Sacramento plans 15,000 homes on former rail yard

SACRAMENTO - Sacramento is planning for 15,000 homes north of its downtown, most of them on the site of a former railyard. The homes, condominiums and townhouses will be built in anticipation of future housing needs. Area planners project that continued high gas prices will discourage people from living in distant suburbs, where they will face long commutes. The abandoned railyard is north of the state capital... [read full story]