Less than a month ago, the county kicked off another project in its continuing effort to centralize many of its operations when it broke ground on the new Registrar of Voters Office in Kearny Mesa.

If your New Year’s resolution is to get out in the community and check out more events, then you are in luck. The local business community has a variety of events lined up this week ranging from workshops to presentations and economic outlooks.

Pedro Lopez didn't really have anyone to look up to when he was growing up. There were not any Hispanics who he saw as mentors or leaders in his field of engineering in San Diego and Mexico during the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s.

(AP) -- Colony Financial Inc. said Friday that it doubled the size of its offering of common stock to 10 million shares and priced it.

As legislative and planning bodies at nearly every level of government are welcoming new and re-elected members, the Port of San Diego's Board of Port Commissioners swore in on Tuesday its officers for 2013, making Ann Moore, the commissioner representing Chula Vista, its chairperson.

Reno Contracting has been selected to serve as the general contractor in a tenant improvement project for the Latham & Watkins law firm, the construction firm announced Thursday.

The California Energy Commission has approved funding to advance development of a “microgrid” and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego.

The University of California, San Diego has broken ground on the new Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) building.

(AP) -- After an eight-hour meeting, the Irvine City Council has voted for an audit and reorganization of plans for the Great Park, the former military base that officials intended to turn into one of the nation's largest urban parks before financial problems slowed plans.

It’s a new year, and with it comes higher taxes and more government spending. In 2013, overtaxed Californians will send more of their hard-earned dollars to Sacramento than ever before, growing total state spending to a record $225 billion.

(AP) -- San Anselmo, Calif. has approved a new downtown park to be built on land donated by filmmaker George Lucas that will feature statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda, two of his most popular characters.

The San Diego City Council approved more items than usual on Tuesday for its first meeting of the year.

(AP) -- A San Diego County grand jury has indicted 15 people in a widening corruption case involving construction contracts at school districts.

Fasten your seatbelts, San Diego. We may be in for a less bumpy ride – if the City Council gets its way.

(AP) -- The latest trawl-net fish count shows the population of California's six species of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fish are dwindling.

(Bloomberg) -- Equity Residential, the largest publicly traded U.S. apartment landlord, agreed to sell 27 properties to a joint venture of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC for as much as $1.5 billion.

Happy 2013! The champagne is gone and the confetti is cleaned up, so it's time to get back in the swing of things. Get the new year off to a good start by joining your colleagues for a week of informational meetings and forums, an economic forecast and a workshop to create your dream life. End the week in celebration at one of two installation dinners hosted by the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors and the NECA San Diego Chapter.

Real estate development runs in the Turk family's blood.

For the 12th consecutive year, Brickman Group was recognized for excellence by the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA), San Diego Chapter, during a recent awards ceremony.

The new owners of Belmont Park in Mission Beach are meeting with residents, planning groups and associations to get a sense of what the community would like to see at the entertainment center.