Daily Business Report — April 29, 2010
Economic Index Rises The USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County rose 1.0 percent in March. The gain was led by big increases in building permits, initial claims for unemployment insurance and help wanted advertising. Local consumer confidence and the outlook for the national economy were also [...]
Daily Business Report — April 28, 2011
40 Under 40 Award Nominations The 2011 40 Under 40 Awards nomination period is in full swing. May 30 is the deadline for submitting nominations of people you believe are making substantial contributions to their community, their companies, organizations or institutions. You will find a nomination form on the front page of our Website (sandiegometro.com). [...]
Daily Business Report — April 27, 2011
40 Under 40 Awards The 2011 40 Under 40 Awards nomination period is in full swing. May 30 is the deadline for submitting nominations of people you believe are making substantial contributions to their community, their companies, organizations or institutions. You will find a nomination form on the front page of our Website (sandiegometro.com). Fill [...]
Touring the Mission Hills Historic District
Preservationists lead April 16 walk Allen Hazard and Janet O’Dea are more than husband and wife. They are longtime Mission Hills residents, historians and preservationists who, on April 16, will take visitors on an “Insider’s Walking Tour” of the Mission Hills Historic District, home to some of the finest architectural masterpieces of the early 20th [...]
My Eyes Ain’t Lyin’
By Roger Hedgecock Bombing people to save them is not new to recent American history. Years ago, it was said that a village in Vietnam had to be destroyed to save it. Now Obama leads us in a noble kinetic military exercise to kill Libyans to save them; to bomb Ghaddafi Libyans to save Al [...]
Kensington’s Resident Author
Author Inc. – The Caitlin Rother Story Story and Photos by Donna Marganella “Every story needs an edge,” says Caitlin Rother. “And when the story deals with life and death, that’s the ultimate edge.” Rother, a Pulitzer-nominated investigative reporter, formerly with The San Diego Union-Tribune and a resident of Kensington, was speaking to a rapt [...]
What’s New is News on Local Stages
By Pat Launer Wanna know what Americans are talking and thinking about? Saunter into a theater this month and you’ll get an earful from seasoned professionals as well as brilliant young students. Life, death, love, memory, cancer, coming of age, health care and family secrets and lies. It’s all on the docket on San Diego [...]
2011 Jaguar XK: You Won’t Regret it in the Morning
By Eric Peters Beauty can be more than skin deep — just take a look at the 2011 Jaguar XK. Heavily updated in all the right places — and left alone where it was already right — it’s now one of the smartest choices in its segment, in addition to being one of the easiest [...]
Looking at the ultra-high-end housing market
Top-dollar properties are the ‘anchor tenants’ of residential neighborhoods By Zach Todaro A significant amount of the real estate analysis out there today is focused on the average or median-priced home. The purpose of such exercises is to establish metrics that are inclusive of the entire populace. There is, however, much to learn from focusing [...]
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