| 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 |
| Internal Affairs: The political year that was (San Jose Mercury News) |
| JANUARYSan Jose Mayor Chuck Reed spends New Year's Day visiting fire stations around town. On each visit, he's joined by a City Council colleague — except in District 5, whose representative, Nora Campos, is on the outs with hizzoner over a vote to rebuild an East Side fire station instead of |
| 12/28/2008 |
| Assemblyman honors Milpitas hero (The Milpitas Post) |
| Several citizens and groups were honored by state Senate Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, Thursday night as part of an awards ceremony to coincide with his State of the 20th Assembly Address. |
| 12/19/2008 |
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