San Diego Business Journal back issues from February 2004:
San Diego: it's the Navy's town: newspaper survey puts four local bases at top of the list.
Feb 09, 2004; ... On the eve of another base closure round, the San Diego region has gotten a big vote of confidence from people in uniform. The Military Times Media Group reports the region hosts the best base in not just one, but in two of the nation's military services. Naval ...
Mutual attractions: SeaWorld, Legoland hope to draw on each other's new rides to boost crowds.
Feb 09, 2004; ... On a recent Saturday morning, Bill Vollbrecht, a master builder at Legoland California, was busy studying a photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger. "The challenge now will be to get his prominent jaw line to protrude at just the right angle beneath the hollows of his cheeks," he said, ...
Survey notes San Diegans spending more, earning less: pay scales not keeping pace with cost to live here.
Feb 09, 2004; ... The Boston and San Diego regions ran neck-and-neck when comparing the overall cost of living during the third quarter of 2003, a national survey shows. San Diego came in 38 percent above the national average, compared to 35 percent for Boston, according to the ACCRA Cost of ...
Pearl joins emerald as latest restaurant jewel.(Entrepreneurs Restaurant)
Feb 09, 2004; ... In late January, the final phase of construction ht Pearl Chinese Cuisine--Susan Lew's second restaurant--was moving along as planned. Except for one major detail. One of the custom-etched glass doors imported from Hong Kong was damaged when workers tried to install ...
Pilot program at SDSU offers dual Ph.D.-MBA degree: focus is on students wanting a career in life science management.(San Diego State University)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Chances are when Mina Stemm graduates with her dual Ph.D.-MBA degrees from San Diego State University, she'll be a hot commodity in the drug making business. The fifth-year doctoral student in molecular biology is working on her Ph.D. by day while taking business classes at ...
Biz Czar pushes plan for state's about-face.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Regional business and economic development leaders liked what they heard last week from Sunne Wright McPeak, California's newly appointed business, transportation, and housing secretary. McPeak, who declared she's from the "school of lead, follow, or get out of the way," ...
Moody's changes city's financial outlook to negative.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Due mainly to uncertainties connected to a $1 billion deficit in the city's pension plan, Moody's Investment Services changed the city's of San Diego's financial outlook from stable Aa1 to negative Aa1. The change is the first step in a possible downgrade of the city's bond rating, which ...
Grocery chains reject arbitration.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... The United Food and Commercial Workers, the union representing some 70,000 grocery clerks that have been on strike since October, proposed last week to submit the labor dispute to binding arbitration. A joint statement released by the ...
County will take state to court.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... The county plans to take legal action against the state for failing to pay the county for state mandated services. For the past three years, the county has spent more than $30 million on services dictated by state law without any reimbursement from the state, according to a ...
Navy sailor and Liberian national Sea Benaci.
Feb 09, 2004 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Navy sailor and Liberian national Sea Benaci (right), Marine Lance Cpl. and Guatemalan national Hector Soto (center), and Navy sailor and Mexican ...
Council to require condo conversion payments.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... The San Diego City Council voted to require developers to pay apartment renters when they are forced to move because of a condominium conversion. Condo conversions, which turn rental apartments into for-sale condos, have become popular in San Diego County as the median home ...
Reactor will stay put for now.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Southern California Edison won't ship a decommissioned reactor vessel from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to a South Carolina nuclear graveyard as planned. The process of shipping the vessel includes a complex approval process, said company spokesman Ray Golden. ...
Carlsbad building sold for $23 million.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Gold Pointe B, a Redondo Beach investor and developer, purchased a 210,688-square-foot building in Carlsbad for $23.25 million. The one-story office and research and development building was sold by MG Palomar LLC of Carlsbad. It was built in 1989 at 2051 Palomar Airport Road. ...
Company pledges $1 million for fire helicopter.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises announced a $1 million pledge to county's Regional Fire and Rescue Helicopter Program. At a press conference scheduled for Feb. 6, Sunroad challenged other local companies to contribute to the fundraising effort. A recent government ...
