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If you've driven down Pearl Street in La Jolla recently, you've probably noticed that depressing fenced-off corner where a Jack in the Box used to be. Empty since 2021, it's been collecting dust while serving as school bus parking for The Bishop's
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Tiny Purple Visitors Just Crashed La Jolla Shores — and Scientists Are Thrilled If you have been walking La Jolla Shores lately and noticed something surprisingly purple against the sand, you were not imagining things. A rare tropical sea snail called Janthina — also known as the violet sea snail — has washed
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Small Jolt Rattles La Jolla as Rose Canyon Fault Reminds Us It's Still There If you were in La Jolla on Friday and thought you felt something — you probably did. A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck near La Jolla on March 6, adding another tick to San Diego&
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Del Mar's Century-Old Train Bridge Is Finally Getting Replaced If you have ever waited at the Solana Beach Coaster station watching trains crawl single-file over that rickety old wooden trestle above the San Dieguito River, you can finally exhale. SANDAG's board of directors unanimously approved an
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San Diegans barely had time to get over the Balboa Park parking drama before Westfield UTC decided to pile on. Effective Monday, March 2, the University City mall quietly slashed its free parking window from two hours down to one. After that, the meter starts running at $2 per hour,
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If you have driven northbound on the 5 through La Jolla, you have almost certainly done a double take at those gleaming white twin spires rising dramatically above the freeway. For decades, San Diegans have asked the same question: what is that? Well, this summer, you will finally get the
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San Diego's empty home tax just pulled off a Lazarus act. After the City Council's Rules Committee killed Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera's proposed vacancy tax back in January, many thought the controversial measure was buried for good. Turns out San Diego voters are getting the
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Donuts at Kate Sessions? Not the Delicious Kind. Someone apparently decided that Pacific Beach's beloved Kate Sessions Park was the perfect spot to rip donuts in the grass late at night, and the community is not having it. San Diego police are now asking for the public'
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Three and a Half Years Later, the Man Accused of Killing Mary Garcia on the PB Waterfront Is Finally in a San Diego Jail For Mary Garcia's family, justice has been a long time coming. Felipe Villegas, 30, was booked into San Diego Central Jail on Wednesday after
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The Wienermobile makes three San Diego stops in February San Diego, it's time to relish the moment. The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is making not one, not two, but three stops in the 619 and 858 this week, and if you've never seen a 27-foot hot
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Free Rides for the Reckless: North County Transit Is Bleeding Cash and Looking the Other Way If you have been paying your $6.50 fare on the Coaster like a responsible commuter, congratulations — you are officially in the minority. A KPBS investigation has revealed that roughly one-third of Coaster riders
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Pacific Beach's Biggest Apartment Complex Is About to Get Even Bigger Pacific Beach is no stranger to development drama, but here is one project that actually has neighbors nodding along. AVA Pacific Beach, already the largest apartment complex in PB, just got the green light from the San