April 2009

If you thought flood, fire and mold were the largest threats to your house, you probably have yet to face the menace of a pregnant raccoon.

Measure A, which would allow 500 residential units to be built in the downtown area, deserves your vote May 19.

April 20, 2009 Measure A’s campaign gains speed Natalie Everett The Committee for Measure A is mounting a vigorous and far-reaching campaign for the passage of the downtown redevelopment measure, but whether or not the message will reach and convince the on-the-fence public is yet to be seen. Measure A would allow 500 residential units

Santa Rosa has 10 weeks to adopt a policy shaping residential development for the next 26 years — a future clouded by competing forces.

Mike Swift Those who remember the fields and orchards of the “Valley of Heart’s Delight” being paved under endless plains of cul-de-sacs and strip malls might be surprised by a word used to describe San Jose in a national report on suburban sprawl released Monday — “compact.” According to the influential Brookings Institution, among the