• Residents and tourists still figuring out new organic trash bins,Dave Schwab

    Residents and tourists still figuring out new organic trash bins

    With summer and tourist crowds here, the issue of trash bins in parking-challenged communities like Pacific and Mission beaches is worsening.Now with the addition of new green bins to divert organic waste from the landfill as part of the City’s new Organic Waste Recycling program, residents are jost

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  • Century-old Balboa Park carousel renovated, renamed,Jill Alexander

    Century-old Balboa Park carousel renovated, renamed

    By JILL ALEXANDERCarousel, merry-go-round — whatever you prefer to call it, most people have had the pleasure of riding one at some point in their life.And some of these circular wonders are more extravagant and older than others. Consider the restored and renamed Dorothea Laub Balboa Park Carousel.

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  • Serene Modernism in Pasadena, $4.25M,Philip Ferrato

    Serene Modernism in Pasadena, $4.25M

    Adroitly and exquisitely renovated by Breland-Harper—the L.A.-based design studio founded by architects Michael Breland and Peter Harper—this classic example of 60s Modernism is tucked away on a gently sloping Pasadena lot, surrounded by mature trees and a newly-refreshed garden. With its sensitivit

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