Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. Robert Schuller has been hospitalized after a fall at his Orange County home. …read more
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Calif. outage leaves 123,000 without power
Authorities say a power outage in Southern California has left at least 123,000 customers in the dark in San Diego and Orange counties.
San Diego Gas & Electric spokeswoman Jennifer Ramp says the blackout began at just after 11:40 p.m. on Thursday and continued into the early morning hours of Friday.
Ramp told KNBC-TV (http://bit.ly/13ECZkb ) that the company’s entire south Orange County customer base was without power. That includes the cities of Mission Viejo, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, as well as Camp Pendleton in neighboring San Diego County.
The company is investigating the cause of the outage.
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Vicki Gunvalson: ‘I Have A Lot Of Divorce Remorse’
By The Huffington Post News Editors
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson stopped by HuffPost Live on Monday and dished on her divorce, which played out on the Bravo reality show.
Gunvalson, who filed for divorce from husband Donn Gunvalson in 2010, admitted that she feels remorseful about the relationship’s demise.
“I have a lot of divorce remorse. I mean I really, really do.” she said. “In hindsight I wish I would have worked harder on the marriage. I think I messed up on some areas and he messed up too. It takes two people to get married, it takes two people to get divorced.”
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10 Reasons Why The Bentley Continental GTC Speed Is The Best Four-Seat Convertible On The Market
By Hannah Elliott, Forbes Staff
Last week in California I drove an indigo blue Bentley GTC Speed from the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood through Beverly Hills and down through Orange County near the surfer’s paradise of Salt Creek and Dana Point.
Calif. man describes night wife cut off penis
The estranged husband of a woman charged with severing his penis said it was as though his life ended the evening of the attack.
The man cried as he testified Wednesday at the trial of Catherine Kieu (KYOO), saying the 2011 attack caused him excruciating pain.
Orange County prosecutor John Christl (CRYSTAL) said Kieu was in a jealous rage so she laced his food with sleeping pills, tied him to a bed, severed his penis and then put it in the garbage disposal.
City News Service reports that the penis couldn’t be reattached.
Kieu’s attorneys said a traumatic childhood and an abusive marriage put Kieu in a mental state where she can’t be held responsible.
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Suspect in FAMU hazing case to enter guilty plea
A third defendant charged with the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major is pleading guilty in an Orlando courtroom.
Caleb Jackson‘s attorney says his client plans to plead guilty to manslaughter and felony hazing Tuesday in Orange County court.
Jackson had been held in Leon County Jail on a violation of probation since his arrest.
FAMU drum major Robert Champion died in Orlando in November 2011 after he collapsed following what prosecutors say was a savage beating during a hazing ritual.
A dozen former Florida A&M band members have been charged with manslaughter and felony hazing.
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CommerceWest Bank Sponsored the WHW Two Martini Lunch and Fashion Show
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CommerceWest Bank Sponsored the WHW Two Martini Lunch and Fashion Show
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CommerceWest Bank sponsored the Women Helping Women (WHW) Two Martini Lunch and Fashion Show. WHW is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive education, training, skills and resources to assist and empower disadvantaged men, women and teens in their quest for an improved quality of life through gainful employment.
Ivo. A. Tjan Chairman & CEO, CommerceWest Bank (Photo: Business Wire)
Ms. Janie Wolicki, CEO/Executive Director of WHW commented, “WHW has been Empowering Employment Success for 20 years! Since our inception in 1993, we’ve served over 35,000 clients! We are only able to provide the high quality employment supportive services we are known for with the support and encouragement of our donors and investors, especially CommerceWest Bank. Their belief in investing in high impact programs like WHW allows us to help our clients reach economic self sufficiency.
Mr. Ivo Tjan, Chairman and CEO of CommerceWest Bank said, “After hearing more about the mission of WHW and listening to the stories of their clients, we felt compelled to help them achieve their goals. By combining our efforts, we are empowering individuals that need the assistance, while at the same time contributing to local businesses that benefit from the skills that they learn.”
CommerceWest Bank is a California based commercial bank with a unique vision and culture of focusing exclusively on the business community. Founded in 2001 and headquartered at 2111 Business Center Drive in Irvine, CA, with Regional Offices in Orange County, Los Angeles County and San Diego County. We are a full service business bank and offer a wide range of commercial banking services, including concierge services, remote deposit solution, online banking, lines of credit, working capital loans, commercial real estate lending, SBA lending, and cash and treasury management services.
