House histories just waiting to be discovered (Everett Herald)

In the first moments of 2009, my boy and I stood on our front porch listening to the thunder of distant fireworks. He clanged pans together to celebrate, for the first time, being up past midnight on New Year's.

Bay Area residents looking hopefully at 2009 (San Francisco Chronicle)

So long, 2008. Don't let the door hit you in the rear. Bay Area residents sent off a year of economic upheaval with the hope that 2009 will bring peace, prosperity and perhaps the restoration of sanity to their retirement funds and housing values. In San...

Bay Area residents looking hopefully at 2009 (San Francisco Chronicle)

So long, 2008. Don't let the door hit you in the rear. Bay Area residents were ready to send off a year of economic upheaval with the hope that 2009 will bring peace, prosperity and perhaps the restoration of sanity to their retirement funds and housing...

Get ready to ring in the New Year (The Sentinel)

Things will be dropping from the sky in many towns across the area on New Year’s Eve.

2008 IN REVIEW: Brand new bridge closes, farewell to football hero, TB fears hit school... and city rated UK’s most ... (EveningTimes Online)

2/3: Around 200,000 rail passengers travelling between Scotland and London faced disruption on the West Coast main line, caused by delayed cabling works. Network Rail was later fined a record £14million.