The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Jody Cook is the new supervisor of Angeles National Forest. The 656,000-acre forest represents over one quarter of Los Angeles County's land.

September 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Sacramento County continues to benefit from the Bay Area's tight real-estate and labor markets.

September 6 - Wall St. Journal

DDT is spread across a massive 17-square mile underwater Superfund site 100 feet below the ocean surface. The EPA has a new solution.

September 6 - The Washington Post

Is housing mobility the key to welfare reform?Lessons from Chicago’s Gautreaux program.

September 6 - The Brookings Institution

With forty percent of New Yorkers being foreign-born, the city faces major challenges even as it continues to be enriched by immigration.

September 6 - The New York Times

Study ranks California as the fourth safest state for drivers.

September 5 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Francisco bookstore to be deemed as an endagered landmark not for architectural value but purely for its cultural significance.

September 5 - The Washington Post

Berkeley's environmental commission finds home fireplaces to be major polluters and may ban new fireplaces.

September 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Ten years after it was adopted the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) has left its mark on the nation's buildings.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Wildlife experts warn that the Sudden Oak Death epidemic that is devastating California's oaks could have a catastrophic impact on wildlife.

September 5 - National Geographic

Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded rental assistance vouchers that will help 60,000 very low-income families live in housing they otherwise could not afford.

September 5 - HUD News

The second in a two-part series, today's look is at Monterey Bay and the Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries. The marine life is incredible.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Information technology and telecommuting was supposed to reduce the strain on the freeways. So why are Silicon Valley's freeways still clogged and giants such a Cisco building new office complexes?

September 5 - The New York Times

Walt Disney Company will develop a $2-billion creative campus in Glendale. The environmental impact report has raised some questions.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

As Southern California air becomes cleaner, the cost to polluters becomes greater. The Clean Air Credits program is doing its job, say proponents.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

King Harbor in Redondo Beach will undergo commercial and tourist redevelopment. A pact with the local power plant makes this possible.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Monterey Park's experience with ethnic change holds lessons for minorities are now the majority.

September 5 - The Washington Post

California state water officials are cracking down on water polluters with stringent enforcement and unprecedented fines.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Scientists say the Big Easy is sinking and could be underwater in 50 years.

September 5 - National Geographic

This special two-part LA Times series focuses on California's underwater sanctuaries, and the federal government's surprising new interest in them.

September 5 - The Los Angeles Times