Mission Statement: CommerceWest Bank will create a complete banking experience for each client, catering to businesses and their specific banking needs, while accommodating our clients and providing them high-quality, low stress and personally tailored banking and financial services.
Please visit www.cwbk.com to learn more about the bank. “BANK ON THE DIFFERENCE”
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T3 Motion Prepares to Launch New T3 Vision Series Personal Electric Vehicle
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T3 Motion Prepares to Launch New T3 Vision Series Personal Electric Vehicle
The Revolutionary T3 Vision™ Series Vehicles are designed to compete in the Consumer, Resorts, RV and Touring markets
COSTA MESA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– www.t3motion.com– T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE MKT: TTTM) the dominant leading provider of EV technology to law-enforcement and government markets, today announced their upcoming launch into the consumer and related markets with the development of a new personal EV, the T3 Vision™ Series, which will launch in the coming weeks. The T3 Vision™ Series, after completing rigorous beta and final field testing, has now entered full production and will be released and widely distributed throughout a new global dealer network.
“With the huge success of our professional T3 Patroller™ Series in law enforcement and commercial security applications where we hold an estimated 84% market share, we’re now prepared to launch a next generation ESV designed to fulfill the large number of requests we receive for a smaller consumer sized vehicle where we believe our superior and patented technology will once again demonstrate our ability to dominate the market.”
“As an important element of our aggressive, growth-oriented business plan the new Vision™ Series of vehicles will target new markets first by launching into the consumer market space and then also expanding us in to numerous other commercial transportation solutions. The beautiful new designs and functionality we’ve incorporated in to our T3 Vision™ Series vehicles will set new standards and offer significant advantages over any other competitive technology in the market today,” stated William Tsumpes, T3 Motion Chief Executive Officer.
“As the proven leader in Electric Standup Vehicles technology T3’s new Vision™ Series is the result of 7 years of experience in building vehicles to meet the demanding environments of government and law enforcement applications but incorporates a consumer-oriented twist, a smaller footprint and rich accessory line, resulting in a fully-customizable vehicle that will be perfectly suited for any market from airports and indoor applications to campuses, parks, RV and touring applications.”
The new vehicles will continue our proud tradition of being “Made in America.”
About T3 Motion
T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE MKT: TTTM) designs, markets and manufactures the T3 Patroller and Vision Series Electric Stand-up Vehicles. Headquartered in Orange County, California, T3 Motion is dedicated to raising the
From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/11/t3-motion-prepares-to-launch-new-t3-vision-series-/
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYS: HPP) today announced it will release first quarter 2013 financial results after the market close on Monday, May 6, 2013. The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss the results at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET on the same day.
To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (877) 407-0784 five to 10 minutes prior to the start time (to allow time for registration) and use conference ID 412348. International callers should dial (201) 689-8560 and enter the same conference ID number.
The call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s Web site at www.hudsonpacificproperties.com. A replay of the call will also be available for 90 days on the Company’s Web site.
For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available beginning May 6, at 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET, through May 13, at 8:59 p.m. PT / 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, dial (877) 870-5176 and use passcode 412348. International callers should dial (858) 384-5517 and enter the same conference ID number.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable, long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets, including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco. The Company’s portfolio currently consists of approximately 5.5 million square feet, not including undeveloped land that the Company believes can support an additional 2.0 million square feet. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For additional information, please visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, …read more
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Teen hiker lost for days in California wilderness says he thought he would die
One of two Southern California teens lost for several days in a rugged mountain wilderness was released Sunday from a hospital after being treated for dehydration and minor injuries, and recounted his struggles with fear and hallucinations before his eventual rescue.
Nicolas Cendoya told reporters at a brief news conference outside Orange County‘s Mission Hospital that he knew from the first night he and classmate Kyndall Jack got lost during what was supposed to be a short Easter day hike that death was a strong possibility.
As the night grew dark in the Cleveland National Forest on March 31 and the pair called 911 on a dying cell phone, Cendoya said he told Jack “If we don’t get out of here, we’re going to die.”
But Cendoya said he never gave up hope that he would be rescued, and as he wandered in chest-high brush reflected on what he considered recent selfish behaviors, like focusing too much on himself and not enough on his family.
