• Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment

    Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment,Jennifer Van Grove

    The Port of San Diego is preparing to redevelop its 77-year-old Harbor Police Department headquarters on East Harbor Island and expects to spend up to $100 million to replace the aging facility, as the current buildings are said to be too small and too costly to maintain. Last week, the Board of Por

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: March 19–23

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: March 19–23,Cole Novak

    This weekend is a big one for country fans, with KSON Countryfest coming to Gallagher Square and genre star Kelsea Ballerini performing at Pechanga Arena, both on Saturday night. If the Studio 54 experience is more your style, try the funk-filled Mustache Bash at Mariner’s Point. Meanwhile, sports f

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  • DOGE targets 5 government office leases in San Diego for termination

    DOGE targets 5 government office leases in San Diego for termination,Jennifer Van Grove

    The federal government reform arm of President Donald Trump’s executive office is seeking to end five office leases, totaling 40,242 square feet of space, across San Diego County. The listed local lease terminations were published by the Department of Government Efficiency earlier this month alongsi

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  • How Riverside County won California’s pandemic economy

    How Riverside County won California’s pandemic economy,Jon Lansner

    While Riverside County may not exude the tech-driven energy of the Bay Area or the coastal creativity of Southern California, its warehouse-powered economy emerged as the state’s top performer during the pandemic era. That accolade comes from my trusty spreadsheet, which found Southern California’s

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  • Bestselling Author Kaylie Smith Brings Her Fantasy Phenomenon to San Diego

    Bestselling Author Kaylie Smith Brings Her Fantasy Phenomenon to San Diego,Cole Novak

    Kaylie Smith, the bestselling author behind the fantasy series Wicked Games, is a newly minted San Diego local set to release the second book in the series, Enchantra, on April 8. Her debut novel, Phantasma, became a viral sensation late last year. Published in September 2024, Phantasma currently bo

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  • How inflation battered California pay raises

    How inflation battered California pay raises,Jon Lansner

    Why are so many Californians grumpy about the economy? Ponder a quirky economic statistic called “real wages” – a yardstick comparing the growth in pay vs. the inflation rate. This measurement shows the typical paycheck was battered by a ballooning cost of living during the past four years. My trust

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  • Which is the hardest Southern California county to find a rental?

    Which is the hardest Southern California county to find a rental?,Jon Lansner

    San Bernardino County had the fewest empty rentals in February in Southern California. My trusty spreadsheet looked at ApartmentList’s monthly rental vacancy report for 165 big U.S. counties, including six in Southern California. The study, which looks at available units at primarily larger complexe

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  • The Most Serene Retreat In Montecito Heights, $3M

    The Most Serene Retreat In Montecito Heights, $3M,Philip Ferrato

    What do you get when an artist and architect collaborate on their home? You could get chaos and strife, but in the hands of this couple, the result is an absolutely serene retreat, the perfect venue for a life well-lived in a 3-bed, 3.5-bath home, arranged around a central courtyard with a deep conn

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  • I Tried It: Custom Floré Probiotics to Heal My Gut

    I Tried It: Custom Floré Probiotics to Heal My Gut,Cole Novak

    I just wanted clear skin, a face that looked like glass or a donut or whatever people are calling smooth, unblemished complexions nowadays. I didn’t expect it to kind of ruin my life. I’d struggled with breakouts since middle school. One thing that didn’t plague me, though? Stomach problems. I could

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  • SD’s Research Community Facing Challenges Due to Federal Funding Cuts

    SD’s Research Community Facing Challenges Due to Federal Funding Cuts,Cole Novak

    It wasn’t long after President Donald Trump was elected when Rebecca Fielding-Miller, an epidemiologist at UC San Diego, knew that she would be feeling the impacts of his election firsthand. Fielding-Miller explains that the system used to review grants hinges on meetings in which a group of scienti

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  • Unhinged, A Dating Series: Ready to Dance

    Unhinged, A Dating Series: Ready to Dance,Nicolle Monico

    I recently started taking beginner dance classes. Sure, I can shake it convincingly with friends at the club or a wedding reception after a few Champagnes, but choreo? My brain breaks and I forget how to count to four, Bambi-legged on wobbling character shoes. It’s cringe, I know it, I feel it. But

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  • Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage edges higher, ending a seven-week slide

    Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage edges higher, ending a seven-week slide,Associated Press

    By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged higher this week, ending a seven-week slide that helped ease borrowing costs for home shoppers leading into the spring homebuying season. Related Articles Business | Oceanside considers changes to appeals proc

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  • NASDAQ curse? Wall Street troubles might chill California’s economy

    NASDAQ curse? Wall Street troubles might chill California’s economy,Jon Lansner

    It’s been an ugly few days in the stock market as investors suddenly grew nervous about brewing trade wars, federal job cuts, reheated inflation and overall economic anxieties. As a result, talk about a potential recession is percolating and share prices are tumbling. Could an extended bout of Wall

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  • San Diego City Council reverses stance, approves All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro

    San Diego City Council reverses stance, approves All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro,Phillip Molnar

    A controversial proposed church in Del Cerro was restored Tuesday night after previously being denied. After a three-hour meeting, the San Diego City Council voted 5-4 to approve the 54,476-square-foot All Peoples Church only a year after rejecting it on land-use grounds. Neighbors had fought agains

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  • 16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: March 13–16

    16 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: March 13–16,Cole Novak

    This weekend in San Diego brings compelling art exhibitions, decadent dinners, and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Though the holiday doesn’t officially arrive until Monday, partying will start Saturday with the San Diego Leprechaun Run, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival, and ShamROCK. Word to

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  • Pasadena 2nd-hardest spot to find a rental in US after wildfires

    Pasadena 2nd-hardest spot to find a rental in US after wildfires,Jon Lansner

    Pasadena is the nation’s second-hardest spot to find a rental, another example of how January’s firestorm is altering the region’s real estate markets. My trusty spreadsheet looked at ApartmentList’s monthly rental vacancy report for 149 big U.S. cities, including six in Southern California. The stu

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  • San Diego Neighborhood Guide: San Marcos

    San Diego Neighborhood Guide: San Marcos,Cole Novak

    The city of San Marcos, nestled along Highway 78 between Escondido and Vista, has an agricultural heritage dating back to the 1850s centered around wine, honey, poultry and dairy production. While San Marcos still has remnants of those roots (such as the family-run Hollandia Dairy), it has now evolv

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  • Historic Modernism In Mar Vista, $1.6M

    Historic Modernism In Mar Vista, $1.6M,Philip Ferrato

    In terms of design and a radical rethinking of Postwar urbanism, the Modernique Homes by the pioneering L.A. Modernist Gregory Ain were groundbreaking in their day—and one of them is on the market and open this weekend. Having worked with Richard Neutra for years and fully invested in California’s u

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  • Tackling It All With San Diego Rebellion’s Power Couple

    Tackling It All With San Diego Rebellion’s Power Couple,Cole Novak

    “I don’t sleep,” admits southeast San Diego native Joann Mamuyac. It’s the only explanation for how she maintains her objectively bonkers schedule: She and her partner, Brittani Lusain, are both professional tackle football players with the San Diego Rebellion, our local franchise of the Women’s Nat

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  • Fire reconstruction a wildcard for homebuilding across Southern California

    Fire reconstruction a wildcard for homebuilding across Southern California,Jon Lansner

    The Los Angeles wildfires are amplifying many of the usual steep challenges for those who want to build or buy new homes in the region. January’s firestorm destroyed or damaged more than 12,000 structures around Altadena and Pacific Palisades. To gauge how that changes the real estate game for local

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