• Unhinged, A Dating Series: Sipping Solo in Bars

    Unhinged, A Dating Series: Sipping Solo in Bars,Cole Novak

    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

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  • High-net-worth buyer acquires downtown San Diego’s Procopio Tower

    High-net-worth buyer acquires downtown San Diego’s Procopio Tower,Jennifer Van Grove

    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

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  • Postcard Views From Telegraph Hill, $8.5M

    Postcard Views From Telegraph Hill, $8.5M,Philip Ferrato

    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

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  • ‘Bidding wars are in the rear view’: San Diego home prices fall in U.S. rankings

    ‘Bidding wars are in the rear view’: San Diego home prices fall in U.S. rankings,Phillip Molnar

    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

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  • California has 7th-slowest housing creation in US

    California has 7th-slowest housing creation in US,Jonathan Lansner

    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

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  • 17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: October 1-5

    17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: October 1-5,Cole Novak

    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

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  • San Diego’s Top Doctors: The Annual List, 2025

    San Diego’s Top Doctors: The Annual List, 2025,Cole Novak

    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

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  • San Diego’s Bionics Revolution

    San Diego’s Bionics Revolution,Cole Novak

    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

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  • The Best Things to Do in San Diego: October 2025

    The Best Things to Do in San Diego: October 2025,Cole Novak

    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

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  • Editor’s Note, October 2025: A Show of Hands

    Editor’s Note, October 2025: A Show of Hands,Cole Novak

    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

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  • Mortgage payments eat up 79% of California’s median wage – with rates at 0%

    Mortgage payments eat up 79% of California’s median wage – with rates at 0%,Jonathan Lansner

    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

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  • Is it better to rent or own in California? That depends.

    Is it better to rent or own in California? That depends.,Jeff Goertzen1, Jonathan Lansner

    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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  • Who will save Horton?

    Who will save Horton?,Jennifer Van Grove

    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

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  • Sharia’s Closet Provides Clothing For San Diegans in Need

    Sharia’s Closet Provides Clothing For San Diegans in Need,Cole Novak

    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

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  • What to Expect When Volunteering for San Diego’s Emilio Nares Foundation

    What to Expect When Volunteering for San Diego’s Emilio Nares Foundation,Cole Novak

    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

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  • The Laing House by Harwell Hamilton Harris, $1.68M

    The Laing House by Harwell Hamilton Harris, $1.68M,Philip Ferrato

    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

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  • Profit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low due to high prices

    Profit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low due to high prices,Associated Press

    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,

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  • Californians pay ninth-highest HOA fees in US

    Californians pay ninth-highest HOA fees in US,Jonathan Lansner

    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

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  • Does Senate Bill 79 go too far by overriding local zoning to build housing near transit hubs?

    Does Senate Bill 79 go too far by overriding local zoning to build housing near transit hubs?,Phillip Molnar

    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,

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  • Photos: Margaritaville Hotel Celebrates Jimmy Buffet Day With Fundraiser

    Photos: Margaritaville Hotel Celebrates Jimmy Buffet Day With Fundraiser,Cole Novak

    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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