ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Keitaro Matsuda, senior economist at Union Bank, says 'near-perfect balance' between north and south could help California stay afloat while most others parts of the US sink further into recession.

VANCOUVER, WA-City officials have said that if the naming rights aren't sold, the $63-million, 6,500-seat arena is not getting built. Burgerville USA founder George Propstra has pledged $2.5 million for naming rights on the convention center portion of the project.

SPOKANE, WA-The market here has never tended to cycle big. But its own measures its Class A vacancy rate of 8.37% is within the normsand at this point in time is showing stronger than Washington's largest metropolitan area.

SAN FRANCSICO-After months of searching, Critical Path has leased a large portion of a mixed-use development in San Francisco's South Beach area. The company caught brokers' attention a few months back when it was one of few companies looking for a 75,000-sf space.