(AP) -- Three people face charges for their role in an alleged fraud scheme by using the Internet to target struggling homeowners in Northern California.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law's new downtown campus has achieved gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Program. The building was designed and built to be as energy-efficient as possible, to reduce the school’s environmental footprint and to generate solar electricity for the San Diego Gas & Electric grid.

Six California homebuilders including San Diegans Robert McLeod of Newland Communities and Tom Sudberry of Sudberry Properties have been named to the California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame.

BSD Builders has signed a construction management at-risk contract to begin preconstruction services on the California State University, San Marcos School of Nursing Renovation Project.

The court cases revolving around corruption charges for a combination of 15 South Bay-area school and college officials and contractors have been re-assigned to the South County courthouse, a San Diego Superior Court spokesperson confirmed Monday.

(AP) -- A newspaper is reporting a sprawling estate in the San Mateo County community of Woodside has sold for $117.5 million to an undisclosed buyer.

Lowe's is looking to hire about 180 contractors and people with experience in the home improvement trades for seasonal and part-time positions at its seven locations in San Diego County.

Community associations today face many issues, real and perceived. We live in a media environment that tends to concentrate on bad news and negativity. Everyone seems to have an opinion on what our individual rights are -- or should be - and we have a tendency to lose sight of the benefits of community associations.

The construction scene is still slow going into the last week of January, as municipalities don’t have much on their agendas.

The Associated of General Contractors San Diego chapter installed its 2013 officers and board members at its annual installation dinner meeting on Thursday.

Will it be six more weeks of winter for San Diego? Instead of running from your shadow and returning to hibernation, check out one or more of the local business events this week while you wait for Punxsutawney Phil to make his decision.

Blackstone Group LP, the largest U.S. hotel owner, is in talks to borrow about $450 million to refinance debt on San Diego’s historic Hotel del Coronado to take advantage of lower interest rates, a person with knowledge of the plans said.

(AP) -- Authorities in San Bernardino County have abandoned a plan to stabilize the housing market by seizing troubled mortgages.

Wermers Multi-Family Corporation is set to break ground Jan. 31 (Thursday), on the Arbor Green Apartments in Carson, Calif.

ID Studios has been selected to provide design services for approximately 18,000 square feet of corporate office space for the Jack in the Box Innovation Center located in San Diego.

Jaime Partners, the San Diego-based project management company, announced the completion of Celebrity Chef Kevin Roberts' new 2,000-square-foot Kamikaze 7 sushi restaurant opening in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter in March 2013.

Business conditions at design firms in the West did not change in December when compared to the previous month, according to the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) released Wednesday by the American Institute of Architects.

Sundt Construction Inc. employee-owners have given blood to the Red Cross and other blood donation services, resulting in 80 pints of blood being sent to local hospitals to be used for emergencies and medical procedures, Sundt Foundation announced Thursday.

The Lincoln Acres Library, which used to be the tiniest library in the San Diego County system, will begin a new chapter on Saturday. The library, located in the National City area, was recently rebuilt in collaboration between neighborhood residents and County Supervisor Greg Cox, a release announced Thursday.

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) plans to move its Tokyo headquarters to the Roppongi Hills complex from Shinjuku as early as April, according to two people familiar with the iPhone maker's plan.