SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Downtown San Diego’s 600 B Street office tower in foreclosure By Jennifer Van Grove July 4, 2024 at 7:08 p.m. Building owner on the brink of losing the 24-story high-rise as the lender seeks to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Energy | California’s gas tax just went up. So has the bickering. By Rob Nikolewski July 4, 2024 at 7:11 p.m. The cost of living adjustment to the state excise tax on gasoline went into effect...
Economy | Upwork vs. Fiverr: Which is better to find freelance work? By Kathy Kristof July 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Both Upwork and Fiverr are broad freelance marketplaces that connect workers with individuals and companies...
Economy | California’s gig worker law survives court challenge By Dan Eaton July 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Ninth Circuit upholds AB 5 as constitutional law
Economy | Entrepreneurial lessons gleaned from road trips to New York By Neil Senturia July 1, 2024 at 3:01 a.m. Learn to be flexible, always have a Plan B and when you're networking, don't drop...
My kids grew up. Will their credit scores go down? By Liz Weston June 30, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. The effect on their scores depends on how well they’ve managed credit on their own.
Economy | San Diego restaurants get 11th-hour relief: Surcharges will be allowed By Lori Weisberg July 3, 2024 at 3:35 p.m. Some San Diego restaurants are weighing whether it's worth it to resume adding surcharges given...
Real Estate | San Diego County properties now valued at record $768 billion By Phillip Molnar June 29, 2024 at 9:04 p.m. The assessed value of the region's taxable property increased 5.58% between 2023 and 2024
Economy | California shoppers reverse gears, up spending 1.4% in early 2024 By Jon Lansner June 29, 2024 at 7:25 a.m. Health goods and personal care stores' sales rose at a 6.7% annual rate through February.
Economy | Is the San Diego Trolley sustainable without a crackdown on fare evasion? By Phillip Molnar June 27, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. The proposed trolley crackdown would eliminate the ability to just pay the fare owed and...
Business | Moving jobs for summer are plentiful, but you need to be strong By Kathy Kristof June 24, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Dozens of companies offer moving jobs for summer. Many of them pay generously — $50...
Homeownership suffers in California, US as prices outstrip incomes By Jon Lansner June 24, 2024 at 3:01 p.m. Last year’s California homeownership rate was equal to a 40-year average. And the US rate was...
Economy | From start to finish, here’s how to get noticed in your job search By Phil Blair June 24, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. While including a cover letter and writing a thank-you note aren’t as much in vogue...
Business | The gratitude and lessons learned from volunteering By Neil Senturia June 24, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Why becoming a companion sailer through the Challenged Sailor Organization means so much to this...
Business | What to do when your financial adviser isn’t doing right by you By Liz Weston June 23, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. If you want an adviser committed to putting you first, you’ll need to seek out...
San Diego unemployment drops again. Here are the industries hiring By Phillip Molnar June 22, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. San Diego County's jobless rate hit 3.6 percent in May, led by tourism hiring
Should downtown’s brand new life science office building change strategy? By Phillip Molnar June 20, 2024 at 10:47 a.m. IQHQ bet big on getting life science companies downtown. The project looks nearly complete but...
Business | 8 mobile moneymakers: Side jobs you can do with just your phone By San Diego Union-Tribune June 17, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. What used to be a simple communication device has now become the central tool in...
Business | My ex-wife lent my money to her boss. What can I do? By Liz Weston June 16, 2024 at 12:05 p.m. This is one reason why you don't want to commingle inheritance funds with with joint...
Business | San Diego inflation rate drops again. It probably doesn’t feel like it By Phillip Molnar June 14, 2024 at 12:17 p.m. Inflation was 3.2 percent in San Diego County in May, down from 3.6 percent
Economy | Should restaurant surcharges be legal? By Jennifer Van Grove June 14, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. San Diego-based economists and business leaders weigh in on whether California should allow restaurants to...
San Diego’s life science sector contributed $56.6B to the regional economy, despite tight financing and layoffs By Natallie Rocha June 17, 2024 at 2:46 p.m. Hiring in San Diego’s life science sector was down last year as a result of...