“I didn’t cry. I didn’t fear it. I just embraced everything. I said `This is what I deserve,”‘ Cendoya said. “I just knew I would get through it. I knew this wasn’t my time to die. I knew that I needed this, to become the person that I’m supposed to be.”
As the days passed without food or water, Cendoya grew so weak he said he began having “lucid dreams, lucid hallucinations, every single day.”
He said he felt the presence of God and of his best friend who died last year. He began struggling to tell the difference between sleep and waking, and eventually between life and death.
“I honestly felt that I was in the afterlife,” Cendoya said.
He was airlifted to the hospital in serious but stable condition.
Jack was discovered Thursday clinging to a rocky outcropping no bigger than a yoga mat on a near-vertical slope. She was being treated at University of California, Irvine Medical Center for dehydration and hypothermia.
The two got lost after wandering off Holy Jim Trail, a popular path in the Cleveland National Forest, where the dangers of 720 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness run up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News
Church members pray for pastor after son's suicide
Members of Rick Warren‘s Southern California church began Sunday services with a prayer for the popular evangelical pastor, as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son.
Tom Holladay, teaching pastor at Saddleback Church in Orange County, opened the 9 a.m. worship service by saying the congregation would face the tragedy together, “as a church family.”
Holladay led a prayer for Warren and his wife, Kay, and their two other children.
The lead pastor was not in attendance Sunday, the day after the church announced that Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.
The church said the younger Warren struggled with mental illness, deep depression and suicidal thoughts throughout his life.
He was the youngest Rick Warren‘s three children.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP‘s earlier story is below.
Popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren asked members of his Southern California church for prayers as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son.
The church said on Saturday that Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.
Matthew Warren struggled with mental illness, deep depression and suicidal thoughts throughout his life, Saddleback Valley Community Church said in a statement, after his body was found Friday night.
“Despite the best health care available, this was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in his decision to take his life,” the church said.
Allison O’Neal, a supervising deputy coroner for Orange County, declined to release the cause and manner of death pending an autopsy of the young man.
Rick Warren, the author of the multimillion-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life,” said in an email to church staff that he and his wife had enjoyed a fun Friday evening with their son. But their son then returned home to take his life in “a momentary wave of despair.”
Over the years, Matthew Warren had been treated …read more
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Warrant had been issued for teen in Nevada crash
Records show an arrest warrant was issued a week after a teen escaped from a juvenile facility — a disclosure that sheds some light on concerns that he might have slipped through the cracks before his arrest in a Nevada drunken driving crash that killed five family members.
The warrant for Jean Ervin Soriano, 18, was issued on March 8 by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Z6B2My ) reported Friday, citing department records.
Before his escape, Soriano was being held at the Youth Guidance Center in Santa Ana, Calif., an 80-bed, unguarded facility for low-level offenders operated by the Orange County Probation Department.
It was unclear whether authorities had been searching for Soriano before the Saturday collision on a freeway outside of Las Vegas, and why it took a week to have the warrant issued.
Gail Krause, a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman, said Thursday the agency hadn’t been asked to help look for Soriano. A phone message left for her Friday by The Associated Press was not immediately returned.
Todd Spitzer, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has sent a list of questions to probation officials to find out how Soriano’s case was handled. He wants to know what attempts were made to find him after the escape and the protocol when such situations occur.
Ed Harrison, a spokesman for the Probation Department, declined to comment about why Soriano was at the Orange County juvenile facility or how he escaped.
Authorities say Soriano was arrested after the SUV he was driving rear-ended the van. Soriano told the arresting trooper he had “too many” beers before the crash, according to an arrest report.
Several beer bottles were found in the SUV, authorities said. Results of a blood-alcohol test were pending.
The van was carrying family members who had been visiting a sick relative in Denver. They were headed home to Southern California to prepare for an Easter celebration.
Three brothers, one of their wives and a girl were killed. Two other people were injured and hospitalized.
Soriano, who had only scrapes and bruises, was being held on $3.5 million bail and …read more
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Doctor to plead guilty in Calif. prescription case
A Southern California doctor has agreed to plead guilty to charges of illegally prescribing drugs to his patients at nightly meetings in Starbucks stores.
Court documents show 44-year-old Alvin Mingczech Yee entered into a plea agreement earlier this week. He is expected to plead guilty to seven counts at an April 17 hearing.