Nobel prize-winner headed for UCSD.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... UC San Diego wooed and won a Nobel Prize-winning Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Mario Molina won the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on the threat to the earth's ozone layer. He becomes UCSD's 16th Nobel Prize-winning faculty member. He ...
Fish & Richardson gets basic with boot camp program: college bookstore accused of copyright infringement.(Law)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Dressed in fatigues and a helmet, David Feigenbaum prepares the recruits for their second 12-hour day of basic training. In the mess hall, "M*A*S*H," the popular 1970s movie about the Korean War, plays on a big screen. Twenty-four "'booties"--Feigenbaum's nickname for ...
Exxon Valdez.(Law)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Exxon Valdez: It's been a long time coming A federal district judge in Anchorage, Alaska, recently ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay nearly $7 billion in damages and interest as retribution for the oil spill that dumped 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound following ...
San Diego is fit, but not necessarily heart healthy: sleep study reveals the right amount for a long life.(Health Care)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... San Diego may be America's fittest city, but it ranks fourth in terms of healthiest hearts. San Diego's population ranks below that of Hartford, Conn., Orlando, Fla., and San Francisco in heart health, according to findings by San Diego-based health food producer Kashi Co. ...
Not eight.(HealthCare)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... People who get seven hours of sleep, rather than eight, or less than 4.5 hours, seem to live the longest, wrote Dr. Daniel F. Kripke, a UC San Diego psychiatry professor in an editorial in this month's issue of the journal Sleep. As such, Kripke concurred with the findings of a ...
$80M Chula Vista Complex a sign of things to come: real estate: officials see downtown as next 'Hot Spot'.
Feb 09, 2004; ... Mountain West Real Estate's Gateway Chula Vista may be best described as a pleasant surprise. It's not that city leaders thought it would fail, but Jim Pieri, president and CEO of Chula Vista-based Mountain West, built something that the city's downtown didn't have--a large ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Feb 09, 2004 ... In a story on Leap Wireless International ("Leap Wireless International Shuffles Its Executives") in the Jan. 19 issue of the San Diego Business Journal, a list of holders of Leap's vendor debt was incorrect. The vendor debt originally held by equipment makers Ericsson, Lucent ...
Gateway's future brighter with eMachines: struggling computer maker likely to adapt Irvine Firm's Lean Business Strategy.(News and Finance)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Gateway Inc.'s pending acquisition of one of its competitors could be the tonic the struggling Poway-based PC maker has been seeking. In a move applauded by industry analysts and Wall Street, Gateway said it would acquire eMachines Inc., a privately held maker of lower cost PCs ...
Captiva Annual earnings bolstered by deal: Cohu's numbers prompts exec to say industrywide recovery under way.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Captiva Software Corp., a San Diego-based maker of software completed a strong year, reporting net profits of $2.6 million on revenues of $57.1 million during 2003, compared to a net loss of $500,000 on revenues of $35.6 million for the prior year. Sales were up 61 percent over those in ...
In recovery: Cohu Inc.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... In Recovery: Cohu Inc. CEO James Donahue reported customer orders in the firm's fourth quarter were the highest in six quarters, while orders for its semiconductor test handling equipment were up 53 percent over those in the third quarter. That, plus increased inquiries from other ...
Record year: ViaSat Inc.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Record Year: ViaSat Inc., the Carlsbad-based provider a of satellite equipment, reported net earnings of $7.1 million on $71.8 million in revenues for its third quarter ended Jan. 4, 2004, compared to a net loss of $2.6 million on revenues of $49 million for the like period in the prior ...
Vista Firm acquired in $50M deal: UCSD's Henrik Wann Jensen to receive award from Academy of Motion Pictures.(High-Tech)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Publicly traded Verity Inc. of Sunnyvale will pay $50 million in cash to acquire Vista-based Cardiff Software. The companies announced their plans Feb. 2. Cardiff makes software that captures data off both paper and electronic documents, then assists in routing the ...