Business | San Diego stores: Tip Top Meats closing? Izola reopens, Rancho Santa Fe gets global fashion boutique By Roxana Popescu June 12, 2024 at 11:34 p.m. A pause, they hopeLyndon Johnson was president. The Chevy Camaro made its debut. And a...
Business | San Diego biotech news: Startup gets funding for drug that tackles overeating By Natallie Rocha June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m. Aardvark Therapeutics raised $85 million for its obesity-related drug and to support a potential IPO...
Business | Reminder: For San Diegans, federal and state taxes due June 17 By Roxana Popescu June 11, 2024 at 12:11 a.m. Tax Day 2024 is almost here. The IRS pushed back the federal tax return filing...
Business | For recent college grads, there’s good news and not so good news By Phil Blair June 10, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. Fun time to be a Gen Z?Not so much.Many of this year’s college graduates started...
Business | How to balance a side hustle with a full-time job By Kathy Kristof June 10, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. A side hustle is a smart way to build a path to financial freedom. Yet,...
Business | What would you do if the state gave you an extra $500 a month? 150 San Diegans got a chance to find out By Roxana Popescu June 10, 2024 at 10:09 p.m. In early 2022, Saundra Sutton moved out of her mother's apartment, where she was living...
Business | Does presidential politics depress California consumer confidence? By Jonathan Lansner June 9, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. California’s consumer confidence about the future often falls into a funk in presidential election years.My...
Business | Is it wise to have all your accounts under one roof? By Liz Weston June 9, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. Dear Liz: I’m setting up accounts post-divorce while learning personal finance on the fly. Is...
Business | Are San Diego jobs at risk from AI? By Jennifer Van Grove June 16, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Local economists and business leaders address recent advances in artificial intelligence capabilities
Business | San Diego Community adds new price options, including one offering utility customers lower rates By Rob Nikolewski June 6, 2024 at 11:24 p.m. Saying it's responding to customers pinched by inflation that's tightening household budgets, San Diego Community...
Things to do | Rubio’s files for bankruptcy days after closing more than a dozen restaurants in San Diego By Lori Weisberg June 6, 2024 at 3:08 a.m. Rubio's Coastal Grill, which began in San Diego more than 40 years ago and once...
Business | The question of creating a municipal utility within the city of San Diego heads to City Council By Rob Nikolewski June 5, 2024 at 5:28 p.m. The group that wants to oust San Diego Gas & Electric within the city limits...
Business | San Diego gene-sequencer Illumina spins off blood testing startup Grail – for the second time By Natallie Rocha June 5, 2024 at 1:09 a.m. San Diego gene-sequencing giant Illumina said Monday that its board approved the spinoff of early...
Business | San Diego Stores: Babies ‘R’ Us is back and the Westgate Hotel goes ‘Bridgerton’ By Roxana Popescu June 5, 2024 at 11:33 p.m. A (re)birth storyAfter closing in 2018, Babies "R" Us is making a nationwide comeback, and...
Things to do | Hometown taco chain, Rubio’s, abruptly shutters dozens of restaurants, including 13 in San Diego By Lori Weisberg June 4, 2024 at 8:06 p.m. A fast-casual staple in San Diego County since its founding in San Diego 40 years...
Business | 7 side hustles for empty nesters By Kathy Kristof June 3, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. When the kids fly the coop and the nest becomes quieter, parents can find themselves...
Business | Are San Diego or Inland Empire the riskiest housing markets in Southern California? By Jonathan Lansner June 2, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Southern California home prices may seem insanely high, but two yardsticks of their underlying values...
Business | Paying bills with auto payments is scary. Should it be? By Liz Weston June 2, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. Dear Liz: You recommend using online services from the bank or credit union to pay...
Business | The chance of power outages this summer in San Diego looks fairly slim – for now By Rob Nikolewski May 31, 2024 at 1:50 a.m. With another summer about to bear down on California, state energy officials think there's a...
