San Diego ranks fourth this year in economic and retail real estate fundamentals, according to Marcus & Millichap real estate investment services.

The area is likely to strengthen as jobs grow, construction declines and rents rise.

"San Diego's retail sector will once again outperform other Southern California markets in 2012," the firm said in its 2012 national retail report.

In 2011 San Diego ranked third behind Washington, D.C., and New York. But this year those markets have slipped a few notches on weaker employment growth and been replaced by San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle. The Top 3 benefit from "strong ties to technology and tourism, solid prospects for employment and population gains, and significant improvement in space fundamentals."

The firm's National Retail Index is based on cumulative weighted-average scores covering employment, vacancy, construction and rents.

In its analysis, Marcus & Millichap said San Diego will have the second lowest retail vacancy rate nationally, 4.2 percent, trailing No. 1 San Francisco at 3.1 percent. The national rate is projected 9.2 percent.

Prospects look good this year locally for discounter and grocer expansion in blue-collar neighborhoods. Increased tourist and business travel and office users will mean higher "hospitality-related space demand," from downtown into North County.

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For investors, the best prospects lie in grocery-anchored centers and corporate-backed, single-tenant assets. Facing rising demand for the best projects, the company predicts growing interest "tertiary areas" with "acceptable" demographics and lease terms.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Dennis Holland still has the 1929 Ford Model A he drove to high school half a century ago.

He houses his tool collectionin a barn built that same year on a buffalo ranch in Irvine. He took it apart, brought it to his home in NewportBeach, and reassembledit in his yard.

I just like old things, Holland, 66,said.

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One such thing is the Shawnee. The 72-foot, ketch-style wooden ship, wedged between the barn andHolland's ranch-style home, is the latest in a lifetimes worth of restoration projects.

But the ships presence has alienated some of his neighbors, who say -- privately andnot for attribution-- thata lumbering boat has no place in the neighorbood.The median home price in Newport Beach is over$1 million.

The neighborstook their concerns to the city and now Holland is facing a court order requiring him to remove the ship by the end of April or face fines of up to $1,000 a day or jail time, said Newport Beach Deputy City Atty. Kyle Rowen.

We hope Mr. Holland will comply with the courts orders and move the boat to a suitable location, Rowen said.

To Holland though, the boats massive frame isnt an eyesoreit evokes memories from an almost 60-year relationship with the boat.

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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire -03/06/12)- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT - News) today announced that The Home Depot Inc., the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, has deployed the Harmonic Media Application Server (MAS) asset management platform and ProXplore media and workflow management application with a XenData archive to establish highly efficient media handling and storage for Home Depot Television (HDTV). The pairing extends the efficiency of HDTV's existing Omneon MediaGrid shared storage platform by enabling visibility and coordinated management of content from ingest through archive. The resulting speed at which HDTV staff now can manage, access, and process stored content has allowed the Atlanta facility to increase its yearly production capacity greatly.

"The MAS platform and MediaGrid storage allowed us to get our operation flowing efficiently from start to finish," said Bruce Covey, manager of business TV engineering at Home Depot Television. "Now that our MediaGrid production storage system is seamlessly integrated with our tape library via ProXplore, we can take full advantage of our shift to file-based operations while achieving an economical balance of spinning-disk and tape-based storage. I couldn't imagine going back to how we were doing things before."

The HDTV facility operates a satellite headend that delivers live and on-demand communications and employee training videos, averaging 30 minutes in length, to 2,244 Home Depot stores. With HDTV's existing Harmonic media processing and storage platform, installed in 2010, editors already had the tools to start new Final Cut Pro projects, track assets, and see proxy views of ingested content. Now, using the ProXplore application, HDTV staff can also move projects from online storage on a 24TB MediaGrid storage system to offline storage on a Qualstar tape robot. A dedicated folder within each project folder automates the process of proxy creation and archiving; the editor simply drops appropriate files into the folder, and the content is processed and stored according to preset parameters.

The MAS database of project folders maintains the relationships of different files and projects, even after the assets move offline. Proxies of all edited and finished content remain available to editors, who can search for content, scrub through to find the clips they need, and flag material for restoration to online storage. If users recall an entire project folder, the MAS software compiles those assets and restores the full project folder to a specific location on the MediaGrid system. HDTV maintains about six months of content on the MediaGrid system and earlier content on 80 tapes within the mirrored XenData archive system. An external XenData drive allows staff to access content on tapes that have been taken out of the robotic library. Later this year, the facility will expand the capacity of its MediaGrid system with an upgrade to 2TB drives.

