Business | American Airlines returns to Carlsbad airport after 27-year absence By Lori Weisberg July 30, 2024 at 3:29 p.m. For the first time since 1997, American Airlines will operate out of Carlsbad's McClellan-Palomar Airport,...
Business | What loophole? San Diego’s elected leaders think short-term rental rules are working By Lori Weisberg July 26, 2024 at 3:01 p.m. Despite complaints that a loophole in current regulations is allowing apartment buildings to be transformed...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego records biggest hotel sale so far this year: $165M By Lori Weisberg July 24, 2024 at 4:07 p.m. The Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines hotel, which sits on leased city-owned land, is one...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Comic-Con: A lot more illegal building wraps in downtown San Diego this year By Phillip Molnar July 24, 2024 at 9:49 a.m. Gaslamp Quarter is transformed with advertisements for "Interview with the Vampire," "The Rings of Power"...
Things to do | San Diego’s annual Tiki Oasis will feature bartender battle and Al Jardine from the Beach Boys By Serena Neumeyer July 22, 2024 at 9:59 a.m. The annual tiki festival returns to San Diego with new music headliners, dance performers, vendors,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego’s short-term rental rules a year later: Is the city cracking down on scofflaws? By Lori Weisberg July 22, 2024 at 6:33 a.m. Over the past year, the city has processed nearly 1,800 complaints, revoked almost 100 licenses,...
Business | San Diego convention workers ratify big pay raises ahead of Comic-Con By Lori Weisberg July 23, 2024 at 1:14 p.m. With Comic-Con scheduled to begin next week, hundreds of convention center workers averted a threatened...
Business | Is it fair for Comic-Con to demand that hotels offer discounted rooms? By Phillip Molnar July 18, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. San Diego Comic-Con organizers say they want hotels to keep rooms affordable for attendees
Business | Plans for a new Little Italy hotel and wellness center overcome objections from San Diego airport By Lori Weisberg July 16, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. San Diego elected leaders clear the way for a 60-room boutique hotel and offices in...
Business | Winston, a beloved ailing gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, dies at 52 By Gary Robbins July 15, 2024 at 7:13 a.m. Winston, a beloved lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park who had been...
Business | Comic-Con agrees to stay in San Diego through 2026, but warns high hotel rates threaten future years By Lori Weisberg July 30, 2024 at 10:32 a.m. Comic-Con's future in San Diego is assured through 2026, but organizers of the annual July...
Business | Travel & Leisure readers pick their No. 1 resort in the U.S. It’s in Oceanside By Lori Weisberg July 10, 2024 at 2:47 p.m. Mission Pacific Beach Resort, which opened in 2021, has been chosen as the top resort...
Business | Little Italy hotel changes hands for more than $61M By Lori Weisberg July 9, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. The Carte hotel in Little Italy, which opened nearly five years ago, has been sold...
Health | How safe is the beach? A 3-person team tests the water up and down the coast every day. Here’s how. By David Garrick July 4, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. How often is the water tested? How do the tests work? Why does it take...
Business | Petco Park-adjacent hotel gets a new baseball-themed look By Lori Weisberg June 28, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. The hotel's ownership has invested $30 million in the top-to-bottom makeover that includes redecorated guestrooms,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | A new hotel rising soon in San Diego’s Mission Valley By Lori Weisberg June 27, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. The new Element hotel, the first of its kind in San Diego County, will open...
Business | Record travel forecast for July 4 holiday. Here’s what San Diegans need to know By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 3:47 p.m. Fourth of July holiday travel will be busier than ever this year for Southern California,...
Business | San Diego airport is getting a new parking operator — and it’s not Ace By Lori Weisberg June 17, 2024 at 2:49 p.m. Ace Parking, which for decades has managed parking at the airport, has been replaced by...
Things to do | San Diego’s CH Projects gets another nod this year from Esquire magazine. This time it’s for a bar. By Lori Weisberg June 16, 2024 at 12:17 p.m. A month after its Lafayette Hotel was named best new hotel of the year, CH’s...
Transportation | San Diego airport’s mega Terminal 1 project gets some financial help from federal government By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 6:24 p.m. San Diego International Airport learned Friday it was awarded a $23.5 million federal grant to...
