California

Valley Recreation Area To Filter Sewage

Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area, the Valley's second-largest park, is proposed to be converted to wetlands to filter sewage.

July 17, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Transit Villages: A National Trend

It's a growing national trend: linking commercial and residential projects to transportation hubs. There's one in Sylmar,CA.

July 16, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Sprawl More Expensive Than Infill Development

University study says new sprawling development in Bakersfield, CA will be expensive, and the city should consider infill development instead.

July 15, 2001 - Bakersfield Californian

Will Los Angeles Break Up Into Smaller Cities?

The neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA, will play an important role in determining if the "City of Angels" will break up into smaller cities.

July 15, 2001 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

What Makes The Best Main Streets?

A development team from Rancho Cucamonga, CA travels across the country to evaluate what makes the best main streets.

July 14, 2001 - Press-Enterprise

Feds OK New Bay Area Bridge Project

Caltrans to solicit bids for the largest contract in its history - the $700 million "Skyway" phase.

July 13, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Fixing San Francisco's Public Transit

San Francisco's reputation as a great public-transit mecca is being tarnished by poor reliability of its buses, trains and cable cars.

July 13, 2001 - The Seattle Times

'Bus Rapid Transit': An Alternative For Light Rail?

The 'bus rapid transit system" is a bus service made to work like a rail system without the high cost of a light-rail system.

July 13, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The Most Vital 'Boomburbs' In The Country

The Fannie Mae Foundation has listed the 53 most vital 'boomburbs' in the country. Almost half are in California.

July 12, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

California's Water Deals

Is the battle for Californian's state water rights turning ugly?

July 12, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Banning Weekend Noise In San Marino, CA

Wealth lives in San Marino, California. And they don't like the noise from power lawn tools on weekends and holidays.

July 11, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Gehry To Plan Playa Vista, CA Project

Frank Gehry has been hired to plan and design, with other architects, 60 acres of the former DreamWorks site.

July 11, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Oakland Plans Massive Waterfront Redevelopment

The redevelopment of waterfront area in Oakland, CA, will cost $1.2 billion.

July 10, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

50 Years Of Botany In S.F.'s Golden Gate Park

A San Francisco botanist finally gets her due after 50 years of research in Golden Gate Park.

July 10, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles City Hall's Historic Preservation

The L.A. Times architectural critic praises the historic preservation of Los Angeles' City Hall, but notes a few minor flaws.

July 9, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Radical San Francisco Building Shocks Planners

A new avant-garde architecture federal building shocks San Francisco sensibilities. Critics say the design belongs in L.A. or Houston.

July 7, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Limited Planning Possible On Catalina

Santa Catalina Island, CA,is quiet and beautiful. But tourism is decreasing. And there is little room to grow.

July 6, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

The Wonders Of Suburbia

Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.

July 3, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Late Night BART

An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.

July 3, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

A Planned Community With No Cemetery

If you live in Irvine, California, you have to move elsewhere when you die. This master-planned city has no cemetery.

July 2, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

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