Just like that, another year is in the books. Before the New Year arrives, get into the festive spirit at these events happening throughout San Diego this December. From holiday concerts and food festivals to art exhibits and outdoor celebrations, here are some great ways to close out 2024 in style.

Dramatic change would be required to fix California’s homebuying affordability mess.My trusty spreadsheet compared home-price increases with income growth for 10 large California metropolitan areas using housing indexes by ICE, a mortgage-tech firm, and pay stats from the US Bureau of Economic Analy

Dramatic change would be required to fix California’s homebuying affordability mess.My trusty spreadsheet compared home-price increases with income growth for 10 large California metropolitan areas using housing indexes by ICE, a mortgage-tech firm, and pay stats from the US Bureau of Economic Analy

BJ Fazeli and his wife Wendy were floating down the Douro River in a tour boat in Portugal’s wine country on a warm summer evening in 2023.While sipping wine and gazing at terraced vineyards along the river, his wife of 45 years popped the question: “What is your exit plan for the winery?”His 67-yea

A year after the city appeared victorious, the battle of over building heights in San Diego’s Midway District wages on in appellate court.In recent weeks, environmental group Save Our Access and the city of San Diego have sparred in opening briefs filed with California’s Fourth District Court of App

Since her early days in Tempe, AZ, Andrea Van De Vort has had a passion for fashion—as illustrated in her fifth grade journal blueprinting her outfits months in advance—from the purse down to the shoes. Reminiscing on her childhood alongside 22 cousins, her fondest memories include going shopping wi

Avocados, craft beer, and Taylor guitars are some of San Diego’s most notable exports, but the city has a less-touted gift: Our backyard is known for fostering some of the most elite athletic talent in the country.Every year, local athletes from the North County down to the South Bay fill the colleg

Pasadena and its environs possess an extraordinary trove of architecture. Originally fueled by the immense prosperity of the early 20th Century and the snowbird clients arriving by rail who commissioned architects like Greene and Greene to build their warm weather homes in California redwood, the Ar

California’s home insurance market needs urgent reforms to halt the exodus of insurers from California and to stem skyrocketing costs for coverage, a state watchdog said.For example, the state should allow insurance companies to use computer models and incorporate their own “re-insurance” costs in c

I’ve lain awake just about every night for the last two weeks thinking about the question I posed in my last article: Can a couple last long-term with vastly different lifestyle preferences and social needs? To be fair, I’m an overthinker with anxiety, so it’s not super uncommon for me to be staring

The word “nightlife” may conjure images of bars and booze cruises, but San Diego County offers much to do after dusk for those looking to play without a pint glass in sight. From rollercoasters and ferries to live shows and haunted houses, here are 13 things to do in San Diego at night evening in th

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, the path ahead for the Federal Reserve looked straightforward: With inflation cooling and the job market slowing, the Fed appeared on track to steadily cut interest rates.In September, its officials predicted that the

A newly built home on San Diego County’s most exclusive strip of land has an eye-popping price tag.A new beachfront mansion at 2920 Camino Del Mar was listed last week for $75 million. It is a few houses down from Bill Gates’ $43 million home, and a property purchased by private-equity billionaire E

A symbol of downtown San Diego’s faltering central business district, the 24-story office tower at 600 B St. has gone back to its lender after a monthslong foreclosure process.Late last month, Western Alliance Bank took back the building from former owner Rockwood Capital through a forced sale trigg

Some say Christmastime can’t start until after Thanksgiving, but why fight the holiday spirit if it seeps in a little early? Put up those trees, listen to Mariah Carey, deck the halls—go nuts. And, while you’re at it, begin your holiday festivities with spirited events throughout San Diego. Gift sho

With no end of effortless chic, Amanda Leigh and Taylor Hahn, the couple behind House of Rolison have been reinvigorating exceptional properties all over the Los Angeles area, and their latest to come to market is a classic 4-bed, 5-bath 1940s stucco home on Bluebird Avenue, remade in the warm mater

Only Brazil surpasses Vietnam when it comes to coffee production, but Vietnamese coffee culture also has deeply rooted traditions and a unique culture prized throughout the world. Coffee from the Southeast Asian country tends to be characterized by strong, intense flavors. It is traditionally prepar

New lockers for San Diego’s homeless, a community-oriented neighborhood next to the Amazon warehouse in Tijuana and other ideas won awards at a design competition this week.Forty-eight proposals were submitted for a housing design challenge Tuesday at the World Design Policy conference in downtown S

Daytime temperatures will soon duck into the mid-60s in San Diego, but the city’s arts scene never takes a break for the chill. This week’s live music lineup includes a pair of concerts at Gallagher Square and a tribute to the region’s punk rock prowess at Punk in the Park. San Diegans can also floc

There are more millionaires in San Diego, at least on paper, than you might think.In San Diego County, 35% of homes were valued at $1 million or more in 2023, said a new study from mortgage website LendingTree. That was up from 23% in 2022.The San Diego metro area now ranks fourth in the nation for