The San Diego Film Commission publishes an annual guide called the San Diego Film & Video Resource Guide.

I've been trying out the Clear card from startup Verified Identity Pass Inc. It's a card that you present at airports to allow quick passage through airport security. It costs $128 per year and works at airports that accept Clear. That includes all of those in the San Francisco Bay area plus 17 others. San Diego is not yet included, but Clear will be at the Delta gates soon. Other cities include Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Denver and New York City.

Remember those heady times way back in 2004? The stock market was doing well, the housing market was booming with prices rising 25 percent per year. Best of all, we were told that U.S. home ownership had reached an all time high of 69 percent.

In all the negative news about residential real estate, one report with a glimmer of hope has gone pretty much ignored. Default Research says that notice of default and notice of trustee sales declined in Southern California by approximately 8 percent compared to the previous month. "The housing market indicators show a declining inventory of homes for sale, but the median home values also continue to decline," said Serdar Bankaci, founder of the preforeclosure real estate data company. The biggest problems in the region continue to be Los Angeles and Riverside counties.

T. Boone Pickens is an 80-year-old billionaire oil geologist who made his money from petroleum, selling high and smart thinking. According to his newly circulated TV ads, Pickens wants 20 percent of U.S. power produced via wind. His perspective derives from national pride, concern for the economy and an understanding of mathematical trends. It is not rooted in the environmental movement, but it corresponds in many regards with the same call to action made by enlightened environmentalists concerned, inter alia, with climate change. This difference has important consequences and ramifications.

When planning for family council meetings with business owning families, too often families are stunned when they are encourages to have some casual, informal group event, as it is critical to the success of such meetings.

California voters are often under the impression that once they OK a bond issue, that's it. Construction on whatever the bond is to build will start forthwith.

Conflict of interest is front-page news. Are you comfortable with how you are managing this potential problem at your workplace?

The laid back lifestyle at San Diego's summer playground at Mission Bay and nearby beaches is in full swing. The Fourth of July survived under the no drinking ban, reported crime is down and the parking lots are jammed. So what else is new?

A sales principle that leads to wealth: It's all about them.

Despite its commendable purpose, public accessibility law has been abused by certain individuals, organizations and plaintiffs' attorneys for the purpose of monetary gain. In California alone, a mere handful of individuals have filed over 400 lawsuits each within a three-year period. While states such as California, Florida and Hawaii have seen a significant share of these types of lawsuits, accessibility lawsuits are by no means limited to these states or geographic areas.

Short of which contestants are being voted off "American Idol" each week, the most pressing domestic issue in the news these days is the distressed condition of the real estate and mortgage markets.

Frustrated by the influx of undisciplined workers, more and more managers these days are abdicating their responsibility for addressing poor performance and correcting inappropriate behaviors. Opting instead to report either them to the HR department or simply ignore them in the mistaken belief, they'll get the message and leave.

The U.S. Army's Soldier's Creed, adopted in 2003, include these words, "I will never leave a fallen comrade." All branches of the military have lived, and sometimes died, by what these words mean even before formally adopted.

We are at a crossroads, and depending on your perspective, it could either look like we are on the precipice of a new era or that we have gone over the cliff. The incredible run of all aspects of real estate sure felt good while it lasted.

The Democratic Party platform is like a bag of pork rinds. You never know what high-fat liberal government morsel you're gonna get.

"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."

It's tempting to see the beauty of Mexico's coastal mangrove forests and the abundance of life they cradle and declare the sight, a la Master Card, "priceless."

Coming fresh off the heels of its merger in early July of this year, the combined Activision Blizzard publishing juggernaut this past Thursday posted $1 billion in earnings for the quarter ending June 30.

Many lawyers pick juries the same way case after case. They use seating charts and little yellow Post-it notes, and as the potential jurors go down the list of routine questions and provide information, they furiously cram as much handwriting as they can fit on the note in order to remember what they said.

We are at a crossroads, and depending on your perspective, it could either look like we are on the precipice of a new era or that we have gone over the cliff. The incredible run of all aspects of real estate sure felt good while it lasted.

What an amazing thing it was to watch. No one in history had ever done it before. And who knows how long it might be, if ever, that someone else could do the same thing again.

The federal government has recently implemented new rules that are directed at preventing identity theft and these regulations may affect your business if you issue credit to consumers.

Dear Stan,

"... (A)ssuredly I say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me."

Well, we got through a lot of data on the economy and a slew of company earnings over the last two weeks. And the stock market also stabilized with the S&P 500 Index unchanged.