It’s easy to forget now, but San Francisco’s historic South Park neighborhood was—post World War II—home to many small-scale industrial businesses, especially printing companies. Ironically, in the early 90s, it would become a hub of the nascent Digital Revolution, the epoch-changing movement withou

Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a surge in evictions followed the expiration of pande

Take one look at the Jacobs Music Center and you can tell it’s teeming with history. Originally built in 1929 as the Fox Theatre, the venue still maintains its grandiose Rococo design and ornate interior finishes. After its conversion from a movie theater to a concert hall, this stage has seen count

Fall is almost here. Break out your Uggs; get yourself a sugary, pumpkin-flavored coffee drink; and plan your trip to Julian for one of the mountain town’s famous apple pies. September also means that the kids are back in school, so mark your calendars, hire a babysitter, and check out these fun thi

San Diego’s home price growth, the highest in the nation for much of this year, has now fallen behind other metros.The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 7.19 percent annually in July, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. New York topped the 20-city index with a

Açaí bowls are a San Diego staple. And once you’ve learned how to pronounce the name of these grape-like, Amazonian berries correctly (aa-saa-ee), you think you’ve got them down. It’s a sweetened smoothie bowl with an açaí base that’s topped with fruit, granola, honey, and, if you can swing the extr

If wine is a love language, if “wine cellar” riles up your Zillow emotions, or if you’ve simply heard of wine and have an interest in being in the room with the best of it, circle Oct. 3 & 4 on your calendar.Crates of rare, ogled, oh-dang wines are being loaded onto trucks and planes on their way to

Alex Morgan took a deep breath.When her shoulders relaxed, she charged toward the penalty spot and swung her famous left foot through the ball. It seemed destined for the back of the net, an equalizer for the Wave and another of Morgan’s 200-plus goals for club and country. But then, like a beach vo

Hovering above its site in Santa Monica, Pierre Koenig’s 1994 Schwartz House was the architect’s last built commission—after decades as an influential teacher and mentor—in a career that had begun with a jolt with his Case Study House #22, AKA The Stahl House, that tour-de-force in steel and glass c

San Diego planners approved a proposal Thursday for five new mansions in La Jolla.Owners of the Foxhill Estate plan to build five homes, ranging from 8,493 square feet to 13,544 square feet, on the storied site once owned by the Copley family, former owners of The San Diego Union-Tribune.The new pro

Since 2013, Mostra Coffee has expanded from a garage in 4S Ranch to locations in Carmel Mountain Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bankers Hill, and Hillcrest. But co-founder and chief marketing officer Jelynn Malone says they have their eyes on more locations across the county, starting with Torrey Pines at the end

San Diego rents haven’t been this flat in decades.The average San Diego County rent was $2,491 a month at the start of September, said real estate tracker CoStar, a growth of 0.5 percent annually. It wasn’t that long ago — in 2022 —when rents rose 13 percent in a year.Not everyone is sharing in the

Oceanside’s Frontwave Arena opens its doors to the public for the first time on Monday, September 16, ushering in a new era in San Diego County. It’s a smaller-type arena, with big plans. Nestled in the Rancho Del Oro area, Fronwave boasts a seating capacity of 7,500 and features all the amenities e

“Rent Watch” tracks what’s happening at the intersection of landlords and tenants – who is paying what and where.Buzz: Rents were falling in nine of 16 big California cities this summer.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked into ApartmentList’s rent tracker for August for 100 large US cities, includi

The head of Fannie Mae said Friday at a conference in downtown San Diego that potential homeowners are lacking enthusiasm compared to sellers.Priscilla Almodovar, CEO of Fannie Mae, spoke to roughly 500 people Friday morning in the Harbor Ballroom of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. She was there as part

My algorithm is permanently stuck in the dating world. Ads, social posts, articles, events, press releases—everything that has to do with finding love has come across my screen in the last year. And if all my fervent article reading and constant chats with experts and everyday daters have taught me

Welcome to Casa Mallorca, the latest project of Mark Alexander and Rob Diaz of the eminent L.A.-based design/build firm Studio Rob Diaz in Studio City. Like the lovely but popular Mediterranean island paradise it evokes, Casa Mallorca is a luminous, luxuriously simple home with impeccable details—ju

Three unknown entities are vying to convert the city of San Diego’s empty and asbestos-ridden office tower at 101 Ash St. into residential units for low- or extremely low-income families.The subsidized housing proposals surfaced after the city cut ties with a previous bidder for the troubled propert

The city of San Diego will move a portion of its development services department out of the crumbing operations building downtown and into two floors a few blocks away at Five50West.Monday, San Diego city council members unanimously approved a lease agreement for 43,460 square feet of space at the 5

A flat tire in a ghost town outside Death Valley. A sweaty nightmare for most travelers. But for Marta Becket, the beginning of a dream.It was 1967. While her dusty tire was attended to, Becket wandered off to a dilapidated recreation hall nearby. Inside, she saw a stage caving in, walls covered in