Kyocera adds to repertoire: Kyocera Wireless.(High-Tech)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Kyocera Adds To Repertoire: Kyocera Wireless' San Diego factory is turning out a new line of walkie-talkie-style cell phones. Alltel is the first carrier to offer the push-to-talk model 3250--and it won't be the last, company publicists said. The Kyocera line brings ...
New Financings: ImageWare Systems Inc.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... New Financings: ImageWare Systems Inc., a provider of digital imaging systems, said it raised about $6.6 million in a private placement involving the issuance of 1.8 million shares of common stock and warrants to purchase some 360,000 shares. The company ...
Liquidation.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Liquidation: According to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy statement filed last month by SureBeam Corp., the firm that made electron equipment used to irradiate food listed total assets of $10 million and total debts of about $50 million. Among the top unsecured creditors listed by the ...
Getting credit.(Public Companies)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Getting Credit: Another San Diego firm that filed for bankruptcy protection last month under Chapter 11 reorganization rules, Factory 2-U Store said last week the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved its $45 million debtor-in-possession financing line. The funding for company ...
Beachcomber's delight: Baleen at the Paradise Point Resort on Mission Bay.(What's on the Menu)
Feb 09, 2004; ... "Paradise" is an apt name for San Diego's Paradise Point Resort on Mission Bay. The grounds are as beautiful as any Southern California setting for a hotel and restaurant complex. The restaurant, Baleen, is part of the Paradise Point Resort' property and is open only for dinner. ...
Jack's Restaurant Tidbits.(What's on the Menu)
Feb 09, 2004 ... The next best thing to going to the Academy Awards in Hollywood is attending the annual Oscar Night America at the Westgate. The Academy Awards show is earlier than usual this year. It will be held on Sunday, Feb. 29. The Versailles Ballroom and the Le Fontainebleau lobby will be decked ...
Terra, an American Restaurant, is offering a special cooking class on Feb. 25 that featuring pan sauces and gravies.(What's on the Menu)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Terra, an American Restaurant, is offering a special cooking class on Feb. 25 that featuring pan sauces and gravies. Terra is ...
Copyright infringement.(Law)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Copyright Infringement: Five leading publishers, including the New York Times and Harvard Business School Publishing, have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against KB Books, a chain of college bookstores in San Diego that provides photocopied course packs to students at San Diego ...
What's up: Foley & Lardner.(Law)
Feb 09, 2004; ... What's Up: Foley & Lardner will host a life sciences forum March 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orchids Room at the La Jolla Marriott. For more information, contact jdemarre@ ...
Neil Dymott.(Law)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... David Brown, a shareholder at Neil Dymott, was named Defense Lawyer of the Year for 2003 by the San Diego Defense Lawyers Association. The award recognizes a lawyer who has made a significant contribution to the city litigation defense ...
Several local law offices--Cooley Godward; Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch; Baker & MeKenzie; and Pillsbury Winthrop--along with the San Diego chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and other organizations will present a stock plan and executive compensation seminar.(Law)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Several local law offices--Cooley Godward; Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch; Baker & MeKenzie; and Pillsbury Winthrop--along with the San Diego chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and other organizations will present a stock plan and executive compensation ...
New Scripps Chair.(Health)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... New Scripps Chair: San Diego attorney Abby Silverman of La Jolla became the new chair of the Scripps Health board of trustees on Jan. 1. Silverman, who specializes in employment and business law and commercial litigation, is a partner with Baker & McKenzie in San Diego. ...
National investor purchases vista apartment complex.(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... RREEF, a national real estate investment adviser, purchased the 460-unit Vista Hacienda apartments in Vista for an undisclosed price. The company has a West Coast headquarters office in San Francisco. RREEF plans to upgrade and ...
