A local investor acquired Esprit Luxury Villas Apartments, a 108-unit apartment community in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego....
Real Estate/Development
Giants president Magowan to be honored by industry
By Ron Mc Nees
San Francisco - The Northern California Real Estate & Construction Business Alliance for City of Hope will honor Peter A....
Siebel Systems Inc. may be a big deal at the moment, but when Cupertino-based Sobrato Development Cos. went into the market t...
It took two tries, but 201 Spear St. Terrace in San Francisco finally sold to new owners. Hartford, Conn.-based Cornerstone R...
Real Estate/Development
Pulte expands active adult division with two California acquisitions
By Ron Mc Nees
Brentwood and Banning - Pulte Corp. acquired two large-scale active adult communities in California. Summerset at Brentwood a...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Californias 30 largest construction loans for December
By Ron Mc Nees
BANKBOSTON NA TRUSTEE $125,000,000 3074522000 WESTERN PACIFIC HOUSING-TORREY SAN DIEGO 3030 LBJ FREEWAY, 1500, DALLAS, TX 752...
San Francisco - A trio of analysts from Robertson Stephens recommend that real estate investors focus on "the healthiest sect...
San Francisco Suspending reality at the door Southern California readers going to San Francisco might soon be able to get to ...
By Michael J. Schaaf For more than two decades, California's Proposition 13 has required taxpayers to maintain an extremely v...
By William Callaway In recent years, several real estate trends have impacted California and the rest of the country: New Urb...
Sacramento - Business owners are not automatically liable for the financial and emotional harm suffered by people who unfores...
Real Estate/Development
Glendale Plaza secures 140,000 square feet of new lease commitments
By Ron Mc Nees
Glendale Plaza signed five new leases and two lease expansions totaling more than 140,000 square feet of space and $40 millio...
Real Estate/Development
Silicon Valley in midst of environmental decline
By Ron Mc Nees
San Jose - Silicon Valley environmental indicators reveal more negative than positive trends, according to a report issued by...
By Jarrett Minton Developers face numerous decisions regarding the financial structure of any project, but among the most sig...
San Luis Obispo - MBK Southern California Ltd. intends to redevelop Central Coast Mall in San Luis Obispo. MBK acquired the 2...
Real Estate/Development
Valley apartment market boasts great fundamentals
By Julie Nakashima
By Julie Nakashima According to the CB Richard Ellis National Real Estate Index, apartments remained the top performer among ...
Newark - MCI Worldcom wants to build a regional network information center in Newark that would allow it to move into the bus...
By John McCloud First there was Silicon Valley, then the Biotech Corridor and Multimedia Gulch. The newest in the line of ind...
Real Estate/Development
Taxes modest in Marin and Sonoma counties, but developers cant escape impact fees
By Ron Mc Nees
The newly released 2000 Kosmont Cost of Doing Business Survey(r) tracks four key cities in Marin and Sonoma counties: Novato ...
Two developers are reportedly vying to build San Francisco-themed megaresorts in Las Vegas, replete with replicas of the Gold...
Start-up Urban Media Inc. is offering to deliver free broadband access and e-business solutions to small and medium-sized bus...
The Inner City Law Center, which battles slumlords on behalf of poor tenants, received notice Monday of a $455,000 judgment ag...
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday recommended death for two reputed gang members convicted of eight murders, including ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Statewide Ballot Battle Over Tobacco Settlement Averted
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - The debate over how to spend California's $25 billion litigation settlement with tobacco companies will not spill...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bruce J. Sottile is slated to be the next member of the bench to retire and join an alternat...
SAN FRANCISCO - At the end of his first year as the top federal cop in Northern California, U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller anno...
Criminal
Prosecutors Must Get Benefit of Doubt Before Case Is Dismissed
By David Kravets
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could reduce trial judges' powers, the California Supreme Court said Monday that courts must gi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Admits Inappropriate Conduct
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Luis A. Cardenas, who is in the middle of an investigation by the Commi...
Civil rights attorney Stephen Yagman said Monday he has received from prosecutors a list of an additional 1,200 cases possibly...
Charging that incumbent Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti has "abdicated" his responsibility in preventing child abus...