LOS ANGELES-Measure requires most types of property to be retrofitted with gas shut-off valves before a sale can close. Supporters say the new law will save lives, but opponents object to the cost.

LOS ANGELES-The complicated bankruptcy sale of the Pasadena Playhouse will allow a private family trust to convert a tower on the site into loft apartments but also permit live theater productions to continue.

NEWBURY PARK, CA-Development Partners LLC begins last eight buildings at USA Business Center here. All but one of the 10 buildings in the first phase have already been taken.

BURBANK, CA-Investment banker L.J. Melody arranges package from Principal Capital for Menlo's Burbank Empire Center office complex. The development will open next spring.

COVINA, CA-The firm, previously owned by General Electric, takes 22,557 sf of office and flex space here at Covina Technology Center. Deal pushes the development's occupancy rate above 80%.

BURBANK, CA-Investment banker L.J. Melody arranges package from Principal Capital for Menlo's Burbank Empire Center office complex. The development will open next spring.

LOS ANGELES-Katten Muchin Zavis takes 52,058 sf of office space at 2029 Century Park East from Akin Gump Strauss, marking one of the Westside's largest sublease deals of the year.

LOS ANGELES-The man credited with bringing you the Staples Center--criticized by opponents as too "pro-development"--has at last thrown his hardhat in the ring. He plans to oust Gray Davis from the governor's mansion in next year's election.