We have to admit—it’s our humble opinion that the single best thing to do this weekend in San Diego is hang out with us at our annual Best of San Diego event, a food and drink extravaganza featuring unlimited tastes from more than 100 local vendors. But other activities abound: a five-day gathering

San Diego home prices rose the fastest in the nation for six months. Now, a new metro has taken the top spot.The San Diego metropolitan area’s annual home price increased 9.1 percent annually in May, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. New York took the top spot, with

Civil Code Section 5551 requires all HOAs to inspect “exterior elevated elements,” which are California HOA’s responsibility by Dec. 31. That statute requires the inspection to be conducted by a licensed architect or structural engineer, and many HOAs are having difficulty finding such professionals

A San Diego entrepreneur who identified anomalies in government records submitted by one of the nation’s largest corporate landlords has won a $20 million settlement from a lawsuit filed under the California False Claims Act.Neil Senturia, who developed a machine-learning program that scanned thousa

Downtown’s skyline-defining West tower is officially open for business and leisure with people already living in some of the building’s pricey apartments and a handful of signed office tenants expected to move in next year.The $510 million project at 1011 Union St. from developer Holland Partner Gro

Jesse Rudolph and Joelle Kutner of the home design and development studio Ome Dezin recently brought this 1970s classic Brentwood home into the 21st Century by transforming its good (but tired), original bones into an exceptionally calm and serene haven. Set on a generous lot high above the Valley,

There are days when I look around at my single girlfriends and wonder how they haven’t been snatched up yet. They’re beautiful, funny, and smart, with successful, high-paying careers. Some even own businesses. For a number of them, all they’re missing is someone to share it with—but, despite how awe

Comic-Con, San Diego’s most awaited geek-fest, has arrived! It’s the ultimate playground for comic book aficionados, superhero buffs, and nerds of every stripe to bask in the San Diego sun. Whether you have a badge or not, half the fun of Comic-Con is our city transforming into a multiverse of fando

In what is the single biggest hotel sale so far this year, the 394-room Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines resort has been acquired for $165 million by a Los Angeles-based investment firm that owns no other hotels in San Diego.JRK Property Holdings, a real estate company that focuses largely on multi-fami

More than 100,000 pop culture fans will descend upon the convention center this week, but trying your hand at cosplay and attending celeb-stacked panels aren’t the only things to do in San Diego. The Ramona County Fair brings fried food and fun rides to the county, while triathlon competitors will r

Over 16 years of eating through the city, I’ve kept a list of the dishes and drinks and places that floored me—the ones I yammer on about to strangers. For Comic-Con, I thought I’d share 34 of my favorites within striking distance of the comic core: Gaslamp, Barrio Logan, Little Italy, Mission Hills

Over 16 years of eating through the city, I’ve kept a list of the dishes and drinks and places that floored me—the ones I yammer on about to strangers. For Comic-Con, I thought I’d share 34 of my favorites within striking distance of the comic core: Gaslamp, Barrio Logan, Little Italy, Mission Hills

Greg Koch has gone full metal. He was always this way. Launching a global craft beer brand that regularly jammed its horns in the you-know-where of mainstream beer just kind of got in the way. Now, the success of that beer has allowed him to resume metalling.And, true to everything Greg, he did not

For more than two decades, the San Francisco firm Aidlin Darling Design has been producing extraordinary buildings, crafted with an intuitive, deeply responsive aesthetic. Completed In 2005, this equally extraordinary compound of structures—placed around courtyards and reflecting pools—is a sanctuar

It was shortly after the seafood tower landed on the table at Fort Oak that Caleb (not his real name) got quiet and started to tell me what I meant to him. Tossing Tabasco and mignonette sauce onto my oysters, I listened as his voice turned serious.“I wanted to ask about your timeline, because I kno

UC San Diego received permission from University of California regents Thursday to build one of the largest campus housing villages in the system’s history, a 6,000-bed community mostly composed of towering dorms.The $2 billion proposal is meant to ease a chronic housing shortage brought on by unpre

Whether you’ll be hanging out in Hall H all weekend or joining the crowds outside the convention center for all the free activations during Comic-Con, once the sun goes down, it’s all about the after-parties. Going on from July 24-28, here are the 11 can’t-miss after-parties for those aged 18 and up

It’s an unlikely location for one of the best music venues in America: a converted quonset hut in the middle of a design district populated largely by high-end furniture stores, beauty salons, and art galleries. But Solana Beach nightclub Belly Up Tavern has proven its value simply through longevity

Amid record home prices across the region, the Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to fight back against corporate homebuyers and landlords they say are manipulating the local housing market and sending the cost of living soaring — and possibly to join litigation over rent-pricing software that has

Q: We have a homeowner who insists that the HOA must have the complainant in a harassment violation present at his hearing? Is it required?—M.H., Pacific BeachQ: Good commentary on disciplinary hearings in your recent column.  Following is a crucial part of hearings that the public needs to be infor