Working together since 2006, the eight San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Agencies have been developing the San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint to establish a vision for a sustainable land use and transportation scenario in the valley. As part of this effort, the Regional Planning Agencies have developed the Planners’ Toolkit, an online resource of best practices, case studies, California planning law, and other material applicable to projects within the San Joaquin Valley. To learn more about the Planners’ Toolkit and to view available resources, please visit the project website.

A helicopter landed onto a remote field northwest of Galt,
causing a grass fire to scorch 15 to 20 acres, according to
Cosumnes Fire Chief Tracey Hansen.

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Helicopter lands near Cosumnes River Preserve

The CEO of what had been one of the nation's largest privately held mortgage lenders was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in a $3 billion scheme that officials called one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.

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Ex-mortgage CEO sentenced to prison for $3B fraud

U.S. nuclear power plant operators haven't figured out how to quickly detect leaks of radioactive water from aging pipes that snake underneath the sites – and the leaks, often undetected for years, are not going to stop, according to a new report by congressional investigators.

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GAO: leaks at aging nuke sites difficult to detect

The head of Mexico's central bank says that if he is selected to become the top official at the International Monetary Fund, he will work to increase representation for developing countries and increase the IMF's abilities to deal with financial crises.

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Mexican bank chief seeks support for top IMF job

The Federal Reserve's soon-to-end bond-buying program goes by the unwieldy term “quantitative easing.” It involves having the Fed buy Treasurys from investors. Those purchases tend to push down long-term interest rates, or at least keep them low.

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How the Fed influences interest rates, at a glance

It would drop interest rates and lift stock prices. It would ignite inflation. It was useless.

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Fed’s soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy

GREECE: Stocks rose for a fourth day straight Tuesday on hope that a vote of confidence in the Greek government will help the country avoid default. Worries that a default could lead to a wider financial crisis have dragged on markets since May.

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Summary Box: Stocks rise for 4th straight day

Hurricane Beatriz weakened into a tropical storm and headed out to sea Tuesday after pounding Mexico's resort-studded Pacific coast with heavy rains and winds.

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Beatriz weakens to tropical storm off SW Mexico