KB Home going all-solar in new SoCal housing development

National homebuilder KB Home is continuing its push to market all-solar new housing communities with a deal announced this week to buy 43 building lots from Newhall Land in Valencia, Calif., about 30 miles north of Los Angeles. The new homes will include solar power systems as a standard feature. KB Home recently announced plans to open 10 communities across Southern California in which all of the homes will be built with photovoltaic solar systems. Details