Immigrants are more evenly distributed across the skills spectrum than has been widely recognized, according to an analysis just issued by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

The report demonstrates that the fastest growth in immigrant employment since 2000 has occurred in middle-skilled jobs -- jobs that require more than a high school but less than a four-year college degree and that typically pay a family-sustaining wage ($30,000 annually per worker).

As local and state transit agencies vote on more funding for a tram between BART and the Oakland Airport parking lot, an updated study is showing it requires a $102 taxpayer subsidy for each new rider to go just 3 miles. Bay Area transit advocacy group TransForm says that by comparison a limousine could pick up eight people at their home anywhere in the East Bay and take them straight to the airport terminal for just $99. TransForm references a $500 million cost for the OAC (Oakland Airport Connector) while BART totals it at $484 million.

Mientras las agencias de tránsito estatales y municipales someten a votación más financiamiento para un tranvía entre el BART y el estacionamiento del Aeropuerto de Oakland, un estudio actualizado demuestra que se requiere un subsidio de $102 de parte de los contribuyentes por cada pasajero que utilice el sistema para recorrer tan sólo 3 millas. El grupo de apoyo al tránsito del Área de la Bahía denominado TransForm señaló que, haciendo una

¿Es posible encontrar una verdadera oportunidad en el mercado inmobiliario actual? ¿Es posible ganar un buen precio por sorteo? Los corredores inmobiliarios siempre han promocionado casas que tienen un precio ‘por debajo del mercado’, pero una casa siempre se venderá por la cantidad que el mercado esté dispuesto a pagar. No son nuevos los programas que ofrecen hogares asequibles a familias de bajos ingresos, casas cuyo precio es

Is it possible to find a real bargain in the current housing market? Is it possible to win a bargain price by lottery? Realtors have always promoted homes priced ‘below market’, but a house will always sell for whatever the market is willing to pay. Affordable home programs that offer true below market home prices to low income families are not new, though such a program in Alameda is using a lottery where first-time home buyers will win the opportunity to buy a new home for as little as $150,000.

Experts on relationship violence and young people from the Bay Area and across the country are reacting to the violent behavior portrayed in the new “Love the Way You Lie,” music video by Eminem, featuring Rihanna. Starring actors Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox, the video depicts an abusive relationship and violent acts.