SAN DIEGO, CA, Aug 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- California Equity Research, LLC today announced it will conduct the third annual Southern California Investor Conference Wednesday, September 3, at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA.

The conference will feature a keynote address by Chapman University economist Esmael Adibi and presentations by 30 public companies based in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. California Equity Research President Bud Leedom expects more than 250 investors to attend.

Dr. Adibi is the director of Chapman's A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research and the Anderson Chair of Economic Analysis. His research centers on analyzing key economic indicators. At the conference, he will present the 30th Annual Economic Forecast for the U.S., California and Orange County.

"Our annual conference will provide investors with timely economic insight and enable them to hear directly from the senior management teams of companies based exclusively in Southern California," Leedom said. "The conference will provide investment ideas that are not generally accessible to individual investors, with the presenting companies representing a broad range of industries and market capitalizations."

The conference is open to the public and investors wishing to register should visit www.californiastocks.com. The attendee registration fee is $50.00. A live audio webcast of all company presentations will be available from the California Stock Report's Web site at www.californiastocks.com and archived for a period of 30 days.

Among the companies presenting are Alphatec Spine; American States Water; Anworth Mortgage; Autobytel; Bakers Footwear; BlueFire Ethanol Fuels; CardioDynamics; Cymer; Genoptix; Joe's Jeans; Local.com; Merriman, Curhan Ford; Meruelo Maddux Properties; Oculus Innovative Sciences; Qualcomm; Questcor Pharmaceuticals; Raptor Networks Technology; Rubios Restaurants; SenoRx; Southwest Water; Spectrum Pharmaceuticals; Transdel Pharmaceuticals; True Religion; Volcom; WD-40; and Websense. For a complete list of presenters and presentation times please visit www.californiastocks.com.

Conference sponsors include Crowell Weedon & Company; Curran & Connors; Global Hunter Securities; Marketwire; PondelWilkinson Inc.; Powerstream; Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; and CB Capital.

About California Equity Research, LLC

Based in San Diego, California Equity Research, LLC is an independent research-only firm focused exclusively on providing unbiased coverage of California-based companies. For more information, please visit the California Equity Research website at www.calequityresearch.com.