Prosecutors say Yee saw up to a dozen patients nightly at Starbucks coffee stores across suburban Orange County at meetings that cost up to $600. Prosecutors say Yee barely examined them but prescribed drugs including OxyContin and Vicodin.
Yee was arrested in October 2011 at his Irvine office and has been free on bond.
The agreement recommends a prison sentence between eight and 10 years.
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Pan American Bank Provides Path to Citizenship
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Pan American Bank Provides Path to Citizenship
EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pan American Bank today encouraged Los Angeles and Orange County legal permanent residents (“LPR“) to participate in Pan American Bank‘s Path to Citizenship Program. The Pan American Bank Path to Citizenship Program is comprised of a Citizenship Application Microloan, free checking or savings account, and financial literacy education.
“For a great number of legal permanent residents the only obstacle between them and United States citizenship is the application fee. Across the country there are over eight million legal permanent residents that are currently eligible for citizenship,” said Pan American Bank CEO Jesse Torres. “Citizenship provides legal permanent residents with many benefits, including the ability to vote, run for office, and apply for certain jobs. In addition, citizenship deepens these individuals’ commitment to our country and their community, increasing the level of community service and improving the country’s overall standard of living.”
Pan American Bank offers a $1,000 Citizenship Application Microloan. The loan provides the $680 citizenship application fee as well as an additional $320 to apply towards fees associated with supportive services such as application assistance or English language/citizenship preparation classes. The loan can be obtained for a term of 12, 18, or 24 months. Loan program details are available at http://bit.ly/citizenshiploan.
The Path to Citizenship Program provides every applicant with an optional free checking or savings account. The account is free of maintenance fees and minimum balance requirement and requires only $25 to open. A box of 200 standard checks is provided free of charge at the time the account is opened. The Path to Citizenship Program encourages applicants to participate in Pan American Bank‘s financial literacy education program. The program is provided free of charge.
“Pan American Bank bundled the loan, bank account and financial literacy education in an effort to assist future U.S. citizens in the prudent management of their financial lives. The segment served by the Path to Citizenship Program is largely under-served and in many cases, underbanked. Pan American Bank seeks to empower and transform this community not only with citizenship loans, but with a full suite of financial products and services to ensure a long-lasting benefit to the communities served,” said CEO Torres.
About the Path to Citizenship Program
A $50 loan application processing fee will be assessed for administration, processing and ordering of credit and employment reports. The $50 processing fee will be added to the $1,000 loan amount (applicant may choose to pay the processing fee …read more
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Search crews recount dramatic Calif. hiker rescue
At first, the rescuers couldn’t believe their ears: After four days of grueling searching, they suddenly heard a faint female voice calling for help.
Over the next 90 agonizing minutes, the cries for help — and first faint, and then louder — led the search and rescue crew across a canyon, into a drainage and up several waterfalls to a near-vertical slope where lost hiker Kyndall Jack was clinging to rocky outcropping no bigger than a yoga mat.
The 18-year-old, who had been missing in Southern California‘s Cleveland National Forest since Sunday, had no shoes, was having trouble breathing and was severely disoriented from dehydration when she was found Thursday. The first thing she asked was what year it was, said Los Angeles County Reserve Deputy Fred Wenzel, who reached her first. Then, she asked for her mother.
“She was filthy from head to toe, her lips were black with dirt, her eyes were barely open and she had on no shoes,” said sheriff’s Deputy Jim Moss, a paramedic who was dropped to her by helicopter and airlifted her to safety in a harness. “She was just kind of clinging to the ledge on the cliff side, going in and out of consciousness.”
Her rescuers were afraid to give her water, despite her extreme dehydration, because she had so much dirt in her mouth she could choke, Wenzel said.
“She was limp and almost lifeless. I was just holding her as the crew chief brought us up and just holding onto her, bringing her in,” Moss said of the airlift.
“She wouldn’t have made it much longer. She’s really lucky.”
Jack’s dramatic rescue brings a happy end to a saga that gripped Southern California since Easter, when Jack and her friend, 19-year-old Nicolas Cendoya, called 911 to report that they were lost and out of water after wandering off the trail during what they expected would be an easy day hike on the Holy Jim Trail.
