The New York Times

Information technology and telecommuting was supposed to reduce the strain on the freeways. So why are Silicon Valley's freeways still clogged and giants such a Cisco building new office complexes?

The fear of emptiness is the major factor now shaping attitudes toward public spaces, urban centers and even suburban sprawl.

Since last Thursday 25 buldings have crumbled and officials say another 3,100 are in imminent danger of collapsing.

Hispanic and Asian populations are the nation's fastest growing minorities.

A plan for a new $335 million prison in Delano, CA, is raising questions whether the country is building too many prisons.

Court sides with farmers that challenged a water agreement and the ruling will make it more difficult for California's booming cities to get the water they need.

Officials claim EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued new rules with tighterrestrictions in efforts to close a loophole that allowed the destructionof 20,000 acres of wetlands and an additional 150 miles of streams.

Thousands of tanoak trees up and down the California coast, are falling victim to a new disease.

Progress on EPA's program to protect the public from the hazards of sewage and other pollution at beaches has been scattered.

Number of U.S. pollution-related beach closings and warnings increased 50 percent from 1997 to 1999.

After leading the nation into a sweeping deregulation of the electric industry, California's electrical system is on the verge of failure.

Disney plans to build a third theme park in Anaheim, California, alongside existing Disneyland,and Disney's California Adventure.

Southern California dumps nearly a trillion gallons of polluted urban runoff into the ocean alongside its famous beaches. What is being done about it?

A small tribe in San Diego County is planning a casino to bring in money for housing and a health clinic but some residents don't think it is a good idea.

A profile of Rem Koolhaas, the highly influential superarchitect who earned his popularity by writing aboutarchitecture.

Oregon is experimenting with a new urban village in Orenco. Right now it's just a field of grass with a railway station. Is this planning, or fantasy?

Critics say that little is being done to ensure that California's housing money is beingspent wisely.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Quechan tribe should be allowed to prove their ownership claim for Colorado river water.

Architects and philosophers meet at an annual conference. Critics say it is just "intellectual fashion."

Proposed stormwater runoff rules aim to keep polluted water from entering the ocean but could also increase development costs in the Los Angeles area.