The ugly side of San Diego’s condominium downturn is on display along Fifth Avenue.
The bones of what was supposed to be Atmosphere, nearly 80 “luxury live/work units for a life well-designed,” sit open to public view. Naked steel rods and yawning holes are in the earth. The wood and chain-link fence around the site [...]

If you’re one of those who waits until the tourists go home before reclaiming the beaches, don’t take your boogie board out of the closet yet.
Neither record-breaking heat nor historically high gas prices have stemmed the tide of visitors coming to San Diego to frolic in the surf and stay in local hotels, and [...]