SAN DIEGO-Tour guide Sam Minsker, who enthralled millions with his street-level knowledge of the city over four decades, has died from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 73. Mayors and maids, pedestrians and even presidents knew him simply as

LOS ANGELES-Building giants Equity Residential, KB Home reach pact that will give Equity's apartment tenants a 20% rental credit toward purchasing a KB house. The agreement is aimed at keeping Equity's occupancy rates high, while boosting KB Home's sales.

LOS ANGELES-The state's electricity shortage, combined with unseasonably warm weather, finally prompts California's energy czar to pull the plug on about 1.3 million users. More shortages are forecast for today and possibly Wednesday, forcing hundreds of business to close and snarling traffic as signals go out.

LOS ANGELES-Tejon Ranch Co. and Nevada's Dermody Properties plan a 650,000-sf speculative project on Interstate 5, as industrial space closer to Downtown LA gets harder to find.

SAN DIEGO-A jury here awards $1.5 million to the heirs of city forefather Alonzo Erastus Horton, ruling that government officials should have offered more than $100 million when they took the property away by exercising its powers of eminent domain.

LOS ANGELES-A manufacturer pays $1.4 million for a building in Industry to expand its local operations, while a company that provides products and services to the petroleum industry signs a $1.3-million lease renewal farther south.

LOS ANGELES-A partnership of Legacy and ING Realty acquires the 99,213-sf complex, which is fully leased.

LOS ANGELES-The Westside complex, known as Broadway West, is fully leased. The buyer is an affiliate of private investor Shaoul Levy.