Brookfield Residential
Alan Hoffmann has been building homes in Texas since 1987, and he’s seen all kinds of real estate cycles. But he’s never seen a worker shortage this severe. As a Moody's economist put it, “without more immigration, even if we maintain the current level, we’ve got a problem. … more »
SciTechDaily
Eating a Mediterranean diet may protect people from some of the harm of long-term exposure to air pollution, and reduce their risk of dying from heart attacks, stroke and other causes of death, according to new research. … more »
Mt-public-radio
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, including China, mostly due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke. People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases compared with eating no eggs. … more »
Mike Kane/Bloomberg
As a tech boom drives up home prices, lawmakers ask: “Can cities grow too fast?” Hundreds of residents packed a Methodist church in the gentrifying Ballard neighborhood, turning what was supposed to be a civil town hall discussion into a scrum that exposed deep division in the city. … more »
KTRK-TV ABC13 / AP
Americans of high-school age are 82 times more likely to die from a gun homicide than 15- to 19-year-olds in the rest of the developed world. More young Americans have died in school shootings in 2018 than in all the nation’s combat operations all over the world. … more »
Bill Brand - The Planning Report
Finally, a mayor of a California city with the courage and intelligence to speak out against the State Legislature's plans to wrest control of local zoning from our locally elected government. Not a single mayor or Supervisor in Marin County has ever used their bully pulpit to speak out, independently. WHY? … more »
National Geographic
National Geographic just came up with a stellar image to add to its long history of memorable cover pages, which includes the likes of “Afghan Girl” in 1985 and “Conversations with a Gorilla” in 1978. The June 2018 cover deserves mention in the same breath and represents the magazine at its evocative best, if the viral response is any indication. … more »
LA Times
California’s gubernatorial hopefuls have a similar answer to the state’s housing crisis: Build a lot more homes. Five of the six major candidates argue that the only way for California to become a more affordable place to live is for developers to build at rates not seen in at least three decades. And the sixth wants the state to subsidize ... … more »
Marin City CDC
Marin City has lost a state "opportunity zone" designation designed to stimulate private investment in the community. Jared Huffman is up in arms over the apparent last-minute change. Where were the Marin BOS been during all this? Did they fight on behalf of Marin City's residents? … more »
Newgeography
Former mayor of Beverly Hills, John Mirisch, lays out in compelling detail, a humanist vision to counteract the deeply flawed concepts being forced on the residents of California residents by ideologues and those whom he refers to as "urbanism hawks." … more »
