SOLANA BEACH– At the 68th annual installation dinner of the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce, President Carolyn Cohen, presented Supervisor Pam Slater-Price with an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for her 20+ years of service to the Solana Beach Business Community, the City of Solana Beach and the San Diego Region. Mayor Joe Kellejian, was the keynote [...]

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.,–(PRNewswire)–Sears Holdings Corporation will hold their 2012 annual meeting of stockholders at the company’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on May 2. In addition, the company announced that March 8 has been fixed as the record date for determination of the stockholders of the company entitled to notice of and to vote at the [...]

SAN DIEGO–Kaiser Permanente San Diego will go live with solar power on January 20, becoming San Diego County’s first hospital to receive a significant amount of its energy from the sun. “Kaiser Permanente has a long history of energy conservation and environmental stewardship, and our use of solar and other forms of renewable energy further [...]

ATLANTA–(PRNewswire)–The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, has acquired Redbeacon, an online home services platform connecting consumers with contractors for their home maintenance, repair and remodeling needs. Redbeacon’s leadership team will stay in place and will remain in San Mateo, CA. Peter J. Solomon Company acted as financial advisor and Cleary Gottlieb Steen [...]

SAN DIEGO–For the 8th consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente San Diego physicians and staff will honor civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by volunteering their time and services at three community organizations throughout San Diego County. On January 16, more than 120 Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians will turn out to sort food, pick [...]

FALLBROOK–Real estate activity in North San Diego County ended the year on a high note as rising traditional sales accounted for half the sales activity in December, Jerry Kalman, realtor® at The Jacques Company here, reported today. “Of homes neither lender-owned nor a short sale, the average selling price was $336,000, a 28 percent decrease [...]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Foundation has named Lori Holt Pfeiler as Associate Vice President, Our Greater San Diego Vision. Pfeiler will lead the execution of Our Greater San Diego Vision’s public choosing, and she will lead the team in analyzing the choosing data to create the vision document and the associated implementation plan. She has [...]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is launching its first San Diego Get Fit 30-Day Challenge.  The fitness campaign, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, is to encourage employees and businesses in San Diego to commit to a healthy lifestyle in 2012 and for many years to come.  The challenge will be held throughout the [...]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has downgraded its long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) on Sears Holdings Corporation (Holdings) and its various subsidiary entities to ‘CCC’ from ‘B’. The ratings on various tranches of debt have also been downgraded by a notch. The Rating Outlook is Negative. The downgrades reflect the continued deterioration in EBITDA on worse [...]

SAN DIEGO–Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) invites the public to bring lunch and listen to downtown leaders at a free monthly series held at its Sheila R. Hardin Downtown Information Center. Scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on January 24, the next Downtown Sound Bites will feature Kim John Kilkenny, Chairman of the CCDC Board [...]