In the latest development in a seemingly never-ending and bitter legal saga, a tentative agreement to settle the North Hollywo...

A speech Friday by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. to criminal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office raised more than a few eyebrow...

The Los Angeles City Council opened the way Friday to ensure two newly created police-related positions do not carry civil-ser...

It's the best of times, it's the worst of times. Law firms are raking in record profits. Associates are raking in record salar...

Emily Shappel Edelman will become president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association at the group's annual installation and awards...

As another legislative session draws to a close in Sacramento, California's judicial branch has much to celebrate. An 8.5 perc...

WASHINGTON - Larketta Randolph just wants her day in court. The Alabama resident contends that, when she bought her $39,000 mo...

SACRAMENTO - The high-profile parole case of Richard Rosenkrantz has landed on the desk of Gov. Gray Davis, with a finding fro...

JOSHUA TREE - To the teen-agers living around this High Desert town, it was just another way to get high, a clear, salty liqui...

Malcolm Lucas learned the hard way that state lawmakers do not take kindly to courts that clip their wings. In 1991, Californi...

Acquired building to undergo 'creative use' renovation Beverly Hills - A six-story office structure in Beverly Hills known as...

Supermarket, housing could save garden Sacramento - Local developer Paul Petrovich has proposed a $20 million project at 18th...

Forell/Elsesser Engineers added Irene D. Lauren as director of business development. Previously Lauren served for years as an...

Riverfront all-suites hotel breaks ground Sacramento - Embassy Suites Hotels broke ground on a 242-suite hotel at 200 Capital...

By Julie Nakashima Brokers are sounding optimistic about the downtown Los Angeles office market. This is nothing new for a pr...

By Julie Nakashima The adage that "nobody walks in L.A." will be tested in the coming years, as a major urban revitalization ...

In Los Angeles, Equity Office Properties Trust named Susann Ventzke managing director for more than 5 million square feet of ...

By John McCloud The majority of articles written about commercial real estate lending focus on major national and internation...

Peter W. Pfau Title: President/Principal Company: Pfau Architecture Ltd. Location: San Francisco What is the focus of your co...

$58 million bridge loan for highrise San Francisco - The San Francisco office of Cohen Financial secured a $58 million, three...

Groups want rail yard land for parks, kids Los Angeles - The 47-acre Chinatown Cornfields rail yard is the largest open space...

By Joan Kramer The weather in Southern California isn't all that's sunny these days. Low inventories and the strong economy a...

Two medical center contracts awarded Los Angeles - One of the nation's leading healthcare builders was recently awarded two c...

Rents drive law firm from venture capital paradise Palo Alto - Rents along Sand Hill Road apparently have even become too exp...

By John McCloud Though the San Francisco office market is not nearly so frenetic as it was earlier this year, no one should t...

By Mike Strle Those of us who remain standing in the property management business must have an innate ability for problem sol...

If he had a clear choice, Craig N. Rossell would prefer being locked up in a room with a typewriter or computer banging out no...

When runners hit their stride, they feel something: clarity, a surge of confidence, a nearly divine compulsion to win. When li...

There is a new adage for civil cases, "if you can litigate, you can mediate." Nowhere is this saying more appropriate than in ...

By Stephen F. Rohde Political movements are challenged when their emerging success attracts newcomers whose interests depart ...