Health savings accounts seen as way to put control back into consumers' hands: legislation is aimed at reining in runaway cost of health care.(Human Resources)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Prescription drugs got all the publicity when Congress amended the Medicare law in November, but another component of the legislation provides a new way of paying for health care that could reduce skyrocketing costs. Called health savings accounts, the vehicle resembles ...
New employment laws bring on same old headaches: changes range from 'whistleblowers' to gender discrimination.
Feb 09, 2004; ... Despite a new governor with a new agenda, California employees are facing the same old headaches when it comes to new employment laws. The new year brought a host of new statutes that California employers must implement. While observers have call some of the laws "job killers," that may be ...
Temporary staffing services.(Illustration)
Feb 09, 2004; ... <Pre> TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES Ranked by verified local gross revenue for fiscal 2003 RankAgency (last Address Telephone year) Web site Fax1 The Eastridge Group, Inc. ...
What do you do when you have big shoes to fill? Turnaround recruiter in final stages of filling top broadcom slot.(Q & A)(Interview)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Robert "Bob" Lambert once was a "hatchet man," canning hundreds of workers at PepsiCo Inc., Stride Rite Corp., and Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc. Now he's regional managing partner at the Irvine office of Cleveland-based Christian & Timbers LLC, finding top executives for ...
Largest employers.(Illustration)
Feb 09, 2004; ... <Pre> LARGEST EMPLOYERS Ranked by total number of employees as of Dec. 31, 2003 Rank Company (lastAddress Telephone year)Web siteFax1 Federal Government (1) (800) 688-9889 ...
Spot the 'walking lawsuit' before you hire them: avoiding lawsuits begins with the interview process.
Feb 09, 2004; ... In today's employment market, some employers' idea of aggressive interviewing is simply asking: "How soon can you start?" Employment lawsuits are not abstract concepts. These lawsuits have legs. They walk into your company, apply for a job, get hired, and wait for their ...
I want you to take care of my troops! Employees returning after military duty.(Uniform Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act of 1994 )
Feb 09, 2004; ... With so many reservists returning from combat in the Middle East, employers need to take special care during the employee transition process back into prior employment. The troops have served our country. Now it's your turn to help them. State and Federal Laws work in conjunction here to ...
Why we created the best companies to work for awards program.
Feb 09, 2004; ... The San Diego Business Journal's Best Companies to Work For in San Diego awards program is a recognition event that salutes local firms that have worked hard to create environments where their employees love to go to work, everyday. Our initial idea was simple. We just asked ...
Single source IT training maximizes corporate investment.
Feb 09, 2004 ... Since 1982, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers has grown to become the largest independent IT training company worldwide. We offer more courses, at more times and in more locations than any other company in the computer training industry. Solutions for Companies ...
2004 Best companies to work for award winners.
Feb 09, 2004 ... The San Diego Business Journal honored nine outstanding companies at the Best Companies to Work For Awards on Feb. 5, 2004. These winning firms were chosen from more than 100 applications and 49 finalists. An independent panel of judges reviewed each of the nominations, evaluating the ...
Second chance: helping those in need in San Diego.
Feb 09, 2004; ... Living out of his car was about the only option that seemed available to Don Brew. Laid-off from his job for six months, Brew was depressed and losing hope. He lost custody of his son and lived with a roommate who was swirling further into drug and alcohol addiction. Brew saw a newspaper ...
Temp-to-hire: your best-bet staffing solution: it truly is the best of all possible worlds.
Feb 09, 2004 ... Employers are finally feeling confident enough to hire, and it looks like they're gearing to make up for lost time. According to the results of a nationwide survey conducted in December 2003, hiring managers plan to recruit aggressively this 2004, with 50 percent aiming to replenish their ...
Local IT company beating the odds for small business growth: as an employee-owned company, every stock owning team member has a definite "stake" in the company's future growth.(Company Profile)
Feb 09, 2004; ... The locally based information technology systems company, ComGlobal Systems Incorporated, continues to grow and expand while simultaneously remaining at center stage for a wide variety of awards and accolades. Since its founding in 1995, ComGlobal Systems has grown from a small business of ...
