• Port agrees to consider revised proposal for Coronado Ferry Landing

    Port agrees to consider revised proposal for Coronado Ferry Landing,Jennifer Van Grove

    The operator of the Coronado Ferry Landing retail center and its government agency landlord will seek to bridge a $17.5 million divide and mend a fractured relationship as the parties’ contentious contract dispute quickly approaches a cliff. Tuesday, the board for the Port of San Diego, which contro

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  • How San Diego’s Top Nonprofits Allocate Your Donations

    How San Diego’s Top Nonprofits Allocate Your Donations,Cole Novak

    The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank As the largest hunger-relief organization in San Diego County, The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank aids an average of 400,000 people each month and distributes more than 50 million pounds of food per year. If You Donate $10 Provides enough food for 20 me

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  • 17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend December 10-14

    17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend December 10-14,Cole Novak

    We are now T-minus 16 days until Christmas, so this weekend is as good a time as any to go out and feel festive. Celebrate the holidays alongside furry companions during the Gaslamp Pet Parade and the Christmas with Animals Fundraiser at Lions Tigers & Bears. Immerse yourself in seasonal splendor an

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  • Lawsuit continues to thwart San Diego’s sale of Tailgate Park to Padres development team

    Lawsuit continues to thwart San Diego’s sale of Tailgate Park to Padres development team,Jennifer Van Grove

    More than 3.5 years after approval, the city of San Diego’s sale of the Tailgate Park parking lot just east of Petco Park to a development team led by the San Diego Padres is still pending as a government watchdog continues its courtroom battle to kill the deal. Last week, Project for Open Governmen

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  • California home prices won’t crash or soar in 2026, Zillow says

    California home prices won’t crash or soar in 2026, Zillow says,Jonathan Lansner

    Those who believe California home prices will crash in 2026 and improve affordability, along with folks hoping for more soaring values to pad their wealth, won’t like Zillow’s latest forecast. My trusty spreadsheet analyzed price outlooks for calendar 2026 for 50 big metropolitan areas – including s

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  • San Diego Magazine’s 2025 Cutest Pets Contest Winners

    San Diego Magazine’s 2025 Cutest Pets Contest Winners,Cole Novak

    Look. This is serious, Pulitzer-worthy stuff. A few months back, we made some unbearable who’s-a-good-doggie sounds and set out to find the most soul-fluffing, adorable pets we possibly could. Why? Welcome to six pages of serotonin. We asked the public to submit photos of their little buddies and op

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  • Californian sellers own their home for 11 years, 3rd longest in US

    Californian sellers own their home for 11 years, 3rd longest in US,Jonathan Lansner

    For a state where folks are supposedly fleeing, Californians keep their homes for a long time. My trusty spreadsheet peeked at one yardstick of longevity: Attom’s study on the average length of ownership for home sellers across the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2025.

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  • Roommates can save California tenants 38% on rent

    Roommates can save California tenants 38% on rent,Jonathan Lansner

    Want to lower the rent pain? Double-up. My trusty spreadsheet used some curious rent data from LendingTree to quantify what almost every budget-watching tenant knows: having a roommate in a two-bedroom unit is financially better than going solo in a one-bedroom rental. The stats were based on the U.

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend December 3-7

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend December 3-7,Cole Novak

    We’re now fully immersed in the most wonderful time of the year, and fittingly, the amount of fun things to do this weekend can be summed up in a single word: wonderful. Balboa Park December Nights, the Holiday Wonderland at Gallagher Square and tree lightings in Little Italy and Carlsbad will all b

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  • Father Joe’s Villages Marks 75 Years of Housing Support

    Father Joe’s Villages Marks 75 Years of Housing Support,Cole Novak

    For 75 years, Father Joe’s Villages has been helping San Diegans facing homelessness transition onto the path of long-term stability and success. The nonprofit is the city’s largest provider of homelessness-related services, including shelters and housing (which serve upwards of 3,000 people each ni

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  • Where did Southern California home prices jump the most in 10 years?

    Where did Southern California home prices jump the most in 10 years?,Jonathan Lansner

    Do you understand how much Southern California home prices have changed over the past decade? My trusty spreadsheet analyzed Attom’s homebuying data to identify which of the six counties in the region experienced the largest price jump over the past 10 years through September 2025. The analysis also

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  • On Display: The Art of Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson in La Jolla

    On Display: The Art of Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson in La Jolla,Cole Novak

    La Jolla in the 1970s was a groovy place—a mecca for surfers, intellectuals, and artists. A hotbed of creativity, UC San Diego counted several prominent artists among its faculty, including husband-and-wife painters Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson. The duo relocated from New York to Leucadia in

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  • Switchfoot’s Bro-Am Foundation Expands Support for SD Youth

    Switchfoot’s Bro-Am Foundation Expands Support for SD Youth,Cole Novak

    When Switchfoot takes the stage, San Diego listens. And when the Grammy Award–winning rock band gives back to their hometown, locals follow suit. For two decades, Switchfoot has channeled their love for music, art, and surfing into support for homeless, at-risk, and underserved youth in San Diego Co

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  • ‘Affordability is the biggest constraint’: San Diego home prices fall for 4th month

    ‘Affordability is the biggest constraint’: San Diego home prices fall for 4th month,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego was among more than half of U.S. cities with falling home prices in September. The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price decreased 0.85% annually in September, said the recent S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report. That puts the region at No. 15 in the 19-city index (Detroit was miss

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  • California homebuyer’s goal: Save $18,200 annually for 5 years

    California homebuyer’s goal: Save $18,200 annually for 5 years,Jonathan Lansner

    Want to enter the world of California homeownership? Become a voracious saver. My trusty spreadsheet had some fun with a curious study by Consumer Affairs that looked into a major challenge for first-time homebuyers: the down payment. The report pondered how long it would take to save 10% of the med

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  • The Stahl House Can Now be Yours for $25M

    The Stahl House Can Now be Yours for $25M,Philip Ferrato

    Attention architecture collectors, the legendary Stahl House (AKA Case Study House No. 22) has come on the market after 65 years of one-family ownership and care. Conceived by its visionary owners Bud and Carlotta Stahl for an “unbuildable” lot overlooking L.A., it was designed and engineered in 195

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  • Here is how much San Diego home prices are outpacing wages

    Here is how much San Diego home prices are outpacing wages,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego County’s median home price is now nearly nine times the median income — close to its highest point in history. San Diego home prices have been more expensive than the nation since the 1990s, but the difference is now more pronounced. A U.S. median priced home was five times more than incom

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  • How Midway Rising plans to breach 30-foot height limit

    How Midway Rising plans to breach 30-foot height limit,Jennifer Van Grove

    A recent court order directing the reinstatement of the 30-foot height limit in San Diego’s Midway District would seem to stop short a development team’s plan to remake the city’s sports arena site with thousands of apartments and a replacement venue in buildings that tower over the restriction. But

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  • 2026 Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants Marketing Toolkit

    2026 Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants Marketing Toolkit,Cole Novak

    Every year, San Diego shows off its best: the tacos we dream about, the studios that keep us glowing, the shops we can’t stop talking about, the services that save our sanity. The truth is: YOU make this city shine. This toolkit gives you everything you need to rally your community, boost visibility

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  • Robin’s Nest Rescue Gives Farm Animals a Second Chance

    Robin’s Nest Rescue Gives Farm Animals a Second Chance,Cole Novak

    Kimber Williams has always been an animal lover. The Texas native and “fifth generation country girl” grew up riding horses and counts among her childhood memories rescuing baby birds that had fallen from a tree and an occasional bunny that got lost in the fray. She had a dream of rescuing animals a

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