Hat tip to daytrip for sending this along, from the latimes.com: At Surfers Point in Ventura, California is beginning its retreat from the ocean. Construction crews are removing a crumbling bike path, ripping out a 120-space parking lot and laying down sand and...
Local Flavor
Ponto Carlsbad
There aren't many of the larger undeveloped lots left near the sand. It looks like one of them - the Ponto Beachfront Village - has broke ground:
Rumor Mill
Some days the project at hand doesn't tell much of a story, so it gets dropped. Today's idea was to check zillow's zestimates vs. actual sales prices in Carmel Valley, CA 92130. There were 21 detached sales since December 1st where zillow knew the sales price, yet...
You Knew This Was Coming…
From the nctimes.com: San Diego County officials, who took the lead on the operation because the property is in an unincorporated county pocket, maintain that the materials posed a threat to the surrounding neighborhood. That may be so. But Steven A. McKinley, the...
More BR Background
Some explanation of why the 4,040sf REO on Encanto was priced at $795,000 - on the other side of Bressi there has been a few sales around $200/sf:
Merry Christmas Everyone!
I appreciate you being here - Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! Some views of San Diego yesterday from the Bridge:
Christmas Eve in San Diego
Watch Out
A storm report, plus a couple of others:
Historical Aerial Photos
Hat tip to AL for sending along this link to this fascinating website of old-time aerial photos. You can plug in addresses, and see the same location over time: http://www.historicaerials.com/ Here's an example - Sea World, circa 1964, and 2005:
Carlsbad Desal Plant Update
From Channel 10: SAN DIEGO -- A three-judge state appellate court panel ruled Friday in favor of the desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad, saying the developer does not need to conduct more environmental studies. The ruling by the Fourth District Court...