| Home sales are up but prices are falling: Who's buying houses? (San Jose Mercury News) |
| Current home shoppers, experts say, generally fall into two camps '” first-time home buyers and investors. Almost all other buyers remain on the sidelines, either because they're unable to qualify for low-interest loans or because their current home has lost so much value they don't have enough equity for a down payment on a new one. |
| 01/05/2009 |
| The Year in Reviews (MetroActive) |
| Save the Earth. Shut Your Tap In January, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed unveiled an ambitious agenda to make San Jose a green city. |
| 12/30/2008 |
| Carmel waste broker accused of bribery (The Monterey County Herald) |
| For almost a decade, police say, James Lucero of Carmel turned tons of construction trash headed for San Jose's Kirby Canyon landfill into his own private treasure. The Monterey County waste broker stands accused of bribing almost the entire staff of the South San Jose landfill. |
| 12/25/2008 |
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