For Sophie Akins, sustainability is more than a way to make a living, it is how she works to better her community and preserve the environment.

Local attorneys Thomas Luneau, Robert Hamparyan and John Gomez were recently recognized by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego as "Outstanding Trial Lawyers" for their work on a civil rights case.

Many of the nation's public homebuilders have begun to narrow their losses, and there are glimmers of hope in San Diego.

California ranked No. 1 in terms of jobs either created or saved due to the $787 billion federal stimulus package, and San Diego was near the top among the state’s locales according to new data reported by the White House.

Shares of First PacTrust Bancorp (Nasdaq: FPTB) jumped in Friday trading after the company reported its second consecutive quarter of earnings growth.

San Diego's contribution to gross domestic product grew -- even accelerated -- in 2008, according to a recent report by the National University System Institute for Policy Research, which seemed to contradict local evidence of economic weakness.

The University of California, San Diego and local companies will benefit from recent national legislation that makes funding available for research on algae fuel and alternative vehicles.

The city’s largest labor union hired former San Diego City Councilman Michael Zucchet as its general manager.

Signal Engineering Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $12.294 million firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract for emergency radio beacon network.

Carl A. Kukkonen III, a San Diego-based member of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has been named to the Connect board of directors.