“[Platypuses] are all kinds of wrong,” says Hendrik Nollens, vice president of Wildlife Health with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. “They’re a mammal, they lay eggs, they have a mouth that looks like the bill of a duck, the males are venomous…” Still, watching the Frankensteined critters—the only t

Celebrate the best part of the week with 17 exciting things to do in San Diego, from a bunch of boozy festivals to a Stranger Things–inspired musical and a gathering of zine makers and enthusiasts, plus several other San Diego events.Food & Drink | Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | Mor

If you’ve recently gotten engaged, congratulations! And if you’re planning to celebrate your nuptials locally, you’re in luck—almost every kind of wedding venue can be found within a 15-mile radius of most neighborhoods.Thanks to our consistently temperate weather, conveniently located airport, and

Palomar Health knows most things are better with friends. In 2025, the organization is partnering with the University of San Diego to open the Palomar Health Wellness Center, an 80,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility providing wellness resources for the USD campus community and beyond. Sports, co

For Rady Children’s Hospital, the future means expansion. In August of last year, Rady broke ground on a new, seven-story tower. The facility, estimated to cost upwards of $1.2 billion, will house 140 intensive care unit beds and four operating rooms, doubling the size of the emergency department an

Nearly three years ago, a powerhouse sports and entertainment venue developer approached influential affiliates of San Diego State University with a proposal to design, build, finance and operate a state-of-the-art arena on the school’s Mission Valley campus.In December 2021, Oak View Group laid out

Crack open a tin of caviar because several San Diego areas have made a list of the most expensive places to own a home.For the first time, six San Diego County ZIP codes made PropertyShark’s annual list of the 100 most expensive areas. The previous record was five ZIPs in 2023.This year’s list featu

SDM staff writer and guest author Danielle Allaire takes over the column this week. One night, at a bar in South Park, I saw a tall, indie-rock Viking sporting a canvas tote bag and decided that this progressive-leaning, vinyl-collecting man was going to be mine. Within minutes, he introduced himsel

Since the early 1900s, plastic has accomplished unprecedented feats of world domination and changed the trajectory of planetary evolution. It’s in our homes, clothes, food, landfills, oceans, and even bodies, in numbers exceeding nine billion tons. The problem, of course, is getting rid of plastic.

Recently—and very briefly on the market—Eric Lloyd Wright’s c.1957 Ruth Ross House is likely the young architect’s first independent project, an elegant but compact expansion of a c.1927 casita with spectacular views over the Reservoir. Eric may have been the grandson of the celebrated Frank Lloyd W

When Wolfgang Busch first became mesmerized by plant roots as a young scientist, he didn’t realize they could potentially help save the world. He was captivated by how, without a brain, they could do things like actively track down nutrients. Now, he believes the simple root—the unsung underground h

A Southern California real estate behemoth wants to offload two more of its downtown San Diego office buildings as it focuses its attention on development opportunities farther north in University City.On Thursday, Irvine Company listed for sale its 40- and 50-year-old towers near Horton Plaza at 10

“Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.The number: Southern California’s inflation rate hit a 28-month low in September.The source: My trusted spreadsheet looked at three local Consumer Price Indexes – Los Angeles and Orange counties, Inland Empire, and San Diego County – and combin

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: Slightly more than half of California tenants pay 30% or more of their income for housing costs, compared with roughly one-third of homeowners.The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the latest Cen

A Los Angeles developer is seeking to erect a 22-story high-rise with a combination of hotel rooms and apartments above ground-floor shops blocks from the coast in Pacific Beach, flouting a voter-enacted law that has long kept building heights at 30 feet or less in the beach community.Last month, re

California renters are twice as glum about their monetary picture than Golden State homeowners, a new survey shows.The Public Policy Institute of California’s statewide polling for September reinforces a key economic divide – renters vs. homeowners. Consider that 44% of renters told pollsters they’r

All eyes are on the Pads right now, with the city’s first-ever World Series win increasingly in sight. But there are more things to do in San Diego this week than cheering on the Friars. You can sip spooky drinks at a North Park pop-up, see Sweeney Todd onstage, or head to the ballet in Rolando. Bet

All eyes are on the Pads right now, with the city’s first-ever World Series win increasingly in sight. But there are more things to do in San Diego this week than cheering on the Friars. You can sip spooky drinks at a North Park pop-up, see Sweeney Todd onstage, or head to the ballet in Rolando. Bet

Home prices continued to decrease toward the end of the summer as sales hit historic lows in what was the slowest August on record for San Diego County.The county’s median home price was $875,000 in August, CoreLogic reported this week, down $20,000 from a peak reached in May. The median, which comb

Gov. Newsom in late September signed three bills into law helping HOAs and their residents: AB2159, AB2460, and SB900. Last week’s column addressed AB2159, and this week’s column will review Assembly Bill 2460 and Senate Bill 900, also effective Jan. 1.SB900 greatly expands Civil Code Section 4775,