Breeze Airways launched in San Diego Tuesday with five new routes. Photo via @lbc_chronicles X San Diego International Airport Tuesday welcomed its newest airline, Breeze Airways, and its first local nonstop flight — from North Carolina via Raleigh-Durham International Airport to SAN. Breeze is the 17th airline to offer service from San Diego and will bring several destinations to the area currently not serviced by other airlines, including Raleigh-Durham, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Norfolk and Pittsburgh. “We welcome Breeze Airways to San Diego International Airport,” said Hampton Brown, vice ..read more

A newly sold home in Encinitas. REUTERS/Mike Blake San Diego continues to lead the United States in home price increases, posting a 1.7% gain in February, according to the authoritative Case-Shiller Index released Tuesday. It was the second monthly increase in a row, and compared with a nationwide average increase of 0.6%. Local prices are 11.4% higher than a year ago, compared to the national average of 6.4%. “Following last year’s decline, U.S. home prices are at or near all-time highs,” said Brian D. Luke at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “San Diego has been the best performing market following ..read more

Screen shot of OAN report March 27, now deleted from website, on allegations of a Stormy Daniels-Michael Cohen affair. Under threat of legal action, San Diego-based One America News has retracted a story on its website falsely suggesting that Michael Cohen was having an affair with Stormy Daniels. Last month’s post by OAN contributor Brooke Mallory, based on a false tweet, also said lawyer Cohen had tried to extort his former boss, Donald Trump, before the 2016 election. “OAN today has retracted its March 27 article entitled ‘Whistleblower: Avenatti Alleged Cohen­ Daniels Affair Since 2006, Pr ..read more

Jordan Marks. Photo credit: www.sdttc.com San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Jordan Z. Marks Monday reminded business, aircraft and vessel owners that Tuesday, May 7 is the state-mandated deadline for filing unsecured business personal property statements. Filings must be postmarked on or before May 7 to avoid a 10% late filing penalty, he said. The unsecured property tax bills are issued based on the statements filed by May 7 and must be paid before August 31. “As an advocate for San Diegans, my office and I try to reach every taxpayer before the May 7 filing deadline to help the ..read more

A still from SeaWorld’s new advertising campaign. SeaWorld San Diego has launched its first major U.S. advertising campaign in six years. The campaign coincides with SeaWorld’s 60th anniversary. The original SeaWorld park opened in March 1964 in Mission Bay. A SeaWorld spokesperson told Times of San Diego the “So Many Worlds to Love” campaign, which began in early April, includes placements on various media channels, including regional market broadcast TV, streaming TV and social media platforms. Media expenditures were not disclosed. A 15-second and 30-second spot “allows you to experience t ..read more

A Union 76 gas pump in San Diego. Photo credit: Staff photo The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped one-tenth of a cent for the second consecutive day Saturday to $5.357. The average price is 1.8 cents less than one week ago, but 31 cents more than one month ago and 46 cents higher than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $1.078 since rising to a record $6.435 on Oct. 5, 2022. “For the first time in almost two months prices in Southern California have slightly decreased,” said Doug Sh ..read more

A Union 76 gas pump in San Diego. Photo credit: Staff photo The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped one-tenth of a cent for the second consecutive day Saturday to $5.357. The average price is 1.8 cents less than one week ago, but 31 cents more than one month ago and 46 cents higher than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $1.078 since rising to a record $6.435 on Oct. 5, 2022. “For the first time in almost two months prices in Southern California have slightly decreased,” said Doug Sh ..read more

Sunil Gakhreja, owner of Sunny Perfumes, in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego on April 16, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Government agencies are spending billions of dollars to improve wait times at the U.S.-Mexico border, but the checkpoints remain severely clogged — and border communities are hurting.  In recent months lines at the border often stretched for several hours, frustrating more than 150,000 students, cross-border families, health care workers, small business owners, and others who daily cross to and from Mexico. Experts say some fronterizas ..read more

An Alaska Airlines jet on the tarmac. Courtesy of the company Alaska Airlines is expanding service from San Diego to Las Vegas, along with new routes and additional capacity at other West Coast destinations. The Las Vegas route will become the airline’s 39th nonstop destination from San Diego and depart four times daily. Booking is open now with service beginning Oct. 1. Kimberly Becker, president and CEO of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority said the new nonstop route to Las Vegas gives both Southern Californians and Nevadans “easy access” to shuttle between t ..read more

The clubhouse and pool at Junipers, a community for those 55 and over in Rancho Peñasquitos. Photo credit: Courtesy, Lennar Lennar has opened sales for three new home collections within Junipers, a master-planned community for active adults in Rancho Peñasquitos. On-site amenities for homeowners at the 55-and-up gated community include a recreation center with a clubhouse, pool, gathering room, outdoor barbeque areas, fitness room, fire pit and dog park as well as bocce ball and pickleball courts. Junipers also offers a trail system around the community. The new home collections at Junipe ..read more