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

The number of homes fixed and flipped in San Diego is down from a peak two years ago, and profits are hard to come by.There were 554 homes flipped in the third quarter in San Diego County, said Attom Data Solutions, down from more than double that two years ago. The report from Attom, an Irvine-base

It’s Tuesday evening at Ibarra Elementary School in City Heights. But instead of the campus falling quiet as the sky darkens outside, kids are bouncing into classrooms. Some 75 neighborhood students are sitting down with volunteers from throughout the county for 90 minutes of one-on-one English and

Leaving the house is hard—so, obviously, I have to reward myself with a sweet snack whenever I do it. But, recently, I ran into a problem: My stomach couldn’t handle gluten for a while, making it difficult to pick up a donut or cookie with my coffee while running errands. And, when the sugar craving

Here. We. Go. This only happens once.The first-ever San Diego FC uniforms are here. Welcome to the unveiling.This is a moment in San Diego sports, and another big step as the club prepares for its debut in Major League Soccer’s 2025 season. Partnering with Adidas, the team’s new kit is minimalist in

Tucked away on a wooded acre and completely rescripted by designer Kathryn McCullough, with landscaping by Terremoto, this c1961 compound presents a unique opportunity for up-to-the-moment living ensconced in L.A.’s architectural heritage. A classic custom Ranch from the era, and originally built fo

Farmers Insurance plans to start writing more home insurance policies in California ahead of regulatory reforms set for next year, the state’s second-largest homeowners insurance provider announced Wednesday.In 2023, Farmers capped the number of new homeowner insurance customers it accepted at 7,000

It’s the time of year when friends and relatives descend on San Diego from across the country. While the rest of the US sees cold, snow, rain, and freezing temperatures around December and January, our city usually has sunny days and perfect hiking weather in the 60s and low 70s. Plus, our hiking tr

The unwanted RV resort that appeared destined to replace a boat storage yard on 7 acres of waterfront property in exclusive Coronado Cays is no more.Tuesday, the Board of Port Commissioners for the San Diego Unified Port District voted unanimously to approve a lease termination agreement with port t

A Chicago investment firm has bought a Vista apartment complex for $185 million in the second-largest deal of the year in the county.Mesirow Financial, a privately held financial services outfit, paid $451,220 per unit for the Preserve at Melrose Apartments — a deal real estate tracker CoStar said s

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: California’s home-repair inflation rate has more than doubled during the past five years.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the California slice of the Verisk Remodel Index. These insurance ind

San Diego’s 109-year-old Botanical Building, a popular landmark in the heart of Balboa Park, will reopen to the public Friday afternoon for the first time in nearly three years after being almost entirely reconstructed according to historic standards.The debut of the painstakingly restored park attr

Photo Credit: Chris Nolasco/Nolasco StudiosWhat makes a dwelling visionary? The ability to bring a seamless logic and composition to functional spaces that are intrinsically innovative, and this superb c.2020 compound by Electric Bowery, is firmly rooted in the richly diverse architectural heritage

I’ve been digging through San Diego Magazine’s archives recently, working to understand what dating has looked like over the past 76 years of the mag’s existence. As I browsed, I came across an article in the February 2016 issue featuring a byline I recognized: Kai Oliver-Kurtin. The SD local has be

Babs Fry is on a mission.It’s 74 degrees out, the sun is shining, and the 54-year-old is pushing through bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 8 freeway at 5 o’clock on a Tuesday evening. But she’s not going to Ocean Beach for a last minute dip. No, she’s headed in the opposite direction—to an overgrown s

San Diego County home sales picked up in October as mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level of the year.There were 2,372 home sales in October, a 19% jump from September, CoreLogic said. The median home price was $879,000, down $1,000 from the previous month but still up 7% in a year.September