California
Affordable Housing Costs More
As the economy is slumping, affordable housing cannot compete with market rates.
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.
A License To Kill
A landowner gets a state permit to hunt the last male lion in the Santa Monica mountains.
Kayak Through Los Angeles?
A reporter journeys down the Los Angeles River by kayak.
The Suburban Mall: America's New Town Square?
Why is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger giving major speeches at shopping malls?
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.
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.
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.
Urban Sprawl And Commuting
Commute times have risen in many areas. Is sprawl to blame?
Along Nuclear Reactor's Path, Cries Of 'NIMBY'
A radioactive 770-ton vessel begins a long and circuitous trip.
Stripping Away Aging Strip Malls
As sprawl has hit the wall, places like Fremont, CA are looking to convert aging strip malls into mixed-use developments.
Strips Malls As Apartments?
A city in California hopes to create new housing from aging strip malls.
Affordable Housing With An Ocean View?
Do people who purchased ocean-front condos in a low-income-housing program deserve to make a profit?
Which Species Are More Endangered?
A conflict between two threatened species on Santa Cruz Island crystallizs the ethical questions that face environmentalists as more endangered species compete for survival.
Wal-Mart Effect Series: Part 3
In the third part in it's hard-hitting series, the Los Angeles Times focuses on the zoning laws local communities are considering to limit supercenters and stores like them.
Structural Insulated Panels Promise Affordability, Energy-Efficiency
Structural insulated panels are being considered by many in the Inland Empire of Southern California as an energy-efficient, affordable housing design solution.
Development Takes Live/Work To The Next Level
An Orange County developer is successfully marketing dwelling units that owners can legally use to receive customers and hire employees in a suburban residential setting.
State Architect Effectively Advocates For Sustainable Design
California State Architect Stephen Castellanos discusses how the built environment affects students and neighborhoods.
History's Biggest Wildfire Recovery Effort
Projects in California range from relocating endangered frogs to mulching hillsides by helicopter.
Workers Housing Opens In Downtown Salinas
City and developer transform skid-row housing.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
