Weekender: Open Studios and Open Farms

Farmers and artists offer a peek behind the curtain this week at two beloved annual events. It’s the second weekend of Open Studios Art Tour 2026. This Saturday and Sunday, artists in North County will open their homes, studios and art spaces to visitors from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. No tickets needed — just come through.

Burning Beard’s future at Gillespie Field in limbo

It took roughly two years of determined, non-stop searching for Burning Beard Brewing owner Jeff Wiederkehr and his team to locate a new home for their El Cajon business. But that massive outlay of time and effort felt completely worth it once they came upon a vacant space, a former airplane hangar located just a mile from their original brewery along the fenceline of East County airport Gillespie Field.

DPI Retail Sells Main Street Marketplace in El Cajon, California, for $17.5 Million

El Cajon, Calif. — DPI Retail has sold Main Street Marketplace, a grocery-anchored shopping center in El Cajon, located in San Diego County, for $17.5 million. The buyer, an entity doing business as First Corner LLC, is the owner of Manolo Farmers Market, which has anchored the property since 1988. Enrique Wong of Marcus & Millichap, along with Tom Lagos, Patrick Toomey and Jose Carrazana of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the deal.

Seasats opens larger San Diego facility as defense technology demand grows

San Diego-based defense technology company Seasats celebrated their new, larger Bay Ho facility Tuesday as they look to expand production of autonomous surface vessels. The facility is more than 60,000 square feet, about five times the size of the company’s previous building in a nearby business park. Seasats, which...

They Fought the RUBS and the RUBS Lost — for Now

For half a decade at least, tenants at the Bankers Hill apartment complex La Suzanna paid a flat rate for utilities: $60 a month. Then, late last year, it all changed. The property manager had partnered with a third-party company to institute a new type of utility billing, called ratio utility billing system, or RUBS. Many apartment complexes are charged for utilities on the property as a whole, rather than by what each unit uses. RUBS is supposed to allow landlords to charge per unit, based on factors like how many people live there.

PG&E Asks San Diegans To Conserve Power

The unrelenting heat wave is putting severe pressure on the local electrical system. SDG&E is actively asking residents to conserve electricity immediately to help ease demand on the grid.

Oprah-Backed True Food Kitchen Abruptly Closes San Diego UTC Restaurant Amid Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

San Diego has lost one of its two True Food Kitchen restaurants after the health focused national chain abruptly shuttered its longtime Westfield UTC location as part of a sweeping Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring that has closed a dozen restaurants across the country. The UTC restaurant at 4303 La Jolla...

San Diego Heat Wave Knocks Out Power for 19 Hours, Spoils Groceries and Meds

Thousands of people across San Diego County spent part of the weekend without air conditioning after unplanned power outages swept through several neighborhoods during a stretch of extreme heat, with some residents going as long as 19 hours in the dark. The outages knocked out electricity starting Saturday evening, leaving families scrambling to keep food and medicine cold while they waited, often with little explanation, for crews to restore service.

A San Diego Homeowner Questioned Water Heater Quotes. Another Customer Paid $1,600 With Haul-Away

A San Diego, California, homeowner wanted to replace a 40-gallon gas water heater with a similar one, without upgrades. Local plumbing companies quoted $2,200 or more, including the heater. In a thread from February 2026, the homeowner questioned those prices after seeing a new unit for around $659.

Slew of power outages across San Diego County affects thousands

At least 2,000 SDG&E customers across several San Diego County neighborhoods were left without power on Monday due to various causes including severe weather.

RC Realty Wins Aloha Prize

The Mira Mesa Town Council proudly announces that the prize for best Hawaiian themed booth at the 2026 Mira Mesa Street Fair goes to RC Realty! We thank all the vendors who helped us celebrate the beautiful Hawaiian culture as well as the ‘ohana traditions of our Mira Mesa community.

A San Diego Homeowner Needed Garage Door Springs. Another Quote Added $160 for a Lock.

A homeowner in Carlsbad, in the San Diego area of California, needed garage-door springs and a bent strut replaced. The first company quoted $1,000 for both jobs, a figure the homeowner called excessive for a few hours of work.

San Diego-based Seasats opens larger facility as defense technology grows

True Food Kitchen bankruptcy leads to closure of 3 Calif. locations

True Food Kitchen has closed 12 restaurants, including three in California.

NBC 7 Responds helps homeowner, fencing company bridge communication gap

A San Diego homeowner who lives about 100 yards from Mission Beach turned to NBC 7 Responds after his nearly $17,000 aluminum fence began showing paint chipping, bubbling and rust a little over a year after it was installed. NBC 7 Responds helped arrange a face-to-face meeting between homeowner Rich...

Opinion: Midway Rising Plans Affordable Housing, but There’s No Guarantee

By Christine Smith, Point Loma resident and member of the Peninsula Community Planning Board. The views expressed in this column are her own. (Previously published by The Times of San Diego.) Midway Rising goes before the Land Use and Housing Committee in October and City Council later this fall. It’s...