WHAT: A four-bedroom, four-bath adobe HOW MUCH: $495,000 SIZE: 3,354 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $147.58 SETTING: This rustic house is in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, near the northeast edge of Tucson. The neighborhood is a sparsely populated community of winding roads lined with desert shrubs, flowers and a variety of cactuses, including the saguaro for which the region is known. Most of the houses in this part of the foothills are from the 1940s and 1950s, built on three- and four-acre lots. Grocery stores, pharmacies, service stations and the like are about two miles away. INSIDE: The adobe house was built in 1956 and renovated by its current owners within the past eight years. They refinished its brick and concrete-tile ... Continue reading →

May 18, 2012, 2:10 pmPresidential Job RecordsSince former President Bush is going to favor us with a book on How to Succeed in Economic Policy Without Really Trying — and since Mitt Romney is essentially planning a return to Bushonomics — it might be worth looking at Bush’s job record compared with that of Obama so far. I focus on private-sector jobs because both Bush and Romney say that the government can’t create jobs, so only the private sector is real.So compare private-sector job creation from January 2001 to January 2009 — the Bush era — with job creation from January 2009 to April 2012. Or maybe you think presidents shouldn’t be held accountable for their first year, and want to start either comparison from ... Continue reading →

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Jeralynn Blueford addresses the city council on Tuesday evening, as family members look on as they hold photos of Alan Blueford, who was shot and killed by police May 5. The city of Oakland has a program that charges fines for banks that fail to maintain blighted homes that have been foreclosed upon that the bank now owns. On Tuesday night, the city council voted unanimously to expand those controls to include homes going through the default process. The new ordinance was necessary to address residential properties stuck in a “no man’s land” —the period of time after a homeowner receives a notice of default but before the bank has moved in to foreclose—said the legislation’s author, Councilmember Jane Brunner (District 1). Brunner said the ... Continue reading →