Things to do | Navigating security lines at San Diego airport just got a little easier By Lori Weisberg May 30, 2024 at 1:07 a.m. Travelers hoping to ease the pain of navigating long security lines at San Diego International...
Things to do | Low-cost carrier bringing a new nonstop to San Diego this summer By Lori Weisberg May 28, 2024 at 10:51 p.m. Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines has announced it will soon be flying nonstop between San Diego...
Things to do | Summer has arrived – at least for San Diego’s tourist destinations By Lori Weisberg May 22, 2024 at 1:07 a.m. According to the calendar, the official start of summer is still weeks away, but that...
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...
Things to do | Avatar land coming to Disneyland resort, Disney CEO confirms By Brady Macdonald May 17, 2024 at 8:32 p.m. The DisneylandForward plan that has been full of promises but vague on specifics throughout the...
Things to do | Will San Diego get its first nonstop flight to Washington, DC? It’s top contender for coveted airport slot By Lori Weisberg May 17, 2024 at 9:53 p.m. San Diego has a shot at securing a long-awaited nonstop flight to Ronald Reagan Washington...
Things to do | Will sixth time be the charm for Hotel La Jolla’s new penthouse dining spot? By Lori Weisberg May 16, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Eight months after closing down the penthouse dining venue at Hotel La Jolla, the latest...
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...
Things to do | Memorial Day: Best and worst times for San Diegans to travel and other tips By Lori Weisberg May 14, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Southern Californians' love of travel will be in full force over the Memorial Day holiday...
Sports | The plan to transform Mission Bay is moving forward, questions and all. To advocates of one sport, they’re existential. By David Garrick May 15, 2024 at 3:12 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Golfers are launching a last-minute campaign against plans to transform much of northeast Mission...
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...
Things to do | What will Disneyland build first in theme park expansion? By Brady Macdonald May 11, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Disneyland is about to take the first step on a 40-year journey that will forever...
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...
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...
Things to do | Celebrity chefs and San Diego pro athletes commit to a 2nd year of Del Mar food, wine festival By Lori Weisberg May 6, 2024 at 3:59 a.m. Celebrities — from both the culinary and sports worlds — have committed to a nearly...
Things to do | Discount Disneyland tickets for as little as $50 a day are available all summer By Brady Macdonald May 11, 2024 at 12:35 a.m. Disneyland has dropped ticket prices to as little as $50 a day for the entire...
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...
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 | With an airport transit connection still years away, the popularity of a little-known free shuttle is surging through word of mouth By David Garrick April 28, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Ridership is surging on a free airport shuttle from the Old Town Transit Center,...
Things to do | San Diego will soon be getting a lot more nonstop flights to Vegas By Lori Weisberg April 26, 2024 at 8:52 p.m. In a first for Alaska Airlines, the carrier will be offering daily nonstop flights between...
Things to do | Plans to bring 2 major restaurants to Seaport Village were OK’d 3 years ago. They’re not close to opening By Lori Weisberg May 2, 2024 at 3:57 a.m. Nearly three years after San Diego port commissioners cleared the way to bring two well-known...
Things to do | San Diego’s Belmont Park poised for an overhaul that could bring new rides and reinvented beachfront restaurant By Lori Weisberg April 19, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. You can't get much closer to the beach than Belmont Park — steps from the...
Things to do | Esquire names the top new hotel in North America and Europe: It’s in San Diego By Lori Weisberg April 10, 2024 at 8:57 p.m. El Cajon Boulevard is hardly a hot spot for San Diego tourism, but when the...
Things to do | SeaWorld at 60: It survived ‘Blackfish’ and COVID. Where San Diego’s biggest theme park is headed now. By Lori Weisberg April 5, 2024 at 1:28 a.m. When SeaWorld San Diego marked its half-century anniversary 10 years ago, it was enmeshed in...
Things to do | Timeline: How SeaWorld grew from a 22-acre park to a nearly 200-acre tourist destination By Lori Weisberg April 4, 2024 at 1:36 p.m. Here is a recap of some of the more memorable moments and milestones in SeaWorld's...
