it will compete with nine other cities.

"Raisin Capital" is named as an All-American City by the National Civic League. Santa Clarita is runner-up.

Heavily contaminated by decades as an oil port, Avila Beach is undergoing a massive cleanup effort and hopes to become a tourist destination. Will it succeed?

Some of the strictest anti-growth initiatives in the nation are headed for the November ballot in the Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

91 toll road; State's transportation surplus; Bart to San Jose bill; MTC completes study; San Diego wins federal funds.

A wind-and-sun-powered ferry in Australia's Sydney Harboris looking at other markets for environmentally sensitive ferries, including San Francisco Bay.

The California Department of Transportation could face up to$15,000 in fines for alleged water quality violations.

Improving train service from San Francisco to San Jose has priority over a proposed Redwood City ferry service.

Orange County's experiments with private toll roads is meeting with mixed success. But politicians are increasingly calling for making the toll roads free.

Resale housing market up in LA, Orange, and San Diego Counties, down in Riverside-San Bernardino, and even in Northern California.

Debate about how the Greenhouse effect is changing the environment has been scientific in nature -- now it's time for a radically new approach -- one that includes land use.

Despite the recent loss of the huge San Fernando Valley redevelopment area, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency is quietly expanding its influence.