• Modern Architecture Meets Agriculture in a Fallbrook Vineyard Estate,Madison Beveridge

    Modern Architecture Meets Agriculture in a Fallbrook Vineyard Estate

    Peruse pictures of vineyard estates in California, and you’ll see Tuscan dwellings of stone, tile-roofed stucco mansions, and wood-sided barnhouses. Christian and Anna Zaleschuk’s hilltop home in Fallbrook, however, crushes those clichés like grapes. The Zaleschuks had lived for several years on a f

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  • Homebuying burden quadrupled in California’s low-price counties,Jonathan Lansner

    Homebuying burden quadrupled in California’s low-price counties

    Even the least expensive parts of California have become unaffordable for homebuyers. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed homebuying affordability data from Attom, which tracks the typical house hunter’s financial challenges dating to 2005 in 36 California counties. By comparing home values, mortgage rat

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  • Redevelopment of Grossmont Center starts with $10M face-lift,Jennifer Van Grove

    Redevelopment of Grossmont Center starts with $10M face-lift

    The future of Grossmont Center is taking shaping as the mall’s owner embarks on a multiphased redevelopment plan designed to refashion the sprawling 64-year-old outdoor center into a central gathering hub for the La Mesa community. Last week, Maryland-based Federal Realty Investment Trust started it

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