Things to do | Will SeaWorld San Diego ever get back to its peak attendance of more than a decade ago? By Phillip Molnar April 4, 2024 at 1:31 p.m. SeaWorld, which has experienced a lot of ups and downs over the years, is in...
Things to do | Another airline announces five more nonstop flights coming soon to San Diego By Lori Weisberg March 29, 2024 at 6:39 p.m. Spirit Airlines, which currently flies nonstop to only three cities from San Diego International Airport,...
Things to do | More work is needed on Oceanside’s short-term rental rules. ‘Corporations are buying up the coast.’ By Phil Diehl March 26, 2024 at 11:03 p.m. OCEANSIDE — More work is needed to iron out the wrinkles with short-term vacation rentals in Oceanside,...
Entertainment | Legoland debuts new Dino Valley land with revamp of two 20-year-old rides By Natallie Rocha March 23, 2024 at 1:20 a.m. Kids can travel back in time to the land of dinosaurs at Legoland’s newest themed...
Things to do | Hiring in San Diego’s high wage jobs, tourism helps keep unemployment rate flat By Natallie Rocha March 22, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. San Diego’s unemployment rate held steady in February with modest job gains in the region’s...
Things to do | A new airline for San Diego is bringing five nonstop flights in time for summer travel By Lori Weisberg March 21, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Just in time for late spring and summer travel, low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is making...
Things to do | Time for a DIY beach picnic: San Diego is cracking down on party businesses on city beaches By David Garrick March 14, 2024 at 1:47 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego is no longer allowing private companies to stage picnics, corporate events, large...
Things to do | One of San Diego’s largest waterfront hotels gets a $100M upgrade – its biggest makeover in 50 years By Lori Weisberg March 13, 2024 at 8:07 p.m. The last time the aging Sheraton hotel on Harbor Island got a major overhaul was...
Sports | San Diego will consider major subsidy for Midway Rising’s sports arena project By Jennifer Van Grove March 12, 2024 at 9:13 p.m. The city of San Diego is open to offering the Midway Rising development team substantial...
Things to do | Will pandas returning to San Diego Zoo have a notable impact on the tourism industry? By Phillip Molnar March 1, 2024 at 12:45 p.m. China will be sending two pandas to the San Diego Zoo, possibly as soon as...
Business | San Diego sets record on price paid last year for luxury resort. So why the grim news for hotel sales? By Lori Weisberg July 24, 2024 at 11:39 a.m. San Diego made history last year when the upscale Inn at Rancho Santa Fe sold...
Things to do | Frontier Airlines is bringing a new nonstop to San Diego By Lori Weisberg February 29, 2024 at 2:56 a.m. Come May, Frontier Airlines will begin offering a new nonstop flight between San Diego and...
Things to do | ‘We struck a balance’: Port approves new 30-year blueprint for San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove February 29, 2024 at 1:22 a.m. After 11 years of planning work, the Port of San Diego's future-looking guidebook that dictates...
Things to do | A decade in the making, 30-year plan for San Diego’s bayfront nears finish line By Jennifer Van Grove February 29, 2024 at 1:09 a.m. More than a decade in the making and long past due, the Port of San...
Things to do | Long-studied transit connection to San Diego airport still more than three years off By Lori Weisberg February 24, 2024 at 2:42 a.m. Five years after launching a widely supported effort to bring high-speed transit to San Diego's...
Things to do | San Diego tourism leaders want your feedback as they plan for the next 10 years of visitors By Lori Weisberg February 19, 2024 at 9:23 p.m. San Diego's tourism leaders are in the midst of crafting a road map for how...
Things to do | High-profile San Diego restaurateur wants to bring a new hotel, wellness center to Little Italy By Lori Weisberg February 16, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. Fresh off his $31 million transformation of San Diego's Lafayette hotel into a mega dining...
Things to do | American Airlines launches daily flight between Tijuana and Phoenix By Alexandra Mendoza February 16, 2024 at 9:50 p.m. American Airlines launched its new Tijuana-Phoenix daily flight Thursday. The nonstop service between the Tijuana...
