Can California curb land grabs?Los Angeles Times -
Can California curb land grabs?
Los Angeles Times - Municipal officials have prevented the state from restricting eminent domain powers, but a proposed ballot measure could do the trick. By Steven Malanga, STEVEN MALANGA is a contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal, from whose
Ciao to the family spread for Sophia Loren
Los Angeles Times - Sophia Loren 's sons were just boys when the Oscar-winning actress and her husband, producer Carlo Ponti , bought their 38.5-acre Hidden Valley retreat in 1981. Now Carlo Ponti Jr ., 37, is the conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, and
Rants and other thoughts
Inside Bay Area - Charles E. Olken I LEAD a fairly hectic life. I taste wine for my own publication three or four times a week. I am constantly running off to the wine country to visit wineries and vineyards. I travel out of the country a couple of times a year. I
Personal Finance Daily -- Feb. 1
Investors Business Daily - By now, everyone who uses credit cards and carries any kind of a monthly balance has gotten at least one bill with new minimum-payment requirements that at least 1% of the principal be paid off each cycle. And while this increase, in the works for
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