| 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 |
| Bay Area people of note who died in 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) |
| A restaurateur. A lion keeper. A breast cancer activist. A heroine in the AIDS epidemic. A nightclub singer, Bayview-Hunters Point community activist, World War II hero and key figure in the Free Speech Movement. They were among the thousands of people who... |
| 01/01/2009 |
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