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CAMP PENDLETON ---- The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Camp Pendleton/North County chapter will hold a luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Foc'sle Room at South Mesa SNCO Club, Camp Pendleton. Cost is $10. For reservations, call (760) 431-0022, Ext. 141, or e-mail mwitzel@osec.com.

'Break the Rules' event slated
CARLSBAD ---- The Sandler Sales Institute will hold a free executive briefing titled "Break the Rules ... and Close More Sales!" from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at 705 Palomar Airport Road, Room 210. To register, go to www.audissgroup.sandler.com or call (760) 918-5945.

Insurance group plans meeting
OCEANSIDE ---- The Insurance Women of North San Diego invites anyone employed in the insurance industry to attend its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Flying Bridge Restaurant, 1105 N. Coast Highway. Cost is $20. Call (760) 603-0131 or go to www.iwnsd.com.

Technologies expo on tap
SAN MARCOS ---- The San Diego North Economic Development Council and SafeNet will host a Security & Emerging Technologies Expo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Go to www.sdnedc.org.

Entrepreneurial award
TEMECULA ---- Jonathan Ray, president of Florentine Floors, could receive top honors in the "Spirit of the Entrepreneur" awards on Wednesday.

Florentine Floors is one of three "emerging" inland businesses that are finalists in that class. The company offers a variety of staining styles for concrete floors in residential and commercial buildings and coatings for warehouses and industrial buildings.

The third annual awards ceremony, to be held at the Riverside Convention Center, is organized by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino.

Massage therapy
MURRIETA ---- Massage Envy, a chain with more than 40 locations, is opening a new location in Margarita Square shopping center at 39400 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, a franchisee said in a press release. Chris Binkley, the company's franchise developer in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, said he hopes to open as many as 30 locations following the opening of the Murrieta franchise last week. Therapeutic massages will run from $39 to $59, Binkley said.

Lingerie boutique
MURRIETA ---- The Top Drawer Lingerie is open for business at 39400 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Suite 122A. Kim Burrus opened the store Sept. 8 with her husband, Brian.

Promotion announced
LAKE ELSINORE ---- Tom Goode was promoted to area rental manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the company said in a press release Friday. Goode, formerly manager of the company's Moreno Valley branch, will oversee four Enterprise locations in Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. Goode is based at the Lake Elsinore location at 158 Campbell St. He is a 1989 graduate of Elsinore High School in Wildomar, according to a spokeswoman for Enterprise.

Office supplies
TEMECULA ---- Grainger, a distributor of office supplies and other items for facilities maintenance, opened a new location at 41625 Enterprise Circle South on Monday. The new location is an "express" facility; it maintains a minimal inventory and relies on multiple daily deliveries from a larger warehouse in San Marcos, according to Erin Ptacek, a spokeswoman. The company also has a location in Riverside.

Computer store
MURRIETA ---- CompUSA was planning to open a new location Saturday at 25125 Madison Ave. in Murrieta Spectrum Shopping Center the company, according to Joan Mueting, a business-services sales representative. The store's general sales manager is Chris Gibson, who arrives from CompUSA's La Mesa store. The store will hold a grand opening later this month, Mueting said.