Industry sees growth potential of minority homebuyers: housing: Hispanic population could almost double in next 30 years.
Feb 09, 2004; ... While home ownership is at an all-time high nationally, minority home ownership still lags far behind. To close the gap and capitalize on the large untapped market, everyone from local homebuilders to national lenders are trying to meet minority buyers' needs. "If ...
Progress report.(Real Estate)
Feb 09, 2004 ... SALES Property: 2556 Chicago St., San Diego Seller: Whitecaps Ltd. Selling agents: Chad Bramwell and Dick Bassett of Hendricks & Partners represented the seller and the buyer. Buyer/square footage: James Lindsay purchased a 41-unit apartment ...
Construction journal.(Real Estate)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Benchmark Landscape Inc. was hired to landscape the areas around residential development at Liberty Station, the former Naval Training Center in Point Loma. The project is under way and will be completed later this year. Cost: $2 million. The Design Consortium designed interior ...
Canyon Plaza perks up facade, adds Starbucks: BRE Commercial launches downtown retail group.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... My curiosity finally got the best of me, so I called the broker for Canyon Plaza in Chula Vista after watching the renovation at the shopping center during the last few months. The 25-year-old property sits on about 5 acres next to Interstate 805 on Telegraph Canyon Road. The ...
Urban retail: BRE Commercial.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Urban Retail: BRE Commercial threw a party for its new Downtown San Diego retail group Jan. 29. The broker-owned company is trying to increase its presence in Downtown. BRE has three offices and 75 agents. Local real estate analyst Gary London of London Group Realty ...
New affiliation.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... New Affiliation: San Diego-based brokerage IPC Commercial is now known as GVA IPC. The new name reflects its affiliation with GVA Worldwide. IPC belonged to a similar network of brokerages for three years (TCN Worldwide) but switched to the new group for a variety of reasons, ...
Hotel financing.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004 ... Hotel Financing: When San Diego-based JMI Realty announced construction and financing for its Hotel Solamar, it didn't release the amount of money put up for the hotel's construction. The Sycuan Tribal Development Corp. put up some money. Other private financing was arranged ...
Government consolidation.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... Government Consolidation: The engineering and construction department of the Metropolitan Transit System recently consolidated under the San Diego Association of Governments. SB 1703, a bill by former state Sen. Steve Peace, put many transit functions of MTS and the North County ...
In brief.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... In Brief: San Diego-based Pacific Scene Homes Inc. recently launched a full-service commercial building operation called Legacy Building Services Inc. Tom Remensperger, former president of the California division of ...
ECP Commercial.(News & Trends)(Brief Article)
Feb 09, 2004; ... ECP Commercial, a brokerage based in La Mesa, now has a commercial mortgage operation called ECP Commercial Mortgage. The president is Marie J. Rivera. The company will provide apartment loans starting at $250,000 and other ...
Marketplace: San Diego Public Stocks.
Feb 09, 2004 ... <Pre> Marketplace SAN DIEGO PUBLIC STOCKS Data as of 01/30/04TKR/ CompanyMKT Accredited Home Lenders LEND/Q Advanced Marketing MKT/N Alaris Medical Systems Inc. AMI/N Adila Inc. ...
Proxy.
Feb 09, 2004 ... WD-40 CO. NASDAQ--WDFC WD-40 Co. markets two lubricant brands known as WD-40 and 3-IN-ONE Oil; two heavy-duty hand cleaner brands known as Lava and Solvol; four household product brands known as X-14 hard surface cleaners and automatic toilet bowl cleaners; 2000 ...
San Diego Technology 15.(Illustration)
Feb 09, 2004 ... <Pre> San Diego Technology 15 As of Jan. 30, 200452 week Company Ticker CloseHighLow Qualcomm, Inc. QCOM $58.61 $60.73 $29.58 Kyocera KYO ...