Xceive Corporation, the market leader in hybrid silicon tuners with proven success in PC, television and the digital home, today announced its furthered partnership with Trident Microsystems to produce a mid- to high-end flat panel TV reference design platform. This “Aspen” reference design combines the superior technology of Xceive’s highly integrated silicon tuner, the XC5000, [...]

Xceive Corporation, the market leader in hybrid silicon tuners with proven success in PC, television and the digital home, has announced its furthered partnership with Trident Microsystems to produce a mid- to high-end flat panel TV reference design platform. This “Aspen” reference design combines the superior technology of Xceive’s highly integrated silicon tuner, the XC5000, [...]

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO. is battling to stay afloat in a housing market swamped by a slump in home building and sales.
The 2,600-employee company makes fasteners, ties and other gear that construction workers use to join the wooden parts of homes and small commercial buildings.
Executives at Simpson are determined nevertheless to navigate the rough waters. The [...]

Speaking at this week’s 11th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, Kevin DeSanctis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revel Entertainment Group, announced that Arquitectonica has been named the design architect, BLT Architects has been named Executive Architect and Architect of Record and SOSH Architects has been named Associate Architect for the Company’s Atlantic City resort [...]

David F. Thorman, AIA, State Architect, of the Division of the State Architect, of California, has been reappointed to another term as California State Architect by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The State Architect oversees the operations and functions of the Division of the State Architect (DSA).
The DSA functions as California’s policy leader for building design and [...]

California Governor Schwarzenegger issued the following statement today after directing CDCR Secretary Jim Tilton to stop construction of a new lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison:
“I have directed the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to stop construction of this project. My staff has briefed the Legislature and will work cooperatively with them as [...]

The East Bay has become one of the worst-hit epicenters jolted by the housing slump, and the aftermath is likely to slow the region’s surging economy and job market, according to a report released today.
Some of the sharpest spikes in home mortgage defaults in California have surfaced in the East Bay, a study by the [...]

Granite Construction Incorporated announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of The Superior Group of Companies, a Pacific Northwest-based construction materials producer and asphalt paving company for an estimated purchase price at closing of between $56.8 million and $59.8 million in cash.
Under the signed agreement, Granite will purchase certain assets of [...]

British architect Lord Richard Rogers, acclaimed for his urban, socially minded and open designs including the airy Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, is the winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was announced Wednesday.
Rogers, 73, is the fourth British architect to receive the field’s top honor, founded in 1979 and sponsored by the family [...]

Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center has joined sister facilities St. Joseph Hospital-Orange and St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton in the construction race.
St. Louis-based McCar-thy Building Cos., which has a Newport Beach office, started work earlier this month on a $67 million, four-story, 95,000-square-foot critical care building for the Mission Viejo hospital.
Mission, Orange County’s fifth-largest [...]

A hiring spurt for waiters, dishwashers and business-service workers helped counteract the continuing slump in the construction industry last month, pushing employment higher in San Diego County and statewide, according to data released yesterday by the California Employment Development Department.
Statewide, employers added 27,600 workers to their payrolls in February after a 10,400-job loss in January. [...]

City of San Diego launched a new 1.135 megawatt solar power installation at San Diego’s Alvarado Water Treatment Plant. The panels produce about 20% of the plant’s power. The Alvarado photovoltaic installation was built under an agreement with SunEdison.
SunEdison built, owns and will maintain the solar system. The 1-megawatt water treatment plant site is the [...]