VISTA–(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)–EcoBlu Products, Inc., announced today that its BLUWOOD™ technology is being used in the historical restoration of the Bancroft Rock House in Spring Valley. The project, funded by a state grant, is being coordinated by the city of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation who specified the use of EcoBlu’s BLUWOOD™ technology for […]

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(PRNewswire)– Kraft Foods Inc., announced today plans to reduce sodium by an average of 10 percent across its North American portfolio over the next two years.  This amounts to the elimination of more than 10 million pounds — or more than 750 million teaspoons — of salt from some of North America’s most popular foods. […]

SAN FRANCISCO–(Businesswire)–The good news for the 2009 tax year: there are more expenses you can claim and still use the standard deduction. Most taxpayers take the standard deduction because it’s a lot simpler than itemizing, especially when they don’t have a lot of individual deductions. According to the IRS, there are a few new ways […]

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FALLBROOK–Upward price pressures and an increase in sales activity occurred during February in a prime North San Diego County real estate market, Jerry Kalman, a realtor® with The Jacques Company, reported today.” Lender-owned homes and short sales accounted for less than half the transactions in Fallbrook and Bonsall. The average selling price in February 2010 […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego City Council has given Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) the green light for its health and wellness center in Rancho Peñasquitos. On February 23, the city council voted (6-1) in favor of rezoning the land on 12855 Black Mountain Road from a “religious facility” to “general institutional-health care services” and approved PPH’s […]

DEL MAR–The public is invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a sewer pump station in Del Mar. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 4 at the project site located south and adjacent to the city’s tennis courts, east and south of the intersection of Coast Boulevard and Camino Del Mar at 201 […]

EAST COUNTY–The San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce is holding their 98th inaugural Gala and Awards Dinner on Friday, February 26 at 6 p.m. at the Barona Resort and Casino Convention Center. Cost is $75 per person. Funds raised will support the organization’s programs and special events. Businesses can donate a gift certificate or […]

SAN DIEGO COUNTY–New home sales in San Diego County dropped nearly 28 percent from the third quarter reports Robert Martinez, Director of Research at MarketPointe™ Realty Advisors, Inc. This drop “was to be expected” as fourth quarter sales are historically low. 2008 posted a significant 56 percent decline over the previous year; however, 2009’s drop […]