(AP) -- One of the largest residential properties in the upscale Los Angeles west side is on the auction block.

The middle of November brings little work on the construction front, although municipalities are meeting.

After reviewing more financial details last week of a proposed contract to buy water from the planned seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors held a special board meeting Thursday.

San Diego will honor the nation’s heroes this Veterans Day for their patriotism, sacrifice and willingness to serve. A parade will step off in downtown San Diego Monday, and the rest of the week will follow with solar, planning, technology and architecture events – many of which may not have been possible without the dedication of the nation’s veterans.

San Diego County voters approved more than $3.4 billion in school construction bonds in Tuesday’s general election that will go toward improving campuses and purchasing new equipment for students and faculty members.

(Bloomberg) -- Cemex SAB wants to regain its status as an investment-grade company after the U.S. housing slump prompted four debt-ratings downgrades and led to 12 straight quarterly losses at the largest cement maker in the Americas.

General contractor Kitchell has broken ground on a housing project for Sunroad Enterprises in Del Mar.

Construction crews are getting the USS Midway Museum ready for the Battle on the Midway college basketball game on Sunday afternoon, Veterans Day.

SAN DIEGO – Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (HFF) announced that its San Diego team led by Associate Director Zach Koucos, Senior Managing Director Tim Wright and real estate analyst Zack Holderman arranged an $11.5 million refinancing for Pacific Skies Estates, a 9-acre, 93-space manufactured home community in Pacifica, Calif.

San Diego County voters approved more than $3.40 billion in school construction bonds in Tuesday’s General Election that will go toward improving campuses and purchasing new equipment for students and faculty members.

Five of the 11 school construction bond measures to improve campuses have been passed by San Diego County voters in Tuesday’s General Election, though none of the three measures in North County were among them, as of Wednesday morning.

(AP) -- San Francisco voters rejected overwhelmingly a measure that sought to restore of flooded gorge in Yosemite National Park that is used as a city reservoir.

While the future of real estate development and investment is problematic in many places around the world, prospects may be better in the United States -- but only where the population continues to grow through births or immigration, according to a national real estate consultant.

The head of Procter & Gamble's Global Facilities & Real Estate, who oversees the firm's 170 million square feet of owned and managed real estate, said there has been no shortage of challenges around the world.

The largest school construction bond measure facing voters throughout the county, Proposition Z, is receiving more than the minimum support needed for passage as counts Tuesday night continue.

East County voters appear to be of mixed opinion on a series of school construction bond measures that would, if passed, approve $586.2 million in bond sales from various districts to support school construction, renovation, technology upgrades and facilities repair.s

As results come in, North County voters are thus far not supporting three school bond propositions enough to ensure their passage.

Early returns show South County voters overwhelmingly in support of two school bond measures in Chula Vista, with Proposition E passing in the Chula Vista Elementary School District 64.05 percent to 44.08 percent with 33.9 percent precincts reporting and Proposition Y passing in the South Bay Union School District with 71.43 percent support and 9.7 percent of precincts in.

(AP) -- A report to state regulators opposes a plan to use sonic blasts to conduct earthquake surveys in the waters off of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

(AP) -- Single-family home resales in Rhode Island were up nearly 15 percent in the third quarter, while prices dropped around 3 percent.