California

L.A. Area Makes Big Air-pollution Gains

In the last five years, smoggy Southern California has made significant gains in fighting air pollution.

November 30, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Saving California's Open Spaces

California's growth will devastate the state's remaining open spaces. Gov. Davis must make preservation a priority.

November 30, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Environmentalists Sue To Stop High-Tech Campus

Environmentalists are suing the city of San Jose to stop a new technology research park by Cisco Systems.

November 29, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

JFK Aims To Build Green Campus

John F. Kennedy University aims to build the nation's first environmentally friendly campus.

November 29, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

City Council To Take Close Look At CRA

The LA City Council is considering taking over the management of the CRA. The City Controller says unlawful activity may have occurred.

November 29, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Half Of SC's Shoreline Unsafe

Contamination by urban runoff pervades over half of the shoreline from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

November 29, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Sprawl Vs. High-Density Housing

A survey shows that overcrowding in San Francisco has made residents more open to innovative housing concepts.

November 29, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals

An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.

November 28, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Saving History

The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.

November 27, 2000 - Smithsonian Magazine

Waste Waterworld

The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.

November 27, 2000 - Orange County Register

LA's Street Numbering System

Ever wonder how a large city's street numbering works? The LA Times disects LA's massive street grid.

November 27, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Homeless Want To Be Homeless

Columnist Jill Stewart argues that the ugly secret about homelessness is that many homeless want to remain homeless.

November 27, 2000 - New Times-LA

Growth Control Vs. Population Growth

California is in the midst of a huge population surge at the same time that growth control is gaining support.

November 26, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

LA Passes Open-Access Resolution

Los Angeles has passed a resolution calling for open access to broadband cable Internet access.

November 26, 2000 - Government Technology

Rising Real Estate Costs Hinder Land Preservation

The Bay Area's high land prices are making it difficult forgroups interested in preserving open space to buy the land they wouldlike to see protected.

November 26, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

LA Storm Drain Runoff: More Problems

Despite large sums invested in high-tech devices, runoff is not improved. And anti-pollution laws are getting tougher.

November 25, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Stanford Faces Growth Restrictions

Faced with a low-cost housing crunch, Stanford University is under pressure to expand.

November 25, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Changes Approved For Moyer Clean Air Program

The California Air Resources Boardapproved changes to strengthen an incentive plan to reduce pollutantsfrom the air.

November 25, 2000 - Air Resources Board, CalEPA

River Proposal Calls For Less Water For Farmland

Department of the Interior released a plan which addresses the use of water from the Trinity River, a small river in northern California that supplies as much as a seventh of the Central Valley Project's water.

November 25, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Habitat Planning A Subdivision

Habitat for Humanity is planning a 22-home subdivision in Piru, California. This is its most ambitious project yet.

November 24, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

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