"The end-to-end solution in place at HDTV streamlines the facility's handling of numerous incoming formats and simplifies the management of this large volume of content, wherever that content is stored," said Simon Eldridge, senior product manager at Harmonic. "The dramatic gain in efficiency and productivity that HDTV has realized with ProXplore and MediaGrid demonstrates the significant value that Harmonic media processing and storage solutions bring to production operations."

About Harmonic Inc.Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT - News) provides infrastructure that powers the video economy. The company enables content and service providers to efficiently create, prepare, and deliver differentiated video services for television and new media platforms. More information is available at http://www.harmonicinc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the anticipated capabilities and benefits of Harmonic's Media Application Server and ProXplore products. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that one or both of the products do not meet some or all of its anticipated capabilities or provide some or all of its anticipated benefits, such as simplifying media management and archiving, substantially increasing productivity, efficient operational flow and cost economies.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, such as those more fully described in Harmonic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Harmonic as of the date hereof, and Harmonic disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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Rich Engel and Michele Morris outside Bride Row on Penn Avenue.

House tours are fun, especially when you don't have bottlenecks of tourists in the upstairs hallways gawking at chandeliers and other effects that prompt envy. I prefer tours that provoke inspiration, ones with before-and-after pictures.

The tour I took the other day of two houses on Bride Row on Penn Avenue in Garfield was before before; you'd have to unboard the windows to see well enough to take photos.

Bride Row is so named because the eight houses in the row are set off by a trompe l'oeil mural of a bride ascending steps to what looks like a ninth house; the mural is on the flat side of a commercial building.

Rich Engel, Mainstreets Program manager for the Bloomfield-Garfield Corp., is working with Friendship Development Associates to market for redevelopment the five houses the Friendship group owns.

Last Friday and Saturday, he led tours for developers and extended the chance for me to see them. Of course I wanted to see the insides of these boarded-up century-old houses. There's no house tour I like better than those that are spooky, suggestive and a little risky.

On our tours of 5439 and 5441 Penn Ave., we entered around back. When Mr. Engel opened the door, the vacant-house smell came rushing out cold and familiar, a cross between cellars and attics, damp trunks and old books.

We stepped gingerly over panels of foam and debris in the hallways and the rooms, our flashlight beams bouncing over peeling plaster as we stepped around toys, clothes, chairs, a toilet, bulging garbage bags, cushions, pieces of wood and bedding.

It was as if a tornado had torn through these homes, strewing the contents but leaving the structure intact. In one room, a pink plastic dollhouse lay on its roof.

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Now a two-volume set, this book provides all the relevant legal history, legislation, and case law on which modern real estate practice in Colorado is based. Plus, it provides broad substantive information about the current status of real property law in Colorado over a wide range of topics. Whether dealing exclusively with real property or only occasionally this book has the answers.

George Reeves has been engaged in private practice since 1966 in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Denver with an emphasis on real property title law and related litigation. He has served as in-house counsel for Homestake Mining Company and Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation, and has been a member of the Title Standards Committee of the Real estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association since 1987.

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CLINTON The Clinton School Board will meet tonight, with the board to consider the approval of the schematic design of the new middle school and the design and development of an innovation classroom at Clinton High School.

The Clinton Middle School Design Team has forwarded their recommendation to the board for approval of the schematic design and also is seeking approval to authorize moving into the design development phase.

Also the district and Clinton High School have been working on development plans with FRK for the past six months to remodel an unused space at Clinton High School into the new innovation classroom. The renovation is paid for through personal donations, company donations, grants and capital improvement funds.

The board also will consider approval of a change order to install a new roof top unit for heating and cooling for the remodeled administration center at a cost of $49,425. This will leave the contingency for the remodeling project at $5,307, according to the district. The Estes construction manager on the project states that the project will come in at the original budget projection.

The board also will consider approval of a contract between the Clinton School District and Clinton Community College to provide a program in construction trades for the 2012-2013 school year.

The board also will approve the contract between the district and CCC to provide the automotive technology program for the upcoming school year.