Things to do | Long-awaited waterfront park from USS Midway advances but first up – a demolition By Lori Weisberg February 14, 2024 at 4:35 a.m. A decades-long plan to build a bayfront park alongside the USS Midway Museum took a...
Things to do | Fire-damaged building at Seaport Village set to be razed By Jennifer Van Grove February 14, 2024 at 10:13 p.m. An empty and boarded-up, fire-damaged shop at Seaport Village will soon be razed to make...
Things to do | Rollercoaster rescues at Legoland on Wednesday? Don’t worry, it’s just training. By Kristina Davis February 13, 2024 at 10:51 p.m. CARLSBAD — Legoland in Carlsbad will be closed to visitors on Wednesday so two Southern California urban...
Things to do | These 2 cities beat San Diego for Valentine’s Day top spot By Roxana Popescu February 14, 2024 at 2:33 a.m. The world's best sunsets. Artisanal chocolatiers. Restaurants with killer food or killer views — and...
Things to do | Balboa Park group cements park-wide agreement with city to fast-track improvements By Jennifer Van Grove February 6, 2024 at 10:40 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Forever Balboa Park, the nonprofit organization that looks after San Diego's oft-called crown jewel,...
Things to do | San Diego’s Measure C hotel tax hike headed to an August trial this year By Lori Weisberg February 1, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. Years of legal debate over whether a ballot measure to expand San Diego's convention center...
Things to do | Storied Whaling Bar in La Jolla is reborn; will it recapture the mystique of the original? By Lori Weisberg January 31, 2024 at 11:08 p.m. For decades, the dimly lit bar with the dark leather banquettes in La Jolla's La...
Things to do | TwitchCon’s thousands of gamers returning to San Diego this year – plus four more years By Lori Weisberg January 23, 2024 at 1:45 p.m. TwitchCon, the popular live streaming conference that was last here in 2022, is returning after...
Things to do | Legoland California is getting a new space-themed coaster — but not until 2025 By Lori Weisberg January 20, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. A new space-themed land, complete with an indoor roller coaster, is headed to Legoland, whichis...
Things to do | Entertainment venue in play for old Navy property on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove January 20, 2024 at 1:50 a.m. The hotel developers likely to remake the old Navy property at 1220 Pacific Highway will...
Things to do | Only two hotels opened last year in San Diego as California faces slowdown in new lodging By Lori Weisberg January 19, 2024 at 12:20 a.m. The pace of hotel construction in San Diego County rose slightly last year compared to...
Things to do | Balboa Park’s Botanical Building crowned with historic dome, but reopening pushed back By Jennifer Van Grove January 18, 2024 at 4:08 a.m. Shuttered for two years amid a comprehensive restoration effort, San Diego's 109-year-old Botanical Building has...
Things to do | San Diego, SeaWorld fail to settle lawsuit demanding $12M in back rent from theme park By Lori Weisberg January 12, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. The city of San Diego and SeaWorld, which are butting heads over a legal claim...
Things to do | San Diego’s Paradise Point pays $1M fine, promises more public access to the beach and plenty of free parking By Lori Weisberg January 11, 2024 at 6:08 p.m. Largely hidden within the sprawling Paradise Point resort on Mission Bay are inviting sandy beaches...
Things to do | A new low-cost airline is coming to San Diego and with it five new nonstop destinations By Lori Weisberg January 10, 2024 at 2:25 a.m. San Diego International Airport is welcoming a new budget air carrier that will soon be...
Things to do | Meeting planners from around the globe are coming to San Diego – along with Bill, Hillary Clinton By Lori Weisberg January 6, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Thousands of meeting planners from around the world will gather in San Diego next week...
Things to do | Mostly vacant office complex in downtown San Diego will be converted into hotel and residential buildings By Jennifer Van Grove January 3, 2024 at 6:38 p.m. The recently renovated Tower 180 office complex at 180 Broadway Ave. has a new owner...
Things to do | Fast food workers are getting a huge raise. Will $20 an hour become San Diego’s new minimum wage? By Lori Weisberg January 2, 2024 at 11:49 p.m. For the past decade, a Jan. 1 pay raise for San Diego's lowest paid workers...
