Thousands are on the waiting list for this Encinitas community. Only 40 homes remain

Encinitas had such a restrictive anti-housing law six years ago that the state threatened legal action.Things have changed, slowly, with new denser housing developments approved, and demand might be highest for the agriculture-themed Fox Point Farms. There are around 2,500 people on an interest list
Read MoreHow consent calendars streamline your HOA meetings

Does your HOA board use a consent calendar as part of its regular meeting procedure? If not, your board is missing a chance to preserve meeting time and energy for agenda items requiring discussion.Board meetings lasting beyond two hours in length will tax the concentration of both directors and aud
Read MoreArtist Nuge’s Work is a Rebellion Against His Architectural Background

Dan Nguyen is having trouble with the Viper Pit. Its iridescent curves threaten to slip from his hands, even with his assistant, Christian Ramirez, shouldering half its weight as they attempt to mount it on a few freestanding photo boards. The metallic teal of a blue morpho butterfly, the undulating
Read MoreDramatic Brown Field overhaul, decades in the making, gets a shakeup and a longer timeline

San Diego is trying to keep a dramatic upgrade of Otay Mesa’s Brown Field on track by allowing the developer to shuffle which projects will be built first and by extending some development deadlines.City officials said the developer deserves the concessions partly because it took the city more than
Read MoreNew $85M Chula Vista Film Studio to Bring Hollywood Jobs to San Diego

Filmmaker Aaron David Roberts’ lifelong dream has been to set up movie studios in his hometown of San Diego. Now, that dream seems to be ready for lights, camera, action.Roberts is known for producing TV series such as Chartered and The Cast Members, along with movies including The Last Deal and Thr
Read MoreUnhinged, A Dating Series: How to Experiment with Dating Women

San Diego local Rachel* was beginning to feel like a lesbian car salesman—girls only called her for a test drive. “My friend Jo* would reach out and flirt whenever she felt ready to sleep with a woman, but when things got more real, she would ghost me,” she recalls. “It was hard to feel like people
Read More5 San Diego Sports Events to Watch: January 2025

New year, new San Diego sports. Not only does San Diego FC finally take the pitch this month, but also an innovative and interactive golf league with deep San Diego roots tees off. The changing of the calendar also brings some familiar events. The annual Farmers Insurance Open takes over Torrey Pine
Read More41 of the Most Anticipated San Diego Art Events in 2025

Is dog-earing a magazine a thing? This year, you’re gonna want to fold the flap on these pages and keep them close so you can fill out your cultural calendar for the season to come. We’ve chronicled some of the city’s top arts events—both the classical and the avant-garde—to get you through the firs
Read MoreCarter’s presidency was No. 1 for California home-price gains

Jimmy Carter’s economic legacy is cloudy, at best.The former president’s death on Dec. 29 put the performance of the business climate during his White House days between 1977 and 1980 under the microscope again.I’ll let others debate his economic policies, such as a losing battle with inflation and
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San Diego home price gains have slowed compared to remarkable highs over the past few years.In October, the San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 4.5% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. The highest gains in the 20-city index were in the New York metro a
Read More Local Design Firm Tapped for New Interactive TGL Golf League

When I reach Agustín “Augie” Pizá, his excitement is palpable. He quickly apologizes for his strained voice before jumping into a slew of topics including architecture, the Chargers, Picasso, philosophy, and, most of all, the future of golf—and the reason for today’s call. An award-winning golf cour
Read MoreThe San Diego Architect Who Helped Tiger Woods Design the Wild, Techy Future of Golf

On January 7, some of golf’s biggest names—Tiger, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Aberg, and Wyndham Clark—will walk into a packed stadium designed specifically for this spectacle. A three-on-three match. Tee shots and longer approach shots will be hit into a massive 64-by-53-
Read More8 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This January

Watershed Warriors: Alpine Library CleanupJanuary 4Help keep San Diego’s watersheds clean with I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego. This litter cleanup runs from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and helps prevent pollution from reaching the Pacific Ocean.Watershed Warriors: Fallbrook Library Cle
Read MoreLooking Back At 2024, Three Favorite Dwellings

It’s been a tumultuous year. More than ever, our homes represent so many things– sanctuary, financial security, nostalgia and long-held dreams, and for the very lucky (or clever) as objects of desire. In California (and elsewhere, of course) we hold our homes dear in the face of drought, flood, fire
Read MoreUS homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

By MICHAEL CASEYThe United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.The U.S. Department of Hous
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San Diego’s efforts to win an ongoing legal battle for control of Liberty Station will soon include getting appraisals for 54 separate properties within the sprawling former military base.Appraisals are often a precursor to selling a property, but city officials are actually trying to accomplish jus
Read More California has 15 of 25 priciest places to live in US

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: California is home to 15 of the nation’s 25 costliest metropolitan areas.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the annual “price parity” report from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, which gives
Read MoreSD Grassroots Orgs Partner on Providing a Holistic Care Network

A weekly food distribution unites I Am My Brother’s Keeper and the San Diego Bicycle Collective to feed, empower, and transform a community. One meal—and, hopefully—one bike at a time.A quiet Encanto parking lot has come to life around 1 p.m. every Tuesday for the last five years. I Am My Brother’s
Read More13 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend Dec. 24-30

Make sure the last full week of 2024 is well spent, no matter where you go in San Diego. There will be an array of community cultural celebrations, with the Liberty Station Hanukkah and Menorah Lighting (Dec. 26) and the four-day Kwanzaa celebration at Worldbeat Cultural Center (Dec. 26-29). Plus, t
Read MorePhotos: Arc of San Diego’s 2024 Winter Wonderland Fashion Show

The Arc of San Diego’s Winter Wonderland Fashion Show & Luncheon was held at The US Grant Hotel on December 6, 2024 this year. The affair raised more than $100,000 to support essential services for more than 2,000 children and adults with disabilities across the county. Guests enjoyed a silent aucti
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