The San Diego Film Commission publishes an annual guide called the San Diego Film & Video Resource Guide.

Put aside your old ideas about motorized bikes, those clunky mopeds and poorly made contraptions. There's an assortment of new electrically powered models that are well engineered and a joy to use. They provide practical transportation, falling somewhere between a bike and a motor scooter. They're also perfect for those who enjoy recreational bicycling, but get exhausted before arriving at their destination or just want to travel much farther more quickly than they can do with a conventional bike.

As the Democratic Convention approaches and the Iraq war slogs on, I cannot help but think of the summer of 1968.

The University of Michigan is reporting a slight increase in consumer confidence at the end of August. This corresponds with another report earlier this week from the Conference Board that Americans appear to be in a much better mood than they were a few months ago. You have to give credit to the month-long decline in gasoline prices. It looks, however, that oil and gasoline prices will stabilize at current levels until we see how the current series of Atlantic storms settle out. Gustav is still a threat but probably won't make a serious move into the Gulf of Mexico until around Wednesday next week. It is followed by Hana and other weather fronts that could be a problem. Then again, maybe they won't.

Disneyland, Hollywoodland (now Hollywood) and Aguirreland, all make-believe places where the family can spend a short time and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of fantasy.

When planning for family council meetings with business owning families, too often families are stunned when they are encourages to have some casual, informal group event, as it is critical to the success of such meetings.

Almost 20 years ago, the usually verdant Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate, suffered through a drought so severe that a ban on all new construction was considered, along with strict water rationing.

Conflict of interest is front-page news. Are you comfortable with how you are managing this potential problem at your workplace?

The laid back lifestyle at San Diego's summer playground at Mission Bay and nearby beaches is in full swing. The Fourth of July survived under the no drinking ban, reported crime is down and the parking lots are jammed. So what else is new?

A sales principle that leads to wealth: It's all about them.

Despite its commendable purpose, public accessibility law has been abused by certain individuals, organizations and plaintiffs' attorneys for the purpose of monetary gain. In California alone, a mere handful of individuals have filed over 400 lawsuits each within a three-year period. While states such as California, Florida and Hawaii have seen a significant share of these types of lawsuits, accessibility lawsuits are by no means limited to these states or geographic areas.

Short of which contestants are being voted off "American Idol" each week, the most pressing domestic issue in the news these days is the distressed condition of the real estate and mortgage markets.

Frustrated by the influx of undisciplined workers, more and more managers these days are abdicating their responsibility for addressing poor performance and correcting inappropriate behaviors. Opting instead to report either them to the HR department or simply ignore them in the mistaken belief, they'll get the message and leave.

The U.S. Army's Soldier's Creed, adopted in 2003, include these words, "I will never leave a fallen comrade." All branches of the military have lived, and sometimes died, by what these words mean even before formally adopted.

We are at a crossroads, and depending on your perspective, it could either look like we are on the precipice of a new era or that we have gone over the cliff. The incredible run of all aspects of real estate sure felt good while it lasted.

Never was so much hype created by so few to simulate the appearance of so many.

In the early summer of 1971 I received a telephone call from Wes Barthlesmes, a key U.S. Senate aide. He asked if I would to join him for lunch with a Democrat from Delaware planning to run for the U.S. Senate against Caleb Boggs, the state's senior senator.

My college major was English and nothing impeded my progress toward a degree more than the math and science classes I needed to fulfill my general ed requirements.

Coming fresh off the heels of its merger in early July of this year, the combined Activision Blizzard publishing juggernaut this past Thursday posted $1 billion in earnings for the quarter ending June 30.

Many lawyers pick juries the same way case after case. They use seating charts and little yellow Post-it notes, and as the potential jurors go down the list of routine questions and provide information, they furiously cram as much handwriting as they can fit on the note in order to remember what they said.

We are at a crossroads, and depending on your perspective, it could either look like we are on the precipice of a new era or that we have gone over the cliff. The incredible run of all aspects of real estate sure felt good while it lasted.

Cars, if they're kept in good shape, ought to have engine tune ups on a regular basis. That process sharpens the functions of the motor and makes sure it is operating in the most efficient manner possible.

The federal government has recently implemented new rules that are directed at preventing identity theft and these regulations may affect your business if you issue credit to consumers.

Globalization is a term that has come to mean negative things, for some reason. I'm not exactly sure when it started, but sometime in the last five to ten years, a concept that used to be viewed as beneficial somehow came to represent oppression, confinement, intolerance of diversity, condensation of power and exploitation. While I think these horrendous outcomes are indeed of concern, and do occur within the context of human behavior around the world, I don't think they are the result of global trends that are typically inferred by the word "globalization."

Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee newspaper, recently appeared before the San Diego Rotary Club to describe our state government.

Estate planning is mostly about putting mechanisms in place to ensure that your assets are distributed according to your wishes once you are gone. Yet there is another aspect to the process that centers on appointing others to manage your affairs during your lifetime.