Things to do | Housing, energy bills, downtown projects: San Diego business stories to watch in 2024 By Staff Report December 28, 2023 at 2:17 a.m. These are some of the key business stories to watch in San Diego County in...
Things to do | Quiz: Test your knowledge of San Diego business news in 2023 By Staff Report December 22, 2023 at 11:27 p.m. Welcome to the U-T business quiz of the year. Test how closely you have followed...
Casinos | North County casino resort getting a $24M refresh – plus two new restaurants By Lori Weisberg December 18, 2023 at 1:31 p.m. The very first hotel rooms that were built years ago at Harrah's Resort Southern California...
Things to do | Ferdinand, a beluga whale at SeaWorld San Diego, dies at about 53 By Teri Figueroa December 16, 2023 at 6:18 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Ferdinand, a whale at SeaWorld San Diego — who was said to have been...
Things to do | Summer’s over but SeaWorld San Diego fireworks are returning. Here’s how to watch the holiday shows By Lori Weisberg December 8, 2023 at 1:15 a.m. Fireworks, which have long been a SeaWorld San Diego staple during the summer months, will...
Sports | Topgolf secures 40-year lease commitment for flagship venue on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove December 6, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. The Port of San Diego has agreed in principle to lease for 40 years a...
Things to do | Topgolf, Port of San Diego near agreement on lease terms for flagship venue on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove December 1, 2023 at 11:10 p.m. Topgolf International and the Port of San Diego are close to reaching an agreement on...
Things to do | State Supreme Court says it won’t review San Diego’s hotel tax initiative to expand convention center By Lori Weisberg November 28, 2023 at 1:01 a.m. San Diego's now 3 1/2-year-old ballot measure to fund a long-sought convention center expansion will...
Things to do | Street vendors along San Diego Bay get more space near Midway Museum, fewer spots by Seaport Village By Jennifer Van Grove November 22, 2023 at 6:39 p.m. The Port of San Diego has revised newly implemented regulations that create legal room for...
Things to do | San Diego stores: 40 cents off gas today, free Salt & Straw, LEGOLAND Black Friday savings are live By Roxana Popescu November 21, 2023 at 9:51 p.m. Get a big discount on gas, today only If you're looking to refuel before Thanksgiving...
Things to do | A new land devoted to dinosaurs will commemorate Legoland California’s 25th anniversary next year By Lori Weisberg November 18, 2023 at 5:47 a.m. Legoland California will mark its 25th anniversary in Carlsbad next year with a new land...
Things to do | Motorized pedicabs, scooters and bikes banned from downtown San Diego’s waterfront walkway By Jennifer Van Grove June 20, 2024 at 2:50 p.m. Close encounters with out-of-control or obnoxiously loud pedicabs on the waterfront promenade opposite San Diego...
Entertainment | San Diego Symphony interested in Joe’s Crab Shack site near Rady Shell By Lori Weisberg November 15, 2023 at 3:02 p.m. The Port of San Diego's plan to redevelop the Joe's Crab Shack restaurant near the...
Entertainment | Comic-Con badge sale for 2024: It’s now or never By Lori Weisberg November 14, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Fans of Comic-Con will have one last chance this Saturday to score admission to next...
Things to do | Sneak preview: First phase of San Diego’s airport’s new Terminal 1 now 40% complete. What’s next? By Lori Weisberg November 13, 2023 at 5:24 p.m. Two years into construction on what is San Diego's single largest airport project, the long-awaited...
Things to do | San Diego sees record $14.3B in tourism spending – 3 years after pandemic By Lori Weisberg November 7, 2023 at 10:59 p.m. More than three years after COVID-19 decimated the tourism industry, San Diego has come roaring...
Entertainment | Get ready, it’s Comic-Con badge time By Lori Weisberg November 3, 2023 at 12:54 a.m. If you were among the thousands of fortunate fans who were able to attend this...
Things to do | Southwest Airlines announces new nonstop flights for San Diego By Lori Weisberg November 1, 2023 at 10:13 p.m. Southwest Airlines is expanding its portfolio of nonstop routes out of San Diego — with...