• 18 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This June

    18 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This June,Cole Novak

    WID San Diego Scholarship Fundraiser & Silent AuctionJune 5An evening of waterfront views, appetizers, and a silent auction benefiting scholarships for women in STEM and defense.Mama’s DayJune 6Unlimited bites from more than 50 local chefs, plus cocktails and entertainment, to support Mama’s Kitchen

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  • Home prices take 1st drop in 26 months, by this math

    Home prices take 1st drop in 26 months, by this math,Jonathan Lansner

    Budget-conscious home seekers who need any whiff of hope may cheer the latest Case-Schiller national price index.The good news is that this oft-quoted yardstick of U.S. prices declined 0.3% between February and March. It’s the first monthly dip in the “seasonally adjusted” version of the index since

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  • Costa Verde Center owner wants to turn shuttered strip mall into its own neighborhood

    Costa Verde Center owner wants to turn shuttered strip mall into its own neighborhood,Jennifer Van Grove

    The new owner of the fenced-off Costa Verde Center just opposite Westfield UTC is working on a blueprint for the former strip mall that centers around creating a walkable neighborhood with its own main street flanked by thousands of residential units, neighborhood shops and eateries, and possibly a

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  • A little bit of farm, a little bit of suburbia: That’s the recipe for Agritopia

    A little bit of farm, a little bit of suburbia: That’s the recipe for Agritopia,Associated Press

    By MELINA WALLING, ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG and JOSHUA A. BICKELGILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Just steps from the porticos, patios, clay-tiled roofs and manicured lawns of suburbia, Kelly Saxer has gotten used to questions. As she weaves through tomato vines, snaps asparagus and generally gets her hands dirty, v

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 29–June 1

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 29–June 1,Cole Novak

    Shake off the post-holiday weekend blues with arty San Diego events like Seth Parker Woods’ multimedia concert Difficult Grace and Michael Roque Collins’ striking Corpus Sanctum exhibition. Or party like you have another Monday off with SDCVA’s annual wine festival on Sunday, where over 20 local win

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  • Are price cuts coming? San Diego home price gains slow in national rankings

    Are price cuts coming? San Diego home price gains slow in national rankings,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego home prices haven’t risen this slowly in years.In March, the San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 1.67% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. That’s the smallest increase since summer 2023 when rising mortgage rates, briefly, hit the brakes on t

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  • Things to Do in San Diego This Month: June 2025

    Things to Do in San Diego This Month: June 2025,Cole Novak

    June in San Diego means sunshine, surf, and a packed calendar of events. The weather’s already heating up, and so is the city—with tourists flooding in, lines growing longer at your favorite taco shops, and the annual San Diego County Fair returning to bring fun (and a little freeway chaos). This mo

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  • Paul R. Williams And Old-School Glamor In La Canada Flintridge, $8.5M

    Paul R. Williams And Old-School Glamor In La Canada Flintridge, $8.5M,Philip Ferrato

    The homes of architect Paul Revere Williams are among the most coveted dwellings in Los Angeles. Each is a master class in graceful living with their subtly traditional and elegant details showing a range of European styles that mirrored the aspirations of his prosperous (often celebrity) clientele.

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  • 29% fewer California homes sold. Is the Fed to blame?

    29% fewer California homes sold. Is the Fed to blame?,Jonathan Lansner

    California homebuying hasn’t been the same since the Federal Reserve’s war on inflation began three years ago.That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found in the March homebuying report from Attom, which tracks the closed sales of existing residences and new construction, both houses and condos, dating t

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  • Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a new name, look and vibe

    Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a new name, look and vibe,Jennifer Van Grove

    The Hazard Center shopping center and office complex in the center of Mission Valley is getting a new name and a retail-focused facelift with the property’s new owner seeking to refashion the neglected site into a trendier destination.Los Angeles-based BH Properties, which bought the property in Aug

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  • Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.86%, its highest level since mid-February

    Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.86%, its highest level since mid-February,Associated Press

    By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed this week to its highest level since mid-February, a setback for home shoppers that threatens to slow sales further this spring homebuying season.Related Articles Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a n

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  • April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season

    April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season,Associated Press

    By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press Business WriterSales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in April, as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for the housing market.Existing home sales dropped 0.5% last

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  • ‘Look out for a slowdown’: San Diego home sales slump despite more listings

    ‘Look out for a slowdown’: San Diego home sales slump despite more listings,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego home prices were up slightly in March but at a pace new homeowners might not be thrilled with.The median home price in San Diego County was $900,000 in March, up 1.1% from the previous month, said an Attom Data Solutions report released this week. The median, a combination of all closed sa

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  • Californians are late paying 18% of their student loans

    Californians are late paying 18% of their student loans,Jonathan Lansner

    Despite the financial stress of Golden State life, Californians are relatively good at paying bills compared with the rest of the nation.Take student loans. In the first quarter of 2025, 18% of California student loans were late.That may seem like a stunningly high rate of skipped payments, but it’s

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  • 17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 21–26

    17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 21–26,Cole Novak

    Got plans for your three-day weekend? How about a show? From University Heights to Oceanside, there will be new theater productions popping up all over the map this Saturday, such as the playful comedy Merry Me at the Diversionary Theatre, Oceanside Theatre Company’s funny and informative Latino His

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 21–26

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: May 21–26,Cole Novak

    Got plans for your three-day weekend? How about a show? From University Heights to Oceanside, there will be new theater productions popping up all over the map this Saturday, such as the playful comedy Merry Me at the Diversionary Theatre, Oceanside Theatre Company’s funny and informative Latino His

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  • The SD Musician Behind Many of Hollywood’s Biggest Soundtracks

    The SD Musician Behind Many of Hollywood’s Biggest Soundtracks,Cole Novak

    It didn’t take long for Archie Thompson to notice the guy at a table near where Thompson and his trio were playing. They were doing their usual blues and jazz gig at the old Croce’s Restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter downtown. There was an intensity about the dude—as if he were doing some kind of eva

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  • Why more construction didn’t fix California’s high housing costs

    Why more construction didn’t fix California’s high housing costs,Jonathan Lansner

    Build it – and they will fall.We’re often told that California housing costs will dip if more residences are constructed. My trusty spreadsheet’s peek into real estate and demographic patterns, however, questions the wisdom behind construction as a significant housing-cost containment measure.You ca

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  • Father Joe’s Villages Helps Aspiring Chefs Find Culinary Careers

    Father Joe’s Villages Helps Aspiring Chefs Find Culinary Careers,Cole Novak

    For those experiencing homelessness, a career in culinary arts can potentially seem out of reach without the proper resources. Thanks to Father Joe’s Villages, a growing number of unhoused San Diegans are getting the opportunity to pursue a career in food through a new culinary program. “I spent my

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  • Inside Mini Mansions Built for Kids

    Inside Mini Mansions Built for Kids,Cole Novak

    Want to avoid raising an iPad kid? Get them a place to pretend. But options like backyard playhouses are often clunky, mass-produced plastic structures in garish red and yellow, an eyesore against a thoughtfully designed home. Jihyun Kang Butler saw the problem and set out to change it.With two youn

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