The popular trail is in the Cleveland National Forest, where the dangers of 720 miles of rugged mountain wilderness run smack up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County. Jack and Cendoya, who was rescued late Wednesday after being spotted by hikers, parked their car off a dirt road just a few miles from an upscale neighborhood where on Thursday children bounced …read more
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Teen in Nevada crash that killed 5 was fugitive
An 18-year-old man facing drunken driving charges in a Nevada interstate crash that killed five members of a Southern California family was a fugitive from a California juvenile facility at the time of the accident.
Todd Spitzer, an Orange County supervisor, wants an investigation to determine whether any efforts were made to locate Jean Ervin Soriano after he escaped from the county facility. Spitzer says the Board of Supervisors only learned about Soriano’s fugitive status this week, though the escape occurred March 1.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department says it isn’t aware if it assisted in searching for Soriano. The county probation department, which oversees the facility, declines to comment.
Soriano was arrested Saturday after the SUV he was driving rear-ended a van on a freeway outside Las Vegas.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News
Rents for Single-Family Home Flatten as Investors Saturate the Rental Market
Trulia’s Chief Economist reveals the latest findings from the Trulia Price Monitor and Trulia Rent Monitor to review how rents for single-family homes in the markets where investors have been buying and renting out homes — including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Orange County have fallen or flatten year-over-year. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest
BlizzCon® 2013 Tickets On Sale April 24 and April 27
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BlizzCon ® 2013 Tickets On Sale April 24 and April 27
Blizzard warning in effect for Southern California!
Massive Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® community gathering coming to Anaheim Convention Center November 8-9
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Get ready for a storm of epic proportions! Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its seventh BlizzCon® gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on April 24 and April 27. In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange County will go on sale May 1.
Set to tear through the Anaheim Convention Center this November 8 and 9, BlizzCon is a thundering celebration of all things Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®. The annual-ish two-day community gathering features in-depth discussion panels with Blizzard developers, hands-on play time with the latest Blizzard games, and tons of other exciting events and activities. As announced earlier this week, BlizzCon 2013 will also host the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals—a high-stakes showdown where the top pro players in the world will battle for the right to be crowned StarCraft II World Champion.
“We love having the opportunity to hang out with our players at BlizzCon, and it’s always awesome to see the greatest gaming community on earth swarm Anaheim,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We look forward to delivering two full days of gaming, activities, and other entertainment, and we can’t wait to show some of the exciting projects we’ve been working on.”
Tickets to attend the convention will be priced at $175 USD each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website (www.blizzcon.com) in two separate batches. The first batch goes on sale Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. Pacific time, and the second batch goes on sale Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner, which include admission to BlizzCon, will be priced at $500 USD each, with proceeds going to Children’s Hospital of Orange County (http://www.choc.org). Taking place the evening of November 7, this exclusive event offers guests an opportunity to /eat, /drink, and /lol with Blizzard game developers, community managers, and other folks from Blizzard before the show. Approximately 200 tickets to the benefit dinner will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Pacific time through www.blizzcon.com.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Trulia Reports Rents for Single-Family Homes Flatten Nationwide
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Trulia Reports Rents for Single-Family Homes Flatten Nationwide
Investors Saturate Rental Market for Single-Family Homes, Causing Rents to Fall Year-over-Year in Las Vegas, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Washington DC, Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Trulia (NYS: TRLA) today released the latest findings from the Trulia Price Monitor and the Trulia Rent Monitor, the earliest leading indicators available of trends in home prices and rents. Based on the for-sale homes and rentals listed on Trulia, these monitors take into account changes in the mix of listed homes and reflect trends in prices and rents for similar homes in similar neighborhoods through March 31, 2013.
Asking Home Prices Up 7.2 Percent Year-over-Year Nationally
Heading into the spring house hunting season, asking home prices rose 7.2 percent year-over-year (Y-o-Y) nationally in March. Seasonally adjusted, prices rose 1.1 percent month-over-month and 3.5 percent quarter-over-quarter. Regionally, prices rose in 91 of the 100 largest metros. In fact, prices rose more than 20 percent year-over-year in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Oakland, Sacramento, and San Jose.
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Teen hiker found alive after 3 days lost in California canyon, female companion still missing
Sheriff’s officials say one of two hikers missing for three days in Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest has been found alive.
Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jason Park said another hiker found 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya then told a rescue crew where to find him.
Park says Cendoya was conscious and talking.
The second hiker, 18-year-old Kyndall Jack, remains missing.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News