Stone Brewing and the rise of San Diego craft beer
Greg Koch and Steve Wagner started Stone in 1996. The brewery's aggressive IPAs helped make San Diego one of the…
By Gabriel Serrano ·
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Liberty Station turned a closed Navy base into a neighborhood
The Naval Training Center in Point Loma closed in 1997. Its redevelopment created Liberty Station, with an arts district, public…
By Tessa Albright ·
Petco Park and the East Village development it set off
The Padres' downtown ballpark opened in 2004 after a long political fight. It helped transform East Village from warehouses to…
By Lucas Navarro ·
How Qualcomm turned San Diego into a wireless technology hub
Irwin Jacobs and partners founded Qualcomm in 1985. Its CDMA technology and Snapdragon chips made it one of the region's…
By Marco Villaruz ·
The Gaslamp Quarter, from red-light district to downtown’s busiest blocks
San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter was once the Stingaree. Preservation in the 1970s and 1980s turned its Victorian buildings into restaurants…
By Marco Villaruz ·
The Hotel del Coronado has been selling the same view since 1888
Built by two investors trying to sell lots on an empty peninsula, the Hotel del Coronado became one of the…
By Gabriel Serrano ·
Del Mar’s racetrack, where the turf meets the surf
Bing Crosby and Hollywood friends opened the Del Mar racetrack in 1937. Its summer meet remains one of the busiest…
By Tessa Albright ·
The Carlsbad Flower Fields started as a ranunculus seed farm
The striped hillside of ranunculus in Carlsbad began as a commercial bulb operation and now draws visitors every spring.
By Lucas Navarro ·
NASSCO, the Barrio Logan shipyard that builds the Navy’s supply ships
General Dynamics NASSCO is the largest shipyard on the West Coast and one of San Diego's biggest industrial employers.
By Marco Villaruz ·
Taylor Guitars builds acoustic guitars in El Cajon and is owned by its workers
Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug started Taylor Guitars in 1974. The El Cajon company is now one of the largest…
By Tessa Albright ·