Unhinged, A Dating Series: Sipping Solo in Bars
Earlier last month, New York real estate maven Laurie Cooper made a call to singles everywhere: “Go sit at the bar this September to meet someone.” Posting on TikTok, the octogenarian influencer urged people people to “get off the apps” and into real life, recommending a roster of New York classics
Read MoreHigh-net-worth buyer acquires downtown San Diego’s Procopio Tower
The new buyer of the 56-year-old Procopio Tower on B Street fits a pattern of high-net-worth individuals moving into the downtown San Diego market as larger organizations and real estate investment firms continue to exit or avoid the embattled region altogether. Last week, JAJ Pacific Investment LLC
Read MorePostcard Views From Telegraph Hill, $8.5M
San Francisco has no shortage of seductive views, and this home perched near the top of Telegraph Hill just below Coit Tower, may have more than its share. With outlooks ranging from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate and encompassing everything in between, it’s a late-career work by Lewis Butler of
Read More‘Bidding wars are in the rear view’: San Diego home prices fall in U.S. rankings
San Diego home prices were down annually for a second month as the region fell in a closely watched real estate index. The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price decreased 0.66% annually in July, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report released this week. Prices were down year-ov
Read MoreCalifornia has 7th-slowest housing creation in US
California seems unable to make any significant dent in its housing challenges. My trusty spreadsheet analyzed fresh Census Bureau housing data, examining changes in supply and costs for occupied housing – both ownership and rental living arrangements – across the 50 states and the District of Colum
Read More17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: October 1-5
We’re now nearly three quarters of the way through 2025, and with fall in full swing, there are many ways to be out and about in San Diego this weekend. Those looking for some festival fun can check out the free Pacific Beachfest, the second annual SDTJ International Jazz Festival and weekend-long
Read MoreSan Diego’s Top Doctors: The Annual List, 2025
For over two decades, the San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS) has worked collaboratively with San Diego Magazine to recognize physicians who are held in the highest regard by their peers. Votes and nominations are open to all physicians in San Diego. For this year’s election, polling was open
Read MoreSan Diego’s Bionics Revolution
The dream is a piano duet. Picture it: a person with a limb difference and a humanoid robot sitting side-by-side; both utilizing the same type of revolutionary bionic hands to play; each moving their fingers individually; striking keys in rhythm with dexterity, speed, and intention. Maybe Mozart
Read MoreThe Best Things to Do in San Diego: October 2025
October is here, and San Diego is coming alive with spirits and festivities. The month kicks off with lively Oktoberfest events, including large celebrations in La Mesa and Ocean Beach. Once you’ve had your beer and bratwurst fix, check out the second annual San Diego Tijuana Jazz Fest or the San D
Read MoreEditor’s Note, October 2025: A Show of Hands
Cool things are afoot—and sometimes they’re happening in what can appear to be otherwise boring places. Pulling into the office park in Rancho Bernardo where bionics company. Psyonic recently upgraded to a larger space, I was admittedly underwhelmed. Office parks, after all, scream dull utilitarian
Read MoreMortgage payments eat up 79% of California’s median wage – with rates at 0%
It’s hard to fathom just how unaffordable the homeownership dream has become. Industry buzz suggesting that a subtle dip in mortgage rates could make a noteworthy difference for homebuyers is somewhat misleading. Let me offer what I’ll admit is an absurd example. Think of 30-year mortgages with no
Read MoreIs it better to rent or own in California? That depends.
The debate over renting vs. owning has long posed a challenge for households in California. Arguments have morphed in recent years as home prices and mortgage rates soared beyond the increasing rents. To illustrate the complexities, we’ve created a hypothetical rent vs. buy scenario to track housing
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A beacon of opportunity when it opened in 1985, the former Horton Plaza mall now finds itself the symbol of a serious downtown slump. A 7-year-old promise — that the mall’s conversion into a mixed-use office campus would bring new life to the city’s center — is within view but firmly locked away beh
Read More Sharia’s Closet Provides Clothing For San Diegans in Need
Founded by Shamine Linton in 2006, Sharia’s Closet provides free, emergency clothing to those experiencing financial hardship or crisis. The idea first began after Linton first immigrated to the US. Along with her family, she began taking clothes, food, and household items back to Jamaica twice a y
Read MoreWhat to Expect When Volunteering for San Diego’s Emilio Nares Foundation
After losing their son Emilio to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2000, Richard and Diane Nares chose to honor his memory by creating an organization to help families in similar situations find support. In 2003, the Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF) was founded as a way to help low-income underserved fa
Read MoreThe Laing House by Harwell Hamilton Harris, $1.68M
The Laing House—one of Pasadena’s most admired Modernist houses—designed by the young Harwell Hamilton Harris in 1935, is on the market, asking $1,680,000. Perched above the road in the Poppy Peak historic district, the house is defined by ribbons of windows set into the crisp stucco volumes un
Read MoreProfit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low due to high prices
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It pays less and less to buy and flip a home these days. From April through June, the typical home flipped by an investor resulted in a 25.1% return on investment, before expenses. That’s the lowest profit margin for such transactions since 2008,
Read MoreCalifornians pay ninth-highest HOA fees in US
To Californians who think their homeowner association fees are too high: take a dash of solace in knowing it could be worse. My trusty spreadsheet examined one housing cost the Census Bureau hadn’t previously broken out: dues paid to homeowners’ association or other condominium fees. The recent rele
Read MoreDoes Senate Bill 79 go too far by overriding local zoning to build housing near transit hubs?
California lawmakers approved a bill in mid-September that would override local zoning to build housing near transit hubs. Senate Bill 79 allows for taller, denser housing near transit corridors such as bus stops and train stations: up to nine stories for buildings adjacent to certain transit stops,
Read MorePhotos: Margaritaville Hotel Celebrates Jimmy Buffet Day With Fundraiser
To celebrate Jimmy Buffett Day, Margaritaville Hotel San Diego Gaslamp Quarter hosted a long weekend of fundraising events to benefit the San Diego Music Foundation. Parrotheads and parakeets enjoyed tropical cocktails, performances from local artists, and bid on exciting prizes in a travel-themed
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