Alex Morgan took a deep breath.When her shoulders relaxed, she charged toward the penalty spot and swung her famous left foot through the ball. It seemed destined for the back of the net, an equalizer for the Wave and another of Morgan’s 200-plus goals for club and country. But then, like a beach vo

Hovering above its site in Santa Monica, Pierre Koenig’s 1994 Schwartz House was the architect’s last built commission—after decades as an influential teacher and mentor—in a career that had begun with a jolt with his Case Study House #22, AKA The Stahl House, that tour-de-force in steel and glass c

San Diego planners approved a proposal Thursday for five new mansions in La Jolla.Owners of the Foxhill Estate plan to build five homes, ranging from 8,493 square feet to 13,544 square feet, on the storied site once owned by the Copley family, former owners of The San Diego Union-Tribune.The new pro

Since 2013, Mostra Coffee has expanded from a garage in 4S Ranch to locations in Carmel Mountain Ranch, 4S Ranch, Bankers Hill, and Hillcrest. But co-founder and chief marketing officer Jelynn Malone says they have their eyes on more locations across the county, starting with Torrey Pines at the end

San Diego rents haven’t been this flat in decades.The average San Diego County rent was $2,491 a month at the start of September, said real estate tracker CoStar, a growth of 0.5 percent annually. It wasn’t that long ago — in 2022 —when rents rose 13 percent in a year.Not everyone is sharing in the

Oceanside’s Frontwave Arena opens its doors to the public for the first time on Monday, September 16, ushering in a new era in San Diego County. It’s a smaller-type arena, with big plans. Nestled in the Rancho Del Oro area, Fronwave boasts a seating capacity of 7,500 and features all the amenities e

“Rent Watch” tracks what’s happening at the intersection of landlords and tenants – who is paying what and where.Buzz: Rents were falling in nine of 16 big California cities this summer.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked into ApartmentList’s rent tracker for August for 100 large US cities, includi

The head of Fannie Mae said Friday at a conference in downtown San Diego that potential homeowners are lacking enthusiasm compared to sellers.Priscilla Almodovar, CEO of Fannie Mae, spoke to roughly 500 people Friday morning in the Harbor Ballroom of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. She was there as part

My algorithm is permanently stuck in the dating world. Ads, social posts, articles, events, press releases—everything that has to do with finding love has come across my screen in the last year. And if all my fervent article reading and constant chats with experts and everyday daters have taught me

Welcome to Casa Mallorca, the latest project of Mark Alexander and Rob Diaz of the eminent L.A.-based design/build firm Studio Rob Diaz in Studio City. Like the lovely but popular Mediterranean island paradise it evokes, Casa Mallorca is a luminous, luxuriously simple home with impeccable details—ju

Three unknown entities are vying to convert the city of San Diego’s empty and asbestos-ridden office tower at 101 Ash St. into residential units for low- or extremely low-income families.The subsidized housing proposals surfaced after the city cut ties with a previous bidder for the troubled propert

The city of San Diego will move a portion of its development services department out of the crumbing operations building downtown and into two floors a few blocks away at Five50West.Monday, San Diego city council members unanimously approved a lease agreement for 43,460 square feet of space at the 5

A flat tire in a ghost town outside Death Valley. A sweaty nightmare for most travelers. But for Marta Becket, the beginning of a dream.It was 1967. While her dusty tire was attended to, Becket wandered off to a dilapidated recreation hall nearby. Inside, she saw a stage caving in, walls covered in

One of La Jolla’s most storied sites might be getting some new neighbors.New owners of the Foxhill Estate on Country Club Drive, who bought the site for $35 million in May, have submitted plans to build five mansions on the property. The proposal would not affect the Foxhill Mansion, which was known

On a chilly Saturday morning, Pam Orr drives to Campus Point at the University of California, Santa Barbara, surfboard in her backseat. It’s been a stormy few days. She and her five friends have been texting all morning about tide reports, wave height, and swell direction, unsure if surfing is a goo

Up, down, forward, repeat. Taking steps through thigh-deep water is usually pretty straightforward for me, an able-bodied person. But it turns out simple motor skills become a lot harder when the water temperature lingers in the same range as the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska in autumn. Ever

The city of San Diego has pushed back the deadline to finalize a deal with the development team selected two years ago to remake the city’s 48-acre sports arena site in the Midway District.The parties, tied together in an exclusive negotiation agreement that was set to expire on Dec. 5, now have thr

Rock climbing is all the rage these days. Since its debut in the Olympics in 2020, the sport has experienced a meteoric rise, with more than 600 climbing gyms now scattered across the US—eight of which call San Diego home. While climbing gyms provide a fantastic way to hone skills and find a communi

Rebuilt over the course of four years by a father (engineer) and son (carpenter) team, this floating Modernist gem—dubbed the Thomas Jefferson—berthed in Santa Barbara Harbor Marina is one of just four houseboats permitted to remain in the marina after municipal codes were changed. While the marina

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: Orange County homebuyers used the third-largest down payment in the nation in June.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a Redfin analysis of how much money borrowers put into home purchases in 40