Business | San Diego home price hits another record high. Will it ever stop? By Phillip Molnar May 31, 2024 at 1:18 a.m. San Diego County's median home price growth showed no signs of abating in April as...
Business | ‘Higher-income buyers are still very active’ as San Diego leads U.S. in home price gains for 4th month By Phillip Molnar May 28, 2024 at 9:38 p.m. San Diego had the fastest rising home prices in the nation for a fourth month...
Business | Smart and satisfying side gigs for teachers during the summer By Kathy Kristof May 27, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Summer is coming and that means teachers will have a few blissful months of needed...
Business | Done well, internships offer both sides a win-win By Phil Blair May 27, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. When it comes to internships, the no-pay, boring, or grunt work internships that young people...
Business | The high-flying Dow Jones stock index: Good or bad for California? By Jonathan Lansner May 26, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. The stock market’s venerable yardstick, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, recently made history — crossing...
Business | Newlyweds wonder if it’s the time to buy a home By Liz Weston May 26, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Dear Liz: My husband and I are newlyweds and looking into purchasing a home. However,...
Business | San Diego’s life science industry has a new challenge: Too much space By Natallie Rocha June 16, 2024 at 11:11 a.m. San Diego's labs and life science offices hit record vacancy this year.
Business | Did San Diego City Council make the right call increasing developer fees? By Phillip Molnar May 23, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. The San Diego City Council recently voted to raise developer fees to cover additional city...
Business | San Diego Stores: Nordstrom Rack opening soon, changes at Orfila Winery, Brick & Bell expands By Roxana Popescu May 24, 2024 at 1:16 a.m. Grand opening in OceansideLight bites. Gift card giveaways. Beauty product experiences. And a charity partnership.Nordstrom...
Business | San Diego COVID-19 test maker Cue Health – once worth $2.3B – lays off entire company and shuts down By Natallie Rocha May 23, 2024 at 6:35 p.m. Cue Health, the once high-flying San Diego biotech supplying rapid COVID-19 test kits to the...
Business | Red Lobster files for bankruptcy. What does that mean for San Diego locations? By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 6:27 p.m. In a move that came as little surprise, the long-struggling Red Lobster chain filed for...
Business | Chill cash: Stress-free side jobs that are relaxing – even fun By Kathy Kristof May 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Wish you could make some extra cash, but can’t deal with adding stress to your...
Business | Life after prison: Helping inmates get a fresh start as entrepreneurs By Neil Senturia May 20, 2024 at 10:01 a.m. Maybe you can’t go home again, but you can go back to prison.In January of...
Business | California job losses jump 20% in a year By Jonathan Lansner May 19, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. California, we have a job-loss problem.All the noise about rising California layoffs — especially at...
Business | What to do if your Social Security number is on the dark web By Liz Weston May 19, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Dear Liz: I was recently alerted that my Social Security number has been found on...
Things to do | San Diego jobless rate falls to its lowest level all year. Leisure, hospitality hiring lead the pack By Phillip Molnar June 10, 2024 at 11:02 a.m. San Diego County's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in 10 months. The...
Business | Is raising the tariff on Chinese EVs a good move? By Phillip Molnar May 17, 2024 at 11:46 a.m. The Biden administration quadrupled tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles this week in order to protect...
Business | Pharmaceutical giant Takeda is shutting down its San Diego office By Natallie Rocha June 10, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. Pharmaceutical giant Takeda is shutting down its research and development hub in San Diego that...
Things to do | Why so many people have stopped buying vacation rental homes in San Diego By Phillip Molnar May 15, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Interest rates and home prices are so high in San Diego that even vacation rental...
Business | San Diego stores: Moonshine Flats marks birthday, new chocolate subscription, local portable wine By Roxana Popescu May 16, 2024 at 1:26 p.m. Three days and three nightsDancing for three days and three nights. It's the stuff of...
Business | Group fails to collect required signatures for SDG&E ballot measure but has another plan to oust utility By Rob Nikolewski May 15, 2024 at 12:47 a.m. Power San Diego, the initiative that wants to oust San Diego Gas & Electric by...
