Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Cities in Contra Costa County, CA, find smart growth appealing.

The Governor's top environmental aide unveiled California's plan to build hydrogen stations every 20 miles along major highways by 2010.

The City of Berkeley, CA, is re-considering charging a fee to residents who own three or more cars.

California's new Business, Transportation and Housing Secretary, Sunne Wright McPeak, wants to link state transportation fuding with housing construction.

A study on poverty in the San Francisco area shows that skyrocketing housing costs have kept residents from meeting basic household budgets.

In efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing, a new California state law will make the construction of granny units easier.

A business group in the Bay Area invests in a private firm 'to bring private dollars into poor neighborhoods and promote infill, local business revitalization and contaminated site cleanup.'

Cities and counties tussle over who controls growth in Contra Costa.

While New Urbanists suggest that urban sprawl may be responsible for expanding waistlines, detractors think otherwise.

A study by the Greenbelt Alliance urges Contra Costa County, CA, to fight sprawl.

After thirty years, BART finally reaches the San Francisco International Airport.

A new ordinance in Contra Costa, CA will restrict full-service grocery stores in super-stores.

A historic growth summit brings together 200 elected and planning officials to shape the region's future.

Contra Costa, CA, is seeking a ballot measure to shift responsibility to the public for deciding on changes to the county's urban growth boundary.

Estimates by The Association of Bay Area Governments predict that the region will add 2 million more people by 2030.

Plans for a BART extension are being evaluated by smart growth standards.

Six Bay Area agencies plan for the future.

The California city of Vacaville is admonished to curb its sprawling ways; planners told to embrace smart growth.

The California Coastal Commission is set to adopt a coastal land use plan that the 27-mile-long ritzy seaside community has avoided for a quarter century.

New clean water requirements to treat runoff will is expected to cost developers $300 million in Northern California.