By MICHAEL CASEYThe United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.The U.S. Department of Hous

San Diego’s efforts to win an ongoing legal battle for control of Liberty Station will soon include getting appraisals for 54 separate properties within the sprawling former military base.Appraisals are often a precursor to selling a property, but city officials are actually trying to accomplish jus

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: California is home to 15 of the nation’s 25 costliest metropolitan areas.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the annual “price parity” report from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, which gives

A weekly food distribution unites I Am My Brother’s Keeper and the San Diego Bicycle Collective to feed, empower, and transform a community. One meal—and, hopefully—one bike at a time.A quiet Encanto parking lot has come to life around 1 p.m. every Tuesday for the last five years. I Am My Brother’s

Make sure the last full week of 2024 is well spent, no matter where you go in San Diego. There will be an array of community cultural celebrations, with the Liberty Station Hanukkah and Menorah Lighting (Dec. 26) and the four-day Kwanzaa celebration at Worldbeat Cultural Center (Dec. 26-29). Plus, t

The Arc of San Diego’s Winter Wonderland Fashion Show & Luncheon was held at The US Grant Hotel on December 6, 2024 this year. The affair raised more than $100,000 to support essential services for more than 2,000 children and adults with disabilities across the county. Guests enjoyed a silent aucti

At San Diego Magazine we strive to be the definitive guide to our region, in all its diversity, drama, and deliciousness. And to that note, 2024 was a big year for our reporting. We covered this region with sensitivity, flair, and a love of all things SD. We explored big issues, famous houses, great

More than 700 properties are due to be sold to the highest bidder at an online auction early next year due to their owners’ failure to pay millions of dollars in taxes to San Diego County.It is the county’s biggest sale of so-called tax-defaulted properties in seven years.The Board of Supervisors ea

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: It could be a poor gift-getting year for California’s crazy and pretentious population, if the “naughty or nice” fable aligns w

Nearly a year after its selection, the development team working alongside the United States Navy to remake the Naval Base Point Loma Old Town Campus is sketching in the details of a master plan that currently calls for replacement Navy facilities, thousands of residential units, millions of square f

Josef van der Klar, the son of Dutch immigrants to L.A. was a kind of sophisticated Mid-century Southern California archetype—architect, professor, poet and radical Communist—one of the visionary architects who, like Gregory Ain, believed that architecture went hand-in-hand with social change. Nonet

California’s seemingly lofty paychecks look relatively run-of-the-mill when considering the state’s costly lifestyle and tax burdens.The annual “price parity” report from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis gives us a snapshot of relative differences among the 50 states in costs and incomes. My trust

We’re coming up on one year of my dating series, Unhinged. When I decided to launch the column, I did so with the hope of building a community where people who had been struggling to date or find love could come and feel seen. It’s been a wild ride. For the last 10 months, I’ve dished on my weekly d

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose this week to its highest level since late November, reflecting a recent uptick in the bond yields that lenders use as a guide to price home loans.The rate rose to 6.72% from 6.6% last week, mortgage buyer Freddi

“Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.The number: California homebuying in November took its biggest one-year leap since June 2021.The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the California Association of Realtors’ latest home sales report.The curveSales of existing, single-family

Soccer in San Diego is bigger than ever, and so is the college basketball scene. We have a new arena in town. Three new professional teams started up, including San Diego FC, Major League Soccer’s newest franchise. (Who needs the Chargers?) And the Padres came this close to ruining the Los Angeles D

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterSales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November to their fastest pace since March with home shoppers encouraged by a wider selection of properties on the market, even as mortgage rates mostly ticked higher.Existing home sales rose 4.8% last month, from Octob

San Diego could potentially deny the 239-foot-tall, mixed-use tower proposed for 970 Turquoise St. in Pacific Beach that has not only outraged community members but catalyzed elected leaders to seek reforms to state housing laws.Last week, the city of San Diego received a technical assistance letter

Want a festive weekend in San Diego? We’ve got yearly yuletide events like the Golden State Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, plus new traditions like Project [BLANK]’s Fates, Boots and Bob, which introduces an alien adventure into the Christmas canon. Of course, that’s not all of San Diego’s s

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: The cheapest place to live in California – the Central Valley’s Hanford – is still more expensive than 295 metropolitan areas across the US.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the annual “price