• An Eichler Reinvented in Thousand Oaks, $2.4M,Philip Ferrato

    An Eichler Reinvented in Thousand Oaks, $2.4M

    Joseph Eichler remains a touchstone in the history of California Modernism, as a visionary developer who built thousands of well-designed, essentially modest dwellings for the classic nuclear family of the 1960s. His brand name was so successful, that it long overshadowed the architects that designe

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  • Sweet on Prospect: The La Jolla Chocolate Shoppe and Café, 1927,Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

    Sweet on Prospect: The La Jolla Chocolate Shoppe and Café, 1927

    Street scene on Prospect at Girard with automobiles parked in front of the businesses. La Jolla Chocolate Shoppe and Café is on the far left, with the Pickwick Stage System housed in the same building to the right. H. R. Grocery Co. is on their right, with a jewelry store, a shoe repair, and a cafe

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  • So close you can smell them: Elephant Valley finally open at San Diego Zoo Safari Park,Tessa Balc • Times of San Diego

    So close you can smell them: Elephant Valley finally open at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Elephants roaming Elephant Valley (Photo by Tessa Balc/ Times of San Diego) It’s not everyday you get to see an elephant only a few yards away, even in San Diego. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Elephant Valley allows visitors the opportunity to do just that.  Eight years after the idea for an up-cl

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