SAN DIEGO–Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) and Palomar Medical Center (PMC) are the recipients of the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ) by the Premier healthcare alliance. PMC is one of 21 hospital winners and PPH is one of three health-care systems nationwide to achieve this award. There were 3,788 hospitals and 346 health-care systems that were [...]

CARLSBAD–Residents of San Diego County can now monitor flight activity around McClellan-Palomar Airport using Lochard WebTrak. The Internet-based service application allows anyone with a computer and Internet service to follow airport arrivals and departures, as well as the flight path, altitude and even noise levels of planes traversing McClellan-Palomar airspace. In many cases the aircraft [...]

SAN DIEGO–ACCION San Diego has partnered with Shawn Record, account executive for Ebsi Websites, for a social networking class to teach small business owners the tools available to drive consumers to their product and influence what is being said in their community and industry. Participants will learn about social media, blog, website, landing page preparation, [...]

FALLBROOK–During May, real estate prices and volume resumed an upward climb in two prime North San Diego County communities as the market shrugged off the end of federal tax incentives for first time homebuyers, Jerry Kalman, a realtor® with The Jacques Company, reported today.” During May, average selling prices in Fallbrook and Bonsall rose 13 [...]

SACRAMENTO–(Business Wire)–The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) continues to unearth and close down unscrupulous and unlicensed loan modification companies who prey on financially stressed homeowners. These companies seek out homeowners who are facing foreclosure and promise to obtain a loan modification, but once the homeowner pays a fee, little or nothing is done to [...]

SAN FRANCISCO–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today said that large commercial and industrial business customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) can now take advantage of a new rate.  The new rate, called Peak Day Pricing (PDP), is intended to reduce electricity demand during peak hours and, for those customers who change their [...]

SAN DIEGO–Residents in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County will pay less for flood insurance with a new Class 7 rating the County has earned from FEMA – the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The new rating means an additional automatic rate reduction of 5 percent. This is the third such rate decrease for the [...]

(PRNewswire)–PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, today announced that it plans to invest an additional US$2.5 billion in China over the next three years. The newly announced investment is in addition to the US$1 billion investment the company announced in 2008, which will be completed this year. “I am delighted to [...]

SAN DIEGO–Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) and the Public Agency Consortium (PAC), a collaboration of 12 local public agencies seeking to promote and foster diversity and opportunities for businesses that provide commodities and services, is hosting the 6th annual Subs for Subs networking and outreach business opportunity fair on Wednesday, June 2 from 8 a.m. [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca–LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 65 million members globally, today announced the appointment of Leslie Kilgore to the company’s board of directors. Kilgore is the chief marketing officer at Netflix, Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif. Since joining Netflix in 2000, Kilgore has helped the company grow its subscriber base [...]