“You gonna make me look good? Okay. Come on, take your picture.”We’ve all seen it. In Little Italy, on the busiest restaurant street in the city, oysters and negroni bazaars all around it, a singular limoncello-yellow residence stands stubborn like the house from Up, with one distinct difference—the

Relatively speaking, California is not a hot spot for housing investors.That’s a conclusion from my trusty spreadsheet’s review of data on investor activity across the nation from BatchData, a small data tracker that digs deeper into property records than many traditional real estate analysts.BatchD

The city of San Diego is seeking to move past a blundered real estate deal with a new high-stakes transaction, this time betting on a development team’s ability to turn the empty 101 Ash St. office tower into hundreds of apartments for low-income families at the expense of recouping what it has sunk

For 92 years, Las Cuatro Milpas bucked the odds. Petra and Natividad Estudillo opened the restaurant on Logan Avenue in 1933, serving simple plates of comfort food like rice, beans, tacos, burritos, and the best tortillas in town. It’s hardly changed a bit since then—it’s still cash-only, the lard-l

Tenants in Southern California are not getting the same level of relief from rent increases as the average American.This insight comes from my trusty spreadsheet’s analysis of rent inflation data from the Consumer Price Index, which tracks 23 U.S. markets, including three in Southern California. The

To many critics of a generous backyard-apartment incentive San Diego is poised to rein in, most of the problems with the controversial program trace back to one man — a local developer named Christian Spicer.Spicer and his investors, they say, are responsible for scores of large-scale projects that

With her decades-long practice of architecture, Lutah Maria Riggs [1894-1984] produced some of the most compelling structures in Santa Barbara and the American Riviera. First working in the 1920s with the master of Andalusian Revival—George Washington Smith—her work evolved into a hybrid Mediterrane

Stretching from highway 54 to the border, Chula Vista is the heavyweight of San Diego’s South Bay—a sprawling city of 275,000 with one foot in the past and the other stepping forward. On the west side, you’ll find old-school charm: a historic downtown, cozy neighborhoods, midcentury homes, a breezy

Anyone who’s walked down the old-timey main drag in Julian knows the Cuyamaca Mountain town still feels a lot like it must have in the late 1800s. The area struck gold—literally—in 1869, and became an official town in 1870. But it wasn’t until a few years later that the quaint city 60 miles northeas

Investors own more than half of all the houses in seven California counties.That’s one eye-catching nugget from my trusty spreadsheet’s review of data on investor activity across the nation from BatchData, a small data tracker that digs deeper into property records than many traditional real estate

The development team proposing a massive, tennis-anchored sports complex on the Chula Vista Bayfront has secured an important contract with the Port of San Diego, giving the group a relatively short window of time to sign a professional athlete to be the face of the project.The seven-member Board of

Whether you’re a San Diego resident or a summertime visitor to America’s Finest City, this weekend offers a lineup of events that prove SD is the place to be. San Diego Pride brings a plethora of activities, including the free Pride Parade and the two-day festival at Marston Point in Balboa Park. Up

No badge? No problem. Comic-Con might be the main event, but San Diego is bursting with offsite experiences anyone can get into. Whether you want to meet your favorite comic artist, dance the night away, pretend you’re in the Whoniverse, or simply grab a selfie in a life-size Barbie box, here are 12

No badge? No problem. Comic-Con might be the main event, but San Diego is bursting with offsite experiences anyone can get into. Whether you want to meet your favorite comic artist, dance the night away, pretend you’re in the Whoniverse, or simply grab a selfie in a life-size Barbie box, here are 12

In San Diego, sunshine isn’t just a weather pattern; it’s our religion. We chase it, bask in it, and occasionally pine for it when June gloom overstays its welcome. As a longevity doctor who’s spent years preaching healthy habits, I’ve learned that worshiping Earth’s nearest star comes at a cost (he

I’d been living in my Allied Gardens home for almost five years and had given up on ever finding a furniture arrangement that made any sense.My 1,100-square-foot house is identical in layout to many in the neighborhood. Much of Allied Gardens was developed in the 1950s as tract housing. “Built with

One of the best-known of the Southern California historicist architects, Reginald Davis Johnson (1882–1952) created some of the most beautiful dwellings in and around Pasadena, as well as further north in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Johnson’s projects always possess a confidence and assuredness in

The “Big Beautiful Bill” perpetuates a long-standing misconception that subsidies provide a lasting boost to the housing sector.President Donald Trump’s flagship legislation, signed into law on July 4, will, among other things, quadruple the deductibility of state and local taxes — commonly known as

A development group that previously explored building a Major League Soccer stadium on the Chula Vista Bayfront is back, albeit absent one partner, with a remastered proposal that is equally ambitious and may be more plausible.The project, named Pangaea, is anchored by a large tennis complex and com

How much will California home sellers cut their prices as competition grows?My trusty spreadsheet analyzed Realtor.com statistics on the number of existing houses and condos on the market and their asking prices. The average results for the three months ending in May were compared with two years ear