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17 of San Diego's Best Tennis Courts and Clubs | San Diego Magazine

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17 of San Diego's Best Tennis Courts and Clubs | San Diego Magazine

Think surfers and sailors in this town have it made? The waves can go flat for weeks at a stretch, and there’s only so much wind and daylight to go around. Tennis players, on the other hand, most certainly do. They can don their pleated skirts and headbands and revel in nearly 365 days—and on lighted courts, nights!—of ground strokes, volleys, serves, and smashes every year.

In the City of San Diego alone, there are 159 courts, more than 140 of which are outfitted with lights for nighttime play. You can find an exhaustive list of courts that includes high schools, parks, and even backboards and practice walls in your neighborhood here. But we’ve rounded up premier places to play. Committing to a club membership is a big deal, but many of these courts are accessible to the public for the amenable price of free.

Courtesy of University City Racquet Club

Tennis Courts in La Jolla and Del Mar

La Jolla Tennis Club

Nine courts in the heart of downtown La Jolla.

Address: 7632 Draper Ave.

Courts: Nine courts

Membership Price: between $95 and $205 depending on time of year for adult membership

Day Pass Price: $10 for non-member adult day pass

Other Amenities: Assorted lessons, clinics, and leagues

University City Racquet Club

These courts are located at the Standley Recreation Center.

Address: 3585 Governor Drive

Courts: Six courts, lighted in weekdays only

