ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Opponents of converting the closed El Toro Marine Base into a commercial airport hit the streets again, hoping to get the issue on next spring's ballot. The group tore up their own petitions twice before after finding legal flaws.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The South County community begins life as an incorporated city today. Some say the newly minted City Council will push for slower growth.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Long-term forecast by Delta Associates predicts that local vacancy factor will drop to 10.4% in mid-2003 from 10.9% today. Shorter term, vacancies could rise as the economy slows.

LOS ANGELES-The university's Anderson School of Business, whose reports have been accurate in the past, pegs chances of a full-blown recession at 80% over the next few quarters.

LOS ANGELES-Democrat James K. Hahn is sworn in as leader of America's second-largest city. Some worry he will be too 'pro-development' to pay back the construction unions and builders who backed his campaign.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Long-term forecast by Delta Associates predicts that local vacancy factor will drop to 10.4% in mid-2003 from 10.9% today. Shorter term, vacancies could rise as the economy slows.

LOS ANGELES-Immigration specialist Korenberg, Abramowitz has inked a 10-year, $3-million pact for 11,500 sf of office space at Washington Mutual Plaza. The firm has been headquartered in Encino for 20 years.

LOS ANGELES-A new report from Delta Associates says vacancies will drop over the next two years, as development slows and demand keeps growing. Delta is the research arm of Chicago-based property-management giant Transwestern Commercial Services.