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NASA Plans for Moffet Field

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will hold public hearingsconcerning their plans for a large shared-use educational and research-and-development campus at Moffett Fieldin Mountain View, California.

July 6 - San Jose Mercury News

Counties, Cities, Gain Little from Surpluses

Local governments in California that suffered in last decade say they are not gaining much in recent good times.

July 6 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Who Pays for Pollution?

Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.

July 6 - The Sacramento Bee

Lies, Damn Lies, and Playa Vista

New Times LA takes an irreverent look at Playa Vista and the Los Angeles City Council.

July 6 - New Times-LA

LA's New Money Train Just Left the Station

LA City Councilwoman Gallanter comes out strongly against SCAG's maglev transportation proposal.

July 6 - The Los Angeles Times


Placer's Flood Control Proposal

Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.

July 6 - The Sacramento Bee

Weeds at El Toro

The former El Toro Marine base in Orange County should have been a cargo airport already. Instead, the county is losing money just trying to maintain the empty airfield.

July 6 - The Los Angeles Times


The Greening of California

An awareness, and perhaps fear, of urban sprawl is causing a dramatic policy shift toward thinking green -- even in places like Los Angeles.

July 6 - The Washington Post

Feng Shui Fashionable

A working knowledge of this ancient system is turning out to be essential in some high end property sales.

July 6 - Time

Stockton Criticizes Water Rules

Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.

July 5 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Surprise Inspections For Residential Developers

The Department of Industrial Relations has launched a new policy of monthly surprise sweeps of residential-tract construction sites.

July 5 - Wall St. Journal

CA's Rail Plan: MagLev Here We Come

SCAG's proposal for the nation's first magnetic levitation train is delivered to Federal Rail Administration; it will compete with nine other cities.

July 5 - Wall St. Journal

Fresno Named All-American City

"Raisin Capital" is named as an All-American City by the National Civic League. Santa Clarita is runner-up.

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Avila Beach: Oil Or Tourism?

Heavily contaminated by decades as an oil port, Avila Beach is undergoing a massive cleanup effort and hopes to become a tourist destination. Will it succeed?

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Tri-Valley's Urban Growth Boundaries

Some of the strictest anti-growth initiatives in the nation are headed for the November ballot in the Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

July 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Transportation Update

91 toll road; State's transportation surplus; Bart to San Jose bill; MTC completes study; San Diego wins federal funds.

July 5 - California Corridors

Sydney's Silent Solar Sailor

A wind-and-sun-powered ferry in Australia's Sydney Harboris looking at other markets for environmentally sensitive ferries, including San Francisco Bay.

July 4 - Wired

Caltrans Faces $15,000 Fine

The California Department of Transportation could face up to$15,000 in fines for alleged water quality violations.

July 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Trains Derail Ferry Plans

Improving train service from San Francisco to San Jose has priority over a proposed Redwood City ferry service.

July 4 - San Jose Mercury News

Orange County's Roads Tolls for Thee

Orange County's experiments with private toll roads is meeting with mixed success. But politicians are increasingly calling for making the toll roads free.

July 4 - California Corridors

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