Local Flavor
‘Vibrant’ Encinitas
Hat tip to Rick the Tuna for sending along this nctimes.com article - an excerpt: "There's a lot of entrepreneurs here, a lot of independent thinkers," said John DeWald, whose company is building perhaps the most visible manifestation of Encinitas' business future...
Baja Earthquake
For those who are outside of the earthquake zone and wondered what it was like, here's a youtube shot today in Brawley, about 50 miles north of the epicenter:
SD Rents
From Mr. Nevin at MP Advisors: With the release of our latest audit for San Diego, we get the most up to date look at the apartment rental market in San Diego. The report reveals a truth that has been true for some time - it is pretty hard to find a better place to...
Jeeman Interview
Jeeman was gracious enough to let us tour his new residence in Rancho Santa Fe - but then he sat down for a conversation about his homebuying experience: It is rare that anyone will go on camera to talk about their own personal choices and decisions. My experience...
Historic Home Tour
The 7th Annual SOHO Historic Home Tour is next Sunday, March 21st. Enjoy a self-guided tour of six Arts & Crafts homes, designed by Irving J. Gill, William S. Hebbard, Frank Mead and Richard Requa between 1904 and 1913. My Mom is going to be here next weekend,...
Freeway Traffic Report
A view of the eastbound 56 freeway, then turn north on I-5 at 5:30 in the afternoon:
High Schools Leveling?
We've been talking about how the quality of schools are critical to the homebuying equation. Here are the local public high schools, sorted by their totals of four scores from www.greatschools.net: School Name GS Rating '08 API '09 API Parents Rating (# out of 5)...
SD Biomed
Hat tip to Steve for sending this biomed/VC article along: How has San Diego’s biomedical industry, arguably the region’s key economic sector, been weathering the downturn, and what’s its outlook for the future? According to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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