Neighborhoods
As Short-Terms Rentals Boom, Regulation an Issue
Popular short-term rental websites like Airbnb, FlipKey and HomeAway are making it easier for property owners to rent out their homes to travelers looking for a place to crash. Those three companies now have more than a million listings for everything from spare bedrooms to luxurious oceanfront villas. But thesurging popularity of these casual short-term […]
Budget Cuts Close California Governor’s Mansion
The historic Sacramento mansion thathoused Ronald Reagan, Earl Warren and a host of other California governorshas become a victim of state budget cuts, The New York Times reports. California officials announced Friday (May 13) that 70 state parks will close to the public as a result of some billion in budget cuts enacted by the […]
Nevada Fastest-Growing State, Census Data Shows
The five largest states in the country now are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. Overall, the West grew faster last year than the other three-quarters of the country, the South, Midwest and Northeast. Led by Nevada, which grew by 3.8 percent last year, the population of the Western states jumped 1.5 percent. Nationally, […]