SoCal Home Sales Continue to Plunge

31. October 2007 · Write a comment · Categories: Cost of Living, Current Events, Living in California Southbay, Moving to California, Real Estate

From Reuters: “Sales of houses and condominiums in the most populous Southern California counties fell 29.9 percent from the previous month and 48.5 percent from a year earlier, DataQuick Information Systems said on Tuesday.

The report covers the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura and showed a total of 12,455 new and existing homes and condos sold in September, the lowest since the company began recording the data in 1988.”

Southern California Fires and Bureaucracy

26. October 2007 · Write a comment · Categories: Current Events, Politics

As heard on the John & Ken show yesterday and covered in this news story, fires were raging while helicopters were grounded, delaying the help that Southern Californians needed to save their homes:

As Calif. Fires Burned, Copters Grounded (where were the “spotters”?)

Today’s News from John & Ken regarding reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of arson suspect(s) in the Southern CA fires.