The Boundary Task Force, led by Jeff Reed, also will make its recommendation for boundary changes. If approved by the board, the changes would be put in place for the 2012-2013 school year.

The task force has been meeting since November to examine current and future enrollment patterns for the four elementary buildings. The recommendation will only affect the elementary schools.

Also on the agenda are a presentation by Clinton High School Principal Karinne Tharaldson Jones and members of the Clinton High School Family and Consumer Science Department about how a Childhood Development curriculum may impact course opportunities and provide an extended vocational strand to CHS students.

The board will consider a bid from Hartz Lock for a cost of $55,734 to replace all doors and door frames at Whittier Elementary School through the use of a $100,000 Harkin Fire-Safety grant and the adoption of a service delivery plan to address special education concerns as presented to the district.

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Monday, March 5, 2012 | 5:42 p.m.

CARSON CITY The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Bank of America that it be allowed to foreclose on an office building in Las Vegas that reportedly has defaulted on a $12.2 million loan.

The bank says it loaned the money for construction of the building at Town Center Drive and the Las Vegas Beltway in August 2005, and the loan has been modified five times and the due date extended twice.

Bank of America said the office complex failed to come through in September 2011 with the full repayment plus interest as agreed to.

It sought a receiver to collect rent and planned to sell the property in February.

District Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, however, granted a temporary restraining order halting a foreclosure until the court has more hearings.

Bank of America, through its lawyers, asked the Supreme Court for writ of prohibition to overturn Gonzalez ruling.

The Supreme Court said Gonzales has not exceeded her authority in issuing the temporary restraining order.

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Violence is an ongoing epidemic and churches are not immune from the problem. Incidents of violence at places of worship are occurring at an alarming rate and their frequency will increase. As Christians we are often reluctant to act against violence, for we rely on our faith to guide and protect us. The bible tells us in Nehemiah 4:17, "Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon." As Christians we can continue to build while protecting ourselves by using a common sense approach to church safety and security.

When addressing the issue of violence in a church, it is important to remember that active shooter scenarios are just one aspect of church security. Issues such as starting a church safety team, disruptive individuals, building security, parking lot safety, money escorts, emergency action plans and children's ministry safety are some of the many aspects that churches need to address in order to provide a safe environment for their worshipers.

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City and County officials L-R Rensselaer County Chamber President, Lynn Kopka Troy City Council President, Kris Thompson representative for Senator Roy McDonald, Elizabeth Young of the Troy BID, Troy Mayor Lou Rosamilia, County Exec Kathy Jimino, Michael Uccellini President and CEO United Group of Companies, Nigham Sheikh Subway oencer cut the ribbon at the at City Station West, second from right. (Mike McMahon /The Record)

TROY The first business to occupy the retail space at City Station West opened its doors Monday, as the Subway sandwich shop held a ribbon cutting attended by a host of local officials.

Subway, which has another downtown Troy location in Monument Square, became the latest member of the Downtown Troy Business Improvement District, and BID Executive Director Elizabeth Young said it was exciting to finally welcome City Stations first commercial tenant.

"Projects like City Station have proven to be an economic booster to the citys businesses, adding to the growing vitality of Troy and solidifying the connection between the citys colleges and its downtown," Young said. "We are overjoyed to be cutting the ribbon on the first new business in a new building, on a whole new block here in our downtown."

The City Station project received stimulus funding through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which spurred a $7 million road and infrastructure reconstruction project along the Congress-Ferry corridor that was finished in November 2010. City Station, located on Sixth Avenue between Congress and Ferry streets, was completed during a whirlwind six-month construction schedule last year. It has 48 apartments that are reserved for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate students, and the buildings first floor has 17,000 square feet of retail space, with future tenants Paesans Pizza, Supercuts and Mamora Caf set to move in soon.

Another identical complex, City Station South, is currently under construction across the street, Young said, and is scheduled to be completed sometime in August. The success of the current complex and speed with which the second is coming together is exciting, she said.

"As we stood there today cutting the ribbon, you could hear the large pile-driver that was at work across the street (and) it kind of made me realize that we really have come full circle, but a whole new stage has started," Young said.

Subway owner Nigham Sheikh, who participated in the ribbon-cutting, said it felt "very good" to finally open the business.

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