Business | New California law means no more surcharges at San Diego restaurants but expect higher menu prices By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 6:29 p.m. Dining out — and running a restaurant — have become increasingly costly in San Diego,...
Things to do | San Diego apostille event, for certifying documents for international use, draws big crowds. It’s open again today. By Phillip Molnar May 14, 2024 at 6:06 p.m. More than 300 people came to a downtown San Diego event Monday morning for a...
Business | 6 side hustles for fashionistas By Kathy Kristof May 13, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. Chanel. Hermes. Prada. If your closet holds more labels than a luxury retailer, you may...
Business | Reality check for young workers: You need to earn your on-the-job value By Phil Blair May 13, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. A recent edition of The Wall Street Journal had an excellent column by Bonnie Hammer,...
Business | Restricting access to an inheritance can be tricky By Liz Weston May 12, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Dear Liz: I have an adult daughter from a previous marriage who has no savings...
Business | Illumina competitor Pacific Biosciences is closing its San Diego office, laying off workers By Natallie Rocha May 11, 2024 at 12:09 a.m. Genome sequencing company Pacific Biosciences, a competitor of Illumina, is shutting down its San Diego...
Things to do | Should San Diego City Council take up the $25 service worker minimum wage? By Phillip Molnar May 10, 2024 at 7:15 p.m. Labor unions are pushing for San Diego to mandate a $25 hourly minimum wage for...
Business | Lower electric rates and a $24.15 monthly charge are coming to your SDG&E bill next year By Rob Nikolewski May 10, 2024 at 2:41 p.m. The California Public Utilities Commission has made a big change in the way utility customers...
Business | After fall in demand for COVID-19 tests, San Diego’s QuidelOrtho to lay off 500 workers By Natallie Rocha May 10, 2024 at 12:58 a.m. QuidelOrtho, a local diagnostic company that makes at-home COVID-19 test kits, has a new CEO...
Business | Report: 80 percent of low-income San Diegans spending more than half their income on rent By Phillip Molnar May 10, 2024 at 2:09 a.m. The vast majority of low-income renters in San Diego County are spending more than half...
Things to do | Wine sales fell in the U.S and California but grew in San Diego. How did local wineries do it? By Roxana Popescu May 9, 2024 at 9:54 p.m. "I feel sometimes like we're the David who's starting to really have a go at...
Business | San Diego biotech news: Local maker of mRNA used in COVID-19 vaccine opens new facility By Natallie Rocha May 8, 2024 at 10:27 p.m. San Diego-based TriLink BioTechnologies went from working with a few local biotechs in 2019 to...
Business | SDG&E made $223M in profits in first quarter, down $35M from last year By Rob Nikolewski May 8, 2024 at 1:39 a.m. San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy company Sempra released its first quarter financial figures Tuesday and...
Business | SunPower solar company lays off 71 employees in Santee office By Rob Nikolewski May 6, 2024 at 9:03 p.m. Solar company SunPower is letting go of 358 employees in California, including 71 at its...
Business | Well-paying gigs for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses By Kathy Kristof May 6, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. There’s no doubt that a disability or chronic illness can impact your physical and mental...
Things to do | California’s fast food prices rose 7% before new $20 wage, No. 1 jump in U.S. By Jonathan Lansner May 5, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. California fast food prices have risen by 7 percent in six months — the biggest...
Business | Managing mortgage debt in retirement By Liz Weston May 5, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Dear Liz: My husband and I are Gen Xers who are renting. We have enough...
Business | San Diegans grab freebies at the ‘Super Bowl’ of sales for comic book shops By Natallie Rocha May 5, 2024 at 2:22 a.m. Carla Culebro hugged a plastic bag of comic books, thick as a ream of paper....
Business | San Diego stores: Fashion Valley nabs Celine, Fendi, Louboutin, and Jeni’s launches a fruity treat By Roxana Popescu May 3, 2024 at 9:28 p.m. More haute couture coming to Fashion ValleyFashion Valley is staying true to its name, with...
