The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The small town of Hastings, Minnesota, has found an economic development savior in a 50-year old "enterprise facilitiator."

October 6 - Wall St. Journal

Study finds Chromium 6, the chemical that was at the center of the film "Erin Brockovich", is found throughout Los Angeles County.

October 6 - The Los Angeles Times

The California Farm Bureau Federation, the state's leadingagricultural organization, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Fresnoagainst 18 state and federal agencies who have worked on the CalFedplan.

October 6 - San Jose Mercury News

'Science Friday' focuses on the battle over a plan to artificially alter the seasonal flow of the Mississippi River.

October 6 - Science Friday

CNN features an in-depth debate between Peter Calthorpe, promoting new urbanism, and Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson defending sprawl.

October 5 - CNN

Treated wastewater to be used on public lands, landscaping and golf courses.

October 5 - The Denver Post

An assessment of the presidential candidates environmental positions.

October 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Gov. Gray Davis signed Bill 329, legislation by state Sen.Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, that creates an 11 member San Diego RegionalGovernment Efficiency Commission.

October 5 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

"Why can't Los Angeles and Southern California have a world-class transportation system like other great cities?"

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Bruce Mau Design wants his architecture company to evolve like the projects he creates -- more naturally to maintain the ecology.

October 5 - Fast Company

Information technologies will be the principal force shaping economic development in the 21st century.

October 5 - Urban Land Magazine

In the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, economists warn thatCalifornia's current economic prosperity may be threatened by the slowpace of home building in the state.

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times

'Talk of the Nation' focuses on smart growth, sprawl, density, legislating communities, urban environmentalism and what makes cities "livable".

October 5 - National Public Radio

Massive farms housing internet servers and networking equipment needed to sustain e-commerce are creating problems for "local jurisdictions forced to deal with the sudden spike in demand for power."

October 5 - Government Technology

Facing criticism of serious flaws and unrealistic assumptions, Army Corps of Engineers agrees to delay a controversial study of major construction projects on the Mississippi River.

October 5 - The Washington Post

There is disagreement on the environmental safety related to drilling water from beneath the Mojave. Will a mechanical device resolve the problem?

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Any weakening of water quality due to urban runoff will affect 34 significant coastal areas in California. Crystal Cove and Point Lobos are two.

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

California's most dangerous city for walking responds to the high pedestrian death rate with fines, ads, and high-tech.

October 4 - USA Today

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designatedparts of California's East San FranciscoBay area as critical habitat for a snake.

October 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District has made an unprecedented move in attempting to block the passage of Measure O, an initiative that would change the land use designation of 2,000 acres outside of the county's urban growth bounda

October 4 - The Sacramento Bee