The new owner of The Fish Market restaurant on downtown San Diego’s waterfront is angling to tear down the aging venue and replace it with a $25.6 million, multi-concept dining destination that would incorporate the familiar seafood restaurant alongside a grab-and-go option and a high-end steakhouse

The Black Gold: Stories Untold exhibit at Fort Point National Historic Site in San Francisco is haunted. Really. But that’s not an excuse to avoid the place—it’s all the more reason to go and get up close to history. “Black Californians have been central, not marginal, to our collective narrative,”

Each morning at zero-eight-hundred sharp, as Allan and Lyndsey Arendsee sip coffee on their bayfront pool deck a few houses down from the Naval Air Station North Island on Coronado, they are serenaded by “The Star-Spangled Banner” issuing forth from the base. As the last strains fade away, they surv

Investors, just like house hunters, like a bargain. And in California, that means looking inland. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed data from Cotality – previously known as CoreLogic – tracking the share of single-family home purchases made by people not occupying the property. My focus was on the aver

Michael Sue Nanos’s shop in Pacific Beach is stuffed with tiny, wondrous things: pinky-nail sized cereal boxes, tables and chairs fit for a family of pocket mice, and an aptly named little book, “Little Women.” Now Nanos is facing a big decision: whether, and where, to relocate. For at least 22 year

By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skyrocketing housing values and a shortage of homes on the market gave homeowners the upper hand for years when it came time to sell. That’s no longer a given. Across the country, it’s getting tougher for sellers to drive a hard barg

Designed by Love Schack Architecture, the Freja House in Whitefish, Montana, is clad in prefabricated wood panels treated with järnvitriol, a Swedish iron sulfate technique that gives the home a weathered look while ensuring durability and energy efficiency. Its pitched roof and compact form recall

Unlike many DIY tiny houses built with cost savings in mind, the FL Tiny Home was conceived as a piece of architecture. Designed as a “refined tramping lodge on wheels,” it complies with NZTA width, height, and weight regulations while remaining fully transportable. Originally planned for a section

Hoping the Federal Reserve will cut the interest rates it controls fits the “be careful what you wish for” conundrum. There’s a good possibility the nation’s central bank will lower its Fed Funds rate – what banks pay overnight – at its next meeting Sept. 17. Federal Reserve officials have acknowled

Villa 18, designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, is located in Madrid’s La Moraleja district, overlooking the golf course lake. The daytime spaces occupy two staggered volumes, their shift forming a sheltered terrace that captures morning light and offers protection later in the day. A taller volum

This 538-square-foot (50 m²) house in the Netherlands is built almost entirely from glass, with both walls and ceiling designed to bring in light and frame the surrounding forest. The compact footprint,designed by GetAway Projects BV, is just 21 by 26 feet, spread across three levels: the main livin

The morning marine layer has just burned off in La Jolla. Heat pools on the pavement. Mirages shimmer off the patio stones as a leaf blower hums somewhere in the valley below. In the backyard of one quiet residential block, something strange juts up from the earth—an angular form clad in gleaming me

As I walk into Cereset in Encinitas, I wonder if tonight will finally be the night I get the kind of sleep I remember from my childhood: fully knocked out, vivid dreams, pillow lines on my face. As I get situated in a La-Z-Boy chair, head tech coach Madolyn Dolce places electroencephalogram (EEG) se

San Diego has some of the highest rents in the nation but, in a minor consolation for tenants, they haven’t gone up as much recently. Average asking rent was $2,532 a month in San Diego County in early September, said real estate tracker CoStar, up roughly 1% in two years. Average rent is still the

Lake Cle Elum from sticklab, on the west side of the Cascades, sets the backdrop for this modern cabin in Roslyn, Washington. The 2,800-square-foot home and 800-square-foot garage occupy a slim terrace above the water, where steep slopes define the site.  The roof is engineered for deep winter snow

Perched on the east shore of Lake Garda, Villa Dellago by Jacopo Mascheroni is designed as a pavilion that blends seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. The home stretches parallel to the water, allowing every room to open toward sweeping lake views.  The large glazed façades and extended roofli

The crumbling, 98-year-old California Theatre building at the corner of Fourth Avenue and C Street in downtown San Diego is officially for sale, once again, as the insolvent property owner seeks to satisfy the terms of its legal settlement with the city. Earlier this week, commercial real estate bro

California’s permits for new housing dipped to an 11-year low, minus the pandemic-era lockdowns. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Census Bureau data on California building permits, focusing on how the first half of 2025 compared with historical trends dating to 1988. Statewide, 49,400 permits were fil

Riba House sits in the Puembo Valley, Ecuador, on a curved corner plot shaped around a centuries-old carob tree. The tree became the guiding axis of the project, influencing both orientation and design.  With 520 m² spread across two levels, the house from TEC Taller EC, is conceived as a bar-like s

Fingers crossed for another sunny weekend, but, rain or shine, there’s plenty to fill it: Lovers of live music can attend performances by the Jonas Brothers, as well as international acts like María José, Astropical, and TXC. Local soccer fans can cheer on Alex Morgan as the San Diego Wave honors he