Hat tip to GM for sending in a note about the San Diego Blues Festival this weekend, a two-day extravaganza to benefit the San Diego Food Bank: http://sdbluesfest.com/2015-lineup/ The lineup features San Diego's own The Paladins, who will be playing at 2:30pm on...
Local Flavor
Cliff Failure
For those tempted by the liquid enchantress, take heed - thanks daytrip: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cliff-crumbles-la-jolla-20150911-story.html TV footage of the collapse showed a pool in the backyard of a home slightly hanging over the edge of the...
Terramar
Nordstrom Project Approved
From the UT: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/25/plan-for-carlsbad-strawberry-fields-plan-draws/ A costly, well-organized campaign to build a Nordstrom-anchored shopping, entertainment and open-space destination on the shore of a Carlsbad lagoon ended...
Video on 85/15
There have been other projects in Carlsbad that faced an uproar. This time the complaints have ranged from gnatcatchers, to Indian remains, to increased traffic, to competition for mom-and-pop store owners. Whatever the gripe, those who oppose had better get to a...
We Love San Diego
Nice drone work over San Diego by Alex, a realtor down south:
Caruso and the City Council
The developer of the 85/15 plan (that hopes to bring a Nordstrom-anchored shopping center to Carlsbad) is using a new angle to get project approval - read the VOSD story, click HERE for link. An excerpt: One of the country’s largest mall developers, Caruso...
San Diego is Eighth Hottest Market
We finally edged ahead of Detroit. From HW - link HERE Whether to buy or sell may not be clear following recent housing indicators, which offered contradictory points of view. But Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at realtor.com, says the residential real estate market...
85/15
There has been vocal opposition to the Nordstrom development proposed for Carlsbad, and it's only right that people have a chance to review the project. Here is your chance: A group supporting a proposal to create a 26-acre development near Agua Hedionda Lagoon is...
California Home Sales in May
The state is cooking! She brings up a good point - it might be hotter if there was more to sell: California home sales softened in May, but the housing market momentum continued to be solid as the spring home-buying season marked higher year-over-year home sales and...