WASHINGTON - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is off to a very bad start at the high court this term. The justices so far...

A new county claims board will handle all new claims and lawsuits filed against the 40 cities that contract with the county of...

Increasing the number of officers whose alleged misconduct has resulted in cases being thrown out since the Rampart scandal br...

SACRAMENTO - The many faces of California's criminal justice establishment clashed Tuesday in a lively Capitol debate over Pro...

In his annual State of the Court address Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez promised "consi...

Given San Francisco's escalating rents, it comes as something of a shock to discover tenants moving into the city to save on ...

Richmond Running in the space race When a corporation is taking down buildings as fast as it can and the market runs out of p...

Jury Deadlocks in Case Against City After nearly five days of deliberations, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday declared...

Los Angeles Scholarships awarded to real estate grad students Cynthia A. Hwang and Matthew H. Walker, graduate real estate st...

San Francisco - The American Institute of Architecture named Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning Worldwide Firm of the ...

Historically, the California Supreme Court has held the attorney-client privilege in high esteem and has pronounced it to be "...

A local investor acquired Esprit Luxury Villas Apartments, a 108-unit apartment community in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego....

San Francisco - The Northern California Real Estate & Construction Business Alliance for City of Hope will honor Peter A....

Siebel Systems Inc. may be a big deal at the moment, but when Cupertino-based Sobrato Development Cos. went into the market t...

It took two tries, but 201 Spear St. Terrace in San Francisco finally sold to new owners. Hartford, Conn.-based Cornerstone R...

Brentwood and Banning - Pulte Corp. acquired two large-scale active adult communities in California. Summerset at Brentwood a...

BANKBOSTON NA TRUSTEE $125,000,000 3074522000 WESTERN PACIFIC HOUSING-TORREY SAN DIEGO 3030 LBJ FREEWAY, 1500, DALLAS, TX 752...

San Francisco - A trio of analysts from Robertson Stephens recommend that real estate investors focus on "the healthiest sect...

San Francisco Suspending reality at the door Southern California readers going to San Francisco might soon be able to get to ...

By Michael J. Schaaf For more than two decades, California's Proposition 13 has required taxpayers to maintain an extremely v...

By William Callaway In recent years, several real estate trends have impacted California and the rest of the country: New Urb...

Sacramento - Business owners are not automatically liable for the financial and emotional harm suffered by people who unfores...

Glendale Plaza signed five new leases and two lease expansions totaling more than 140,000 square feet of space and $40 millio...

San Jose - Silicon Valley environmental indicators reveal more negative than positive trends, according to a report issued by...

By Jarrett Minton Developers face numerous decisions regarding the financial structure of any project, but among the most sig...

San Luis Obispo - MBK Southern California Ltd. intends to redevelop Central Coast Mall in San Luis Obispo. MBK acquired the 2...

By Julie Nakashima According to the CB Richard Ellis National Real Estate Index, apartments remained the top performer among ...

Newark - MCI Worldcom wants to build a regional network information center in Newark that would allow it to move into the bus...

By John McCloud First there was Silicon Valley, then the Biotech Corridor and Multimedia Gulch. The newest in the line of ind...

The newly released 2000 Kosmont Cost of Doing Business Survey(r) tracks four key cities in Marin and Sonoma counties: Novato ...