Local Headlines
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Need overwhelms Community Pantry
Friday Oct 3 | via The Pinnacle
Volunteers at the Community Pantry work together to pack bags of food for their clients.
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City's homebuyer assistance program hasn't taken off
Tuesday Sep 30 | via Hollister Free Lance
HOLLISTER City officials are looking to give new life to a first-time homebuyer program previously proposed but shelved because of turnover in the Hollister Redevelopment Agency, Development Services Director ...
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Gage: More foreclosures, and I'm fuming all over again
Tuesday Sep 23 | via Free Lance
When I read that 249 more foreclosures were recorded in San Benito County for the month of August, I started fuming all over again.
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Foreclosure slide hits lowest point yet
Thursday Sep 18 | via Hollister Free Lance
There were another 249 San Benito County homes entering some stage of the foreclosure process last month, a 207 percent jump over the same period in 2007, according to recently released data from Irvine-based ...
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Slide continues: 249 homes enter foreclosure in August
Tuesday Sep 16 | via Free Lance
HOLLISTER There were another 249 San Benito County homes entering some stage of the foreclosure process last month, a 207 percent jump over the same period in 2007, according to recently released data from ...
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Regional Headlines
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Bank of America announces rescue plan for Countrywid...
2 hrs ago | via Free Republic
A massive $8.4 billion homeowner rescue plan announced Monday by the Bank of America will provide some relief for an estimated 125,000 Californians who are having trouble making payments on sub-prime loans and ...
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BANGKOK: Tentative step only on the long road to rec...
3 hrs ago | via Asia News Network
The US Congress has finally passed the US$700 rescue package for the nation's financial system.
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California Realtor(R) Expo 2008 in Long Beach Oct. 1...
4 hrs ago | via Earth Times
14 to Oct. 16 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. Featuring cutting-edge seminars, hot new products, and networking opportunities, CALIFORNIA REALTOR EXPO 2008 will feature more than 200 ...
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Countrywide Agrees to $3.5B Mortgage Sttlement in Ca...
9 hrs ago | via KESQ
Calabasas-based mortgage lender Countrywide has reached a settlement with 11 states designed to provide up to $8.68 billion in relief to borrowers, including $3.5 billion to Californians, Attorney General Jerry ...
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Countrywide Settlement Reached
9 hrs ago | via KFI
Mortgage lender Countrywide has reached a settlement designed to provide up to $8.68 billion in relief to borrowers, California's Attorney General announced today.
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National Headlines
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Unions and politicians have called on the retail ban...
4 min ago | via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Unions and politicians have called on the retail banks to pass on the reduction in full.
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33 min ago | via The Asheville Citizen-Times
No one wants to talk about who is most to blame for the financial crisis that now threatens the U.S. economy, though there is plenty of blame to go around.
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Global markets jolted by spreading financial crisis
21 hrs ago | via Reno Gazette-Journal
LONDON - The devastating financial flu that has sent the American economy reeling is contagious, making the rest of the world look sick too.
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Monday Sep 15 | via Detroit Free Press
An official says the administration has decided to pick a key Treasury Department official to be the interim head of its $700-billion rescue effort for financial institutions.
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Treasury publishes info on TARP authorities
9 min ago | via NAFCU
Oct. 7, 2008 - Treasury on Monday published information that lays the groundwork for the selection of asset managers in the Troubled Assets Relief Program and set an Oct.
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