California

Making Los Angeles Living Look Attractive

Developers try their hardest to find residents by offering often obscure amenities.

December 19, 2003 - Downtown News

U.S.-Mexican Border: Biometrics' Impact On Transportation Flow

Adding even a few seconds more to inspection times at the U.S.-Mexican border could impact tourism and commerce. Are Biometrics the answer?

December 19, 2003 - The Houston Chronicle

The Impact Of Gentrification On The Homeless?

The gentrification of downtown Los Angeles is beginning to impact the city's largest homeless community.

December 18, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Yosemite to Get a Controversial Facelift

'Yosemite was made a national park in 1890, and since then it has struggled to find a balance between preservation and public access.'

December 17, 2003 - The Baltimore Sun

It's Not About The Sprawl

Housing developments are not to blame for the problems of modern Southern California life

December 17, 2003 - Reason Public Policy Institute

How Clean Is Clean Enough?

California is decades behind other states in formulating a comprehensive brownfields policy, stifling economic development efforts.

December 16, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

ESRI's Jack Dangermond Profiled

ESRI's famous but reclusive founder, Jack Dangermond, is profiled by his neighborhood newspaper.

December 15, 2003 - Press-Enterprise

Seaching for the City of Tomorrow

SF Chronicle's urban design writer visits a design school review and ponders over the future of the physical design of San Francisco.

December 13, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Expensive Housing at the Expense of Basic Needs

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

December 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Here Comes The Sun

City in California hopes to cut down on electricity bills and improve the environment with the largest solar projects of its kind on the West Coast.

December 12, 2003 - The Fresno Bee

A Wireless City

The largest wireless deployment in the nation promises to bring broadband Internet access to an entire city.

December 12, 2003 - Yahoo! Newswire

Schwarzenegger: Cut Billions For Transportation

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes canceling state support for $5.4 billion worth of highway and transit projects.

December 12, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Affordable Housing Costs More

As the economy is slumping, affordable housing cannot compete with market rates.

December 11, 2003 - The Mercury News

The Commute of Dreams

With a commute of only a few steps, some new Orange County residents will have it better than their Los Angeleno counterparts.

December 10, 2003 - Santa Maria Times

A License To Kill

A landowner gets a state permit to hunt the last male lion in the Santa Monica mountains.

December 10, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Kayak Through Los Angeles?

A reporter journeys down the Los Angeles River by kayak.

December 9, 2003 - The New York Times

The Suburban Mall: America's New Town Square?

Why is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger giving major speeches at shopping malls?

December 9, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Southern California's Disappearing Middle Class

Southern California's lingering grocery strike is about the very survival of Los Angeles' middle class, writes Harold Meyerson.

December 8, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Releases Report On Wal-Mart

A report on Wal-Mart commissioned by the City of Los Angeles warns that Wal-Mart's Supercenters would harm the local economy.

December 8, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

How Maps Lie

We all know how you can lie with numbers. You can lie with maps much more effectively, as Jonathan Corum demonstrates with a widely-used map of California's recent gubernatorial election results.

December 7, 2003 - Style.org

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