• Where is Southern California’s hardest spot to find an apartment?,Jonathan Lansner

    Where is Southern California’s hardest spot to find an apartment?

    Orange County remains the toughest market in Southern California to find rental housing. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the local slice of RentCafe’s mid-year study of the most competitive places to find an apartment at larger complexes. The report tracking second-quarter data for 66 big U.S. apartm

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  • San Diego’s best, and worst, architecture in 2025 revealed,Phillip Molnar

    San Diego’s best, and worst, architecture in 2025 revealed

    San Diego’s unique architecture competition, Orchids and Onions, is back with a new batch of trophies for the region’s most inspiring projects — and the duds. Orchids and Onions, now in its 49th year, is the most popular local architect competition because it takes the rare step of pointing out bad

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  • The Evolution of the Fairmont Grand Del Mar,Cole Novak

    The Evolution of the Fairmont Grand Del Mar

    I moved to San Diego in 2009, about two years after the Grand Del Mar opened its doors. Back then, I was just starting my writing career while learning about this new city, exploring its beaches, discovering that tacos are a lifestyle more than just a meal, and finding that casual was the name of t

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