San Diego News

Fri, Oct 19, 2012

Assorted representatives from the region’s defense industry, including the Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association, endorsed Republican Councilman Carl DeMaio’s mayoral campaign Friday, pointing to his experience in small business and commitment to reducing regulatory burdens as their reasoning.


There’s an array of environmental, real estate and human resource events sure to shake the cobwebs from your mind and light you up like a jack-o-lantern.


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National Geographic explorer James Cameron traveled almost 7 miles in March to touch down at the Earth’s deepest point — the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench — and now the mission’s scientists are attempting to make sense of what’s scraping along that ocean floor.


The unemployment rate in the San Diego County was 8.4 percent in September 2012, down from a revised 9.0 percent in August 2012, and below the year-ago estimate of 9.9 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 9.7 percent for California and 7.6 percent for the nation during the same period.


A federal judge says he is inclined to reject a request by the American Civil Liberties Union asking that a veterans' group be left out of discussions on how to modify a war memorial cross on federal land.


Rancho Bernardo-based real estate investment trust Excel Trust Inc. (NYSE: EXL) announced Friday that it has acquired six shopping centers in Florida and Virginia for approximately $263 million.


The fourth week of October brings little construction activity, a change from previous weeks this month, where municiplalites are either not scheduled to meet, have canceled meetings or do not have construction-related projects to report.


Southern California gas price averages have dropped by more than a penny a day in most areas over the last week, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch.


Ocean Trade Lines, a global marine transportation company specializing in the shipping of all major cargo types, announced Friday that it will have the grand opening of its newest location in San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013.


San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems, a developer of driving performance solutions focused on reducing collisions and improving fuel efficiency, named Choo Kim-Isgitt as vice president of marketing.


Long in need of a recent facelift, the murals at Chicano Park have once again proven their value to the region, as the Chicano Park Restoration Project took top honors at this year’s Orchids & Onions Awards, a program not known for awarding its grand prize to art restoration.


The 8,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day are unlike any generation before them – they are living longer, have more energy and are healthier than any 65 and older group in history, according to Urban Land Institute (ULI) real estate experts.


Solana Beach-based SR Commercial, now with about 4 million square feet under management, has also acquired its seventh commercial property in this region this year, and is gunning for more.


The following "Local Notes" appeared in The Daily Transcript's Oct. 22, 1925 issue:
Oscar Knecht, city building inspector, will be the speaker at the next special meeting of the San Diego Realty Board. His subject will be "Construction of a Home."


Cargo vessels


Buying a home today is not as simple as it was five years ago, so Pardee Homes has introduced HomewardBound, a program designed to clear the path to homeownership.



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