Talk of a new Oakland A's ballpark is being revived as team wins and rumors keep popping up about a sale. Howard Terminal, along estuary, is one possible site, but the city will refuse to chip in this time. Turnaround in north Richmond . 87 new homes in Parkway Estates are selling fast, despite area's past reputation for factories, poverty. More Sacramento carpool lanes are iffy , despite a 20-year plan by Sacramento Council of Gov'ts calling for 86 more miles of pool lanes.
City council opposes the lanes, contends they lead to suburban sprawl.
More farms and ranches are up for sale in the San Joaquin Valley, as agriculture suffers from water shortages, low crop prices, high costs. But no sales increase in the Sacramento Valley, which isn't as depressed. Legislature's homestretch will be a perilous time for business as lawmakers divert their attention from energy to other economic issues. Once again, only Gov. Davis stands in the way of labor unions and other groups allied with the Democratic majority in the legislature. Davis will sign a bill requiring customers' permission for businesses to sell their personal information to an outside company.