Local - San Diego Daily Transcript

Imagine a high-speed rail line from San Diego's Lindbergh Field that could connect travelers not only to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, but to other airports around the state for much longer journeys as well.

Preparing for the big war and working to prevent the big war is what the U.S. Navy’s surface force is all about.

San Diego-based information management systems provider Anacomp Inc. recently sold a software license to an international law firm.

A jury has found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on Camp Pendleton in 2004. Jurors on Wednesday awarded more than $15 million in economic damages in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the families of the Marines.

The Action Sports Retailer (ASR) trade event comes to the San Diego Convention Center Thursday, allowing retailers of surfboards, skateboards, off-road motor sports and other similar sporting goods to show off their wares.

An ester-based fuel produced by San Diego company Ethos Environmental Inc. (OTC: ETEV) will be used to run city vehicles in southern Florida.

Eight neighborhood parks have been proposed for the north San Diego County community of Del Sur and four have opened.

SAIC Inc. (NYSE: SAI), a provider of research, engineering, and technology services and solutions, reported net income for the second quarter ended July 31 was $109 million, down from from $131 million for the same period last year.

Paul Tryon, the Building Industry Association (BIA) of San Diego County's outgoing CEO, said his industry is facing the most challenging time of his lifetime, but added the opportunities are great as well.

First Business Bank has opened a loan/deposit production office in Carlsbad, which is the bank's fourth office in San Diego County, with others open in Del Mar Heights, Ramona and La Mesa.

Royale Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: ROYL) has concluded the sale of its interest in the Monterey shale play.

Carlsbad-based Aptera Motors has hired Paul Wilbur as its president and chief executive officer.

TransWorld Media has leased 30,700 square feet of R&D flex space at Palomar Corporate Center, 2052 Corte Del Nogal, Carlsbad 92009. The 10-year lease is valued at $5,779,138. The lessor is Cruzan Monroe.

Carlsbad-based ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received Inmarsat Case Approval for the ViaSat AN/PSC-14(C) rugged Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) integrated terminal.

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) is on track for the first flight of its Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator for the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 's corporate practice just received a boost with the addition of partners Robert G. Copeland, James A. Mercer III and Michael S. Umansky Tuesday.

Marriott International Inc., which bailed out of plans to build a nearly 2,000-room hotel in the Ballpark Village masterplan Friday, blamed capital markets for the project's demise.

Eads Office Plaza, the 9,504-square-foot, two-story office building at 7596 Eads Ave. in La Jolla 92037,has been sold for $3,911,500, approximately $415 per square foot.

Steve Huffman of the San Diego office of Hendricks & Partners represented the buyer of the Deal of the Week. Rod Taylor represented the sellers.