The year was 1949—the U.S. was well on its way to economic recovery after WWII, but there was still a chronic housing shortage. The now-famous Case Study House program began in response to the need for economical and efficient building solutions in the LA area, but there were other innovative effort

La Mesa only lies 10 miles east of downtown San Diego, but it can feel like a world away from high-rises and hectic nightlife. Here, bird noise is more common than bar commotion, but the somewhat sleepy area once known for silent movie production is on the cusp of finally waking up. Mexican eatery C

Nestled between Lemon Grove, Valencia Park, Skyline, and the 94 freeway is the hilly, residential neighborhood of Encanto. Drive around, and you might feel transported to a small town. The chaparral-covered slopes are full of single-family homes and quiet, dead-end streets where locals raise chicken

Starting on Aug. 13, most Southern California home shoppers will need to sign contracts with agents to view properties for sale, binding them to paying their own commissions if they can’t get a seller to cover it.And home sellers will be banned from advertising how much they’re willing to pay buyers

Q: We are a small HOA with about 60 units. Our bylaws call for a five-person board. We are having trouble getting residents to run for the board. Since we have about 30 active residents, what are the pros and cons of reducing the size of our board to three? This still represents 5 percent of our res

Perry’s Cafe, the venerated roadside diner on Pacific Highway, closed its doors for the last time on Monday, earlier than expected and ending its 39-year run.The closure comes more than a week before its previously announced end date of Aug. 15. In a text message, Perry’s owner, Perry Eulmi, said th

After 70 years of aquaculture research, coastal preservation projects, and public oyster tours, Carlsbad Aquafarms is leaving its waterfront location by the end of August.After being linked to a norovirus outbreak in January, the facility ceased public tours in May and launched an online auction of

After 70 years of aquaculture research, coastal preservation projects, and public oyster tours, Carlsbad Aquafarm is leaving its waterfront location by the end of August.After being linked to a norovirus outbreak in January, the facility ceased public tours in May and launched an online auction of i

Growing up going to an all-girls high school, Felicity (not her real name) felt like she missed out on learning how to flirt—or even communicate—with boys. Today, she’s 34 years old and, though she has had sexual experiences, she has never had a boyfriend, a fact that she’s shy about sharing. Her la

The western slope of Golden Hill was once a large rancheria, with a Kumeyaay village at what is now 20th and B streets. Developers cleared the village in 1887 to make way for mansions—the sobering backstory behind the eclectic mix of Victorian, Spanish colonial, classical revival, prairie, Swiss cha

San Diego’s home price gains were stopped in their tracks for the first time this year in June.The median home price in San Diego County was $890,000, CoreLogic reported this week, down $5,000 from May. The median, which combines sales for newly built homes, resale condos and resale single-family ho

A landmark legal settlement governing real estate commissions takes effect in a matter of days.Nevertheless, Nicholas Rosen of Castro Valley is still having a hard time getting agents to explain what will happen when he lists his home for sale next fall.“At this point, I have more questions than ans

City leaders have yet to come to terms on a 30-year lease agreement to convert the empty warehouse at Kettner Boulevard and Vine Street into a large homeless shelter, as proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria.With the deal, the city would lease the 65,000-square-foot facility for a 1,000-bed shelter, called

An otherwise routine loan morphed into a flashpoint of contention between a council member, Pacific Beach community members and two affordable housing developers.That’s because the money, to be doled out by the city of San Diego to the nonprofit developers of the proposed Rose Creek Village project,

Leagues Cup – Club América vs. TBDFriday, August 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Snapdragon StadiumSince 2019, Leagues Cup has grown from a small tournament for eight American and Mexican soccer teams into a month-long, continent-spanning cup competition featuring all 47 teams in the MLS and Liga MX. And in what se

We have to admit—it’s our humble opinion that the single best thing to do this weekend in San Diego is hang out with us at our annual Best of San Diego event, a food and drink extravaganza featuring unlimited tastes from more than 100 local vendors. But other activities abound: a five-day gathering

San Diego home prices rose the fastest in the nation for six months. Now, a new metro has taken the top spot.The San Diego metropolitan area’s annual home price increased 9.1 percent annually in May, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. New York took the top spot, with

Civil Code Section 5551 requires all HOAs to inspect “exterior elevated elements,” which are California HOA’s responsibility by Dec. 31. That statute requires the inspection to be conducted by a licensed architect or structural engineer, and many HOAs are having difficulty finding such professionals

A San Diego entrepreneur who identified anomalies in government records submitted by one of the nation’s largest corporate landlords has won a $20 million settlement from a lawsuit filed under the California False Claims Act.Neil Senturia, who developed a machine-learning program that scanned thousa

Downtown’s skyline-defining West tower is officially open for business and leisure with people already living in some of the building’s pricey apartments and a handful of signed office tenants expected to move in next year.The $510 million project at 1011 Union St. from developer Holland Partner Gro