November is here, and San Diego is buzzing with events and activities to kick off the holiday season. From community street fairs and local 5Ks to the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Navy and Marine Corps, there’s no shortage of things to do in the city this month. Sports fans can catch the Ra

The Bayview home of celebrated and much published designer/artist Antonio Martins is on the market. Once the workshop and home of plaster artisan and sculptor Cesare Santini in the 1920s, Martins acquired the property in 2017 (you can see its previous incarnation at Curbed SF) and proceeded to resto

A Del Mar mansion has shattered San Diego County records for the most expensive residential property after it sold for $50 million this week. The newly built mansion at 2920 Camino Del Mar went on sale in November 2024 for $75 million but slashed its price to $59.5 million in June before finally sel

The owner of the Costa Verde Center just opposite Westfield UTC is, following the removal of a commercial land-use restriction, now preparing to raze the shuttered strip mall in the coming months to eventually make way for an urban village-style neighborhood with thousands of residences alongside gr

What’s the biggest cause of high housing costs in the nation? Industry insiders answer that government bureaucracy slows or prevents the construction of new housing, compounded by the public’s “not-in-my-backyard” aversion to adding homes in their neighborhoods. Well, one poll shows the typical Amer

For years, San Diegans near our southern beaches have learned to treat the Pacific with suspicion. On a day when the water looks inviting, invisible pathogens may be drifting north from Tijuana, where a water treatment plant struggles to contain its outflow. Swimming in these conditions can feel les

This weekend in San Diego is full of triumphant returns: BirdStock is back for year four with another free, all-day street festival; Rosin Box Project’s Ghost Light Masquerade has another set of spectral performances in store; and the third edition of Villa Manila’s Taste the Tradition promises a de

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org Growing up in a religious family, Florida Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer anchored to a single building in the way they used to be. Her small prayer groups take place over chats these days, not necessarily in

The city of San Diego is refusing to accept defeat after a devastating appellate court ruling ordered reinstatement of the 30-foot height limit in the Midway District. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said Monday that he will ask the City Council to OK a petition to the state Supreme Court to review the

Fall in San Diego may not come with the crunch of red and orange leaves, but there’s something undeniably cinematic about the season. The golden-hour light lingers a little longer, the ocean air turns crisp, sweaters make their seasonal debut, and the city slows down just enough to sink into a movie

Happy spooky season! You could ring in the holiday by browsing one of the Spirit Halloween stores popping up like zombies all over the county. For a more truly chilling experience, however, head to the homes of some real-life ghosts. Here are seven of the most haunted spots in San Diego to visit. Co

Five San Diego County ZIP codes made PropertyShark’s annual list of the 100 most expensive areas. It was down from six last year, when Carmel Valley narrowly made it in at No. 92 (It was just $50,000 off from the list this year). All local ZIP codes on the list had median sale prices of more than $2

Do you know Southern California’s housing market? Or maybe you want to learn more. Either way, try our online quiz that will test your knowledge of median selling prices across Southern California’s six counties vs. statewide and nationwide values, according to data from Attom as of August 2025. You

The Oceanside City Council approved an eight-story, mixed-use development with 273 apartments and 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail shops Wednesday for a vacant lot on Mission Avenue just west of Oceanside High School. The only no vote came from Councilmember Eric Joyce. He said he had concer

San Diego’s years-long attempt to remove the 30-foot building height limit from the Midway District was just dealt a severe blow by a state appellate court. On Friday, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal overturned a San Diego Superior Court judge’s earlier decision, which found that the 20

In San Francisco’s Clarendon Heights neighborhood, there’s a quiet street tucked just below the Sutro Tower with spectacular views encompassing the Golden Gate, Marin County and Downtown. Already dotted with handsome Arts & Crafts Style homes, the neighborhood’s expansive hillside plots were further

Early on a Saturday morning, the surf at La Jolla Cove is dotted with swimmers slicing through the Pacific in steady strokes. On the steps above, a group of retirees laughs through a bodyweight circuit, while hikers gather at Torrey Pines to start their sunrise trek. And a mile inland, scientists ar

California renters are finicky customers, changing apartments far more often than the typical American tenant. But when they find the right place, they stay longer than the national norm. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet learned after reviewing RentCafe’s second-quarter report on how tough it is to

Sometimes a change of scenery can make a big difference. After nearly four decades, downtown San Diego’s NewSchool of Architecture & Design has started its first semester outside of East Village in a high rise in the business district. The university had a rough few years: A decline in enrollment, a

The owner of the 1970s-era marina at the westernmost portion of Harbor Island expects to soon start construction, after a longer-than-planned permitting process, on a $67.6 million redevelopment project that will see the marina’s docks, land-side buildings and public viewing deck remade into a resor