Lead Story
High Speed Rail For California…only a Matter of Time.
While we at the California High-Speed Rail Authority don’t second-guess the will of the voters the way Jon Coupal seems to – instead we make it our mission to carry out the will of the voters – we actually agree with the position of the taxpayer advocate who doesn’t want a single cent of the [...]
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Sacramento California
Nacimiento Water Project Plans Push On»
Dec. 24–The countdown continues for the Top 10 Stories of 2009 selected by the Tribune editorial staff.
The Nacimiento Water Project — the county’s largest public works effort — heads into its final months of construction in 2010.
But even as residents and businesses prepare to use the millions of gallons of drinking water that the 45-mile [...]
Los Altos
Green Building Update»
Convincing every city in Santa Clara County to adopt green building standards turned out to be easy. But agreement on how to ensure a green building is indeed green and not just “green-ish” is proving tough.
“It’s a much more difficult question,” said Shiloh Ballard, who, on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, shepherded the [...]
San Francisco Bay Area
Housing Number Mixed»
New homes fell 11.3% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 355,000 as a popular tax break for first-time homeowners was set to expire, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday.
It was the lowest sales pace since April and followed months of steadier sales boosted by the tax break that was set to expire on [...]
