Stone Brewing’s Founders Sold Out for $165 Million, Then Sold Their Distribution Empire, Now They’re Coming Back to Save Their Escondido Landmark

After cashing out of the craft beer company they built and watching its iconic Escondido headquarters face closure under corporate ownership, Stone Brewing founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner are returning to the sprawling restaurant and beer garden that helped define San Diego’s brewing culture. But their comeback comes with an uncomfortable dose of irony: the men who once championed independence and railed against corporate beer acquisitions are now attempting to rescue a landmark caught in the aftermath of their own multimillion-dollar exit.

People — not computers — should be deciding if my family can rent a home

Automated systems — algorithms and artificial intelligence — often sway rental company decisions, leaving rejected families with little recourse.

Carlsbad planners approve 320 apartments in Bressi Ranch

CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad Planning Commission heaped praise on a proposed apartment complex before unanimously approving plans for the Fairfield Apartments at Bressi Ranch. Fairfield Residential plans to build 320 units, including 43 deed-restricted affordable units, on 5.32 acres comprising two legal lots at the southwest corner of Palomar Airport Road and Gateway Road, according to city documents.

DA’s office rejects Del Mar investigation request

DEL MAR — The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office has rejected the City of Del Mar’s request to investigate California’s attorney general and a member of the state board overseeing the Del Mar Fairgrounds. On Aug. 3, the Del Mar City Council voted to have...

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Ballot Positions, November, 2026 At-a-glance

Proposition 40 – Billionaire Asset Tax – Oppose. Proposition 42 – Prohibition on Taxing of Assets – Support. Proposition 44 – Healthcare Governance – Oppose. Proposition 45 – Land Use Permitting – Support. Proposition 37 – Housing Bond – Support.

Building Homes for the People Who Make San Diego Work

San Diego Foundation’s new housing partnership is helping turn plans into homes, starting with 38 affordable apartments in North Park. It was a hot October morning on Louisiana Street in North Park. Under the sun, dozens of people gathered around a construction site, smiling, talking and waiting for the...

California Coastal Commission clears way for 120 townhomes near South Ponto Beach

The California Coastal Commission handed the developer of a proposed housing development near South Ponto Beach in Carlsbad a regulatory win on Thursday. At its Oceanside meeting, the state agency approved, 7-4, land-use changes that will allow San Diego-based developer H.G. Fenton Co. to build 120 rental townhomes, including 24 affordable units.

The Old Toilet in Your Bathroom Still Flushes Fine, So It Stayed Through the Remodel. California Won't Sign the Job Off Until It Goes.

The toilet in the hall bathroom is the one the house came with: tall tank, heavy lid, a flush that still clears the bowl the first time. When the new vanity and tile went in, it stayed, because nothing was wrong with it.

Candidate Says This County Policy Is Pushing San Diegans to Riverside

County Supervisor candidate Kyle Krahel wants the county to make it easier for developers to build. That includes “right sizing” the county’s vehicle miles traveled, or VMT, policy, he said during Voice of San Diego’s Politifest North County event on Friday, Oct. 2. Krahel is a...

Xavier Becerra, Democratic candidates kick off canvassing ahead of upcoming election

Democratic candidates Xavier Becerra, Mara Elliot, and Darshana Patel held a kickoff rally in Escondido on Wednesday to discuss their plans for addressing the cost of living ahead of the November election.

Ocean Beach neighbors fight back against possible 12-unit ADU project

Ocean Beach residents formed an activist group to oppose the possibility of a 12-unit ADU project in the backyard of a home that is listed for sale.

9 reasons Kensington wasn’t supposed to look like this

Kensington has a look all its own. Kensington has a look that is hard to mistake. Its winding streets, Spanish-influenced houses, landscaped parkways and carefully planned residential blocks give the neighborhood a character that feels as though it developed naturally. It didn’t. Kensington Heights, the last of five original...

Developer pulls Carlsbad Village project over tenant concerns

CARLSBAD — Rincon Homes, developers of a 33-unit mixed-use project in Carlsbad Village, withdrew its application ahead of a scheduled City Council hearing after a city staff report recommended denying the project. The report noted that while the council would make the final decision, staff had identified issues with...

$100 million affordable San Diego housing project breaks ground

San Marcos planners reject San Elijo condo project

SAN MARCOS — A standing-room-only crowd spilled into the City Council chambers’ foyer Monday evening for what became a nearly four-hour public hearing on a proposed 31-unit condominium project near the San Elijo Hills Town Center. At the end of the evening, which included more than two dozen...

Carlsbad residents fight to preserve 11 acres of undeveloped coastal land

The property sits just east of Carlsbad Boulevard. Some locals call it the Ponto Open Space, but according to the City of Carlsbad, there is no such designation.

North Park Breaks Ground On 38 Apartments

Mayor Todd Gloria broke ground Tuesday on 38 new affordable apartments at 3946 Louisiana Street in North Park, a project that will bring studio units to one of San Diego's priciest central neighborhoods. The apartments will provide affordable housing in an area where workers have increasingly been squeezed out by soaring costs.

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.

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...