“I don’t sleep,” admits southeast San Diego native Joann Mamuyac. It’s the only explanation for how she maintains her objectively bonkers schedule: She and her partner, Brittani Lusain, are both professional tackle football players with the San Diego Rebellion, our local franchise of the Women’s Nat

The Los Angeles wildfires are amplifying many of the usual steep challenges for those who want to build or buy new homes in the region.January’s firestorm destroyed or damaged more than 12,000 structures around Altadena and Pacific Palisades. To gauge how that changes the real estate game for local

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates have been mostly declining in recent weeks, helping encourage prospective home shoppers just as the spring homebuying season gets going.But the same factors that have pulled mortgage rates to their lowest level since December — signs

Mission Hills may be only a few miles from downtown San Diego, but it’s nearer to nature than often meets the eye. Matthew and April Segal and their children Oliver and Eleanor got up close with wildlife when they made their move north from Little Italy to their new concrete-and-glass home, designed

Every year, when winter swells bring San Diego’s best waves to their fullest potential, local surfers flood the lineups of popular spots like Black’s and Swami’s. But some of the heaviest and most dangerous surf lies further south, off the coast of Imperial Beach. The area’s crown jewel, Tijuana Slo

A reader recently reached out to tell me that a few weekends ago, she went to Joshua Tree National Park for a weekend of hiking and camping. This was after the news that the federal government was cutting funding to national parks, and that Joshua Tree would lay off six employees, leaving its job va

The city of San Diego is ready to negotiate with the nonprofit that has long sought to bring Balboa Park’s nearly 90-year-old Starlight Bowl back to life after more than 14 years of dormancy. But there’s an unexpected caveat that puts in question the group’s ability to actually use the famous-but-de

Star Trek was right—according to San Diego–based aerospace manufacturer Natilus, a more sustainable aircraft looks like something straight out of sci-fi.CEO Aleksey Matyushev co-founded Natilus in 2016 with his longtime friend Anatoly Star after the two noticed inefficiencies with airfreight cargos.

In the 2010s, pickleball started to emerge as a new way for people to enjoy racquet sports without the physical demands of other such activities like tennis or racquetball. Compared to tennis, it offered a slower pace, smaller courts, and even had simpler rules. During the pandemic, pickleball picke

If San Marcos–born company Plantible has its way, the story of food’s future will begin with two friends who met as kids in the Netherlands. Tony Martens Fekini was in agricultural commodity trading. Maurits van de Ven was an investment banker—but they wanted more. Could they start a company togethe

According to the American College of Sports Medicine, San Diego ranks among the nation’s top 15 fittest big cities. While we appreciate the qualitative proof, one only has to peek outside any given window in the city to see a swath of San Diegans jogging, biking, dog-walking, or taking to the seas w

California homeowners don’t seem to think much about flood risks with few insured against watery storm damage.My trusty spreadsheet examined flood insurance coverage stats compiled by ValuePenguin by LendingTree, tracking the dominant seller of this coverage: the federal government’s National Flood

San Diego FC’s first-ever home game, and the energy around it, mimicked Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s left hamstring: A solid start, with a less-than-ideal finish.In the parking lots around Snapdragon Stadium, fans arrived as early as five hours before kickoff. Walking past rows of cars sounded like the

I ask Xander Schauffele if one of his goals this year is winning the Masters. In 2019, he finished second by a stroke to Tiger Woods. In 2021, Schauffele faltered late in the final round and had to settle for third. Could 2025 be the year he breaks through at golf’s most prestigious tournament? But

The seemingly dead All Peoples Church project proposing to build a 54,476-square-foot sanctuary building and parking garage on a vacant, 6-acre lot in Del Cerro will get a second chance at life.On March 11, San Diego City Council members will revisit their January 2024 decision to deny the controver

Born in Vienna, Rudolph Schindler [1887-1953] has become one of the most admired—and mythic—California Modernist architects, in part because so few of his projects have survived intact. His own home in West Hollywood, now beautifully restored, is widely considered his finest extant work. Schindler w

Developer Nat Bosa has been responsible for some of downtown San Diego’s largest residential towers but looming tariffs have him flabbergasted.His company, Vancouver, Canada-based Bosa Development, is in the middle of construction on a 389-unit condo tower called Andia in downtown San Diego. It also

Yes, California’s housing market is erratic, as only two states have experienced more volatility during the past half-century.My trusty spreadsheet eyeballed price indexes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency dating to 1975 to get a long-running look at real estate swings for the 50 states and th

Once a bedrock of the Port of San Diego’s value system, the agency’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has quietly shifted in recent months to a philosophy that promotes belonging.In October, the port formally renamed its DEI team the Culture of Belonging team, a spokesperson said. Then,

The 116th Anniversary Charity Ball transformed the Hotel del Coronado into a garden of generosity, uniting San Diego’s philanthropic leaders for an evening of glamour and purpose. Benefiting Rady Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), the black-tie affair featured a formal dinne