Business | Are higher mortgage rates enough to slow San Diego home price growth? By Phillip Molnar May 3, 2024 at 12:53 p.m. Mortgage rates hit their highest point this year, 7.52 percent for a 30-year, fixed rate...
Business | This San Diego maker of COVID-19 tests is laying off half its workforce By Natallie Rocha May 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Cue Health, a San Diego biotech that ascended during the pandemic through mega funding and...
Business | Former employees file class action lawsuit against Pirch, claiming illegal layoffs By Roxana Popescu May 2, 2024 at 11:13 p.m. Former employees of Pirch, the high-end kitchen furnishing store that filed for bankruptcy last month,...
Things to do | Hundreds of hotel, service workers rally in downtown San Diego for $25-an-hour minimum wage By Lori Weisberg May 2, 2024 at 1:14 a.m. Hundreds of lower paid service workers gathered in downtown San Diego on Wednesday afternoon to...
Business | California’s oil watchdog calls out industry for high gas prices; refiners push back By Rob Nikolewski May 1, 2024 at 9:04 p.m. It looks like the honeymoon is over between California refineries and the division within the...
Business | ‘Home prices continue to defy expectations’: San Diego leads U.S. in gains for 3rd month By Phillip Molnar May 1, 2024 at 6:16 p.m. San Diego had the fastest rising home prices in the nation for a third month....
Things to do | San Diego labor unions calling on city to mandate $25 minimum wage for service workers By Lori Weisberg May 1, 2024 at 7:06 p.m. upLabor unions representing thousands of hotel, janitorial and convention workers are calling on the San...
Things to do | San Diego stores: Jimbo’s adds DoorDash, and one man’s digital nightmare leads to free jazz in May By Roxana Popescu May 1, 2024 at 8:50 p.m. On demand groceries, plus discount codesIf you shop at Jimbo's and Vallarta Supermarkets in San...
Business | Big rigs in California are getting cleaner – but can long-range targets for trucks be met? By Rob Nikolewski April 30, 2024 at 11:48 p.m. California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and...
Business | ‘People are tired of waiting’: San Diego home price hits all-time high even as mortgage rates rise By Phillip Molnar April 30, 2024 at 6:11 a.m. San Diego County's median home price hit a record high of $865,000 — despite rising...
Business | Working fewer days for the same pay? Could happen By Phil Blair April 29, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Two major work-related issues have been in the news recently.One is the feasibility of moving...
Business | 8 California real estate battles worth watching By Jonathan Lansner April 28, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. It’s playoff season for basketball and hockey with sports fans glued to the big matchups.But...
Business | Can my credit score really be marred over $20? By Liz Weston April 28, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. Dear Liz: I have had great credit for years. Late last year, I somehow overlooked...
Business | San Diego AI startup and Atlas Van Lines team up to make moving less painful By Roxana Popescu April 26, 2024 at 6:38 p.m. Moving can be such a pain. A San Diego AI startup company just announced a...
Business | Should California’s Supreme Court overturn new rooftop solar rules? By Jennifer Van Grove April 26, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. California's Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on controversial new rules that slash the...
Business | Former finance director pleads guilty to stealing more than $400,000 from San Diego nonprofit By Natallie Rocha April 26, 2024 at 4:15 a.m. Katherine Lu Acquista, 47, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court Thursday, admitting to...
Business | This biotech startup got the biggest venture capital deal in San Diego so far this year By Natallie Rocha April 29, 2024 at 12:13 a.m. Funding deals for San Diego startups got off to a slow start this year, but...
Business | Big price tag: Construction starts on $98M affordable housing complex in City Heights By Phillip Molnar April 24, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. Construction started Wednesday on one of San Diego's most expensive subsidized housing developments in its...
Business | San Diego stores: Curacao opens, 99 Cents Only stores to close, ice cream arrives By Roxana Popescu April 23, 2024 at 9:47 p.m. Big store opens doors in Chula VistaSan Diegans have a new megastore for all their...