San Diego's most architecturally inventive outdoor hangout has a new, unwelcome guest. County health inspectors just handed East Village institution Quartyard a closure order — and the open-air design that made it famous may be working against it.

A renovated Pac Heights manse sold for $26.5M after a brief listing run, part of a wave of quick, high‑end sales in San Francisco. The deal underscores tight supply at the top of the market.

Sen. Josh Becker’s SB 493 would add “war” to California’s price‑gouging law, letting prosecutors pursue suspected wartime profiteering as pump prices spike. Supporters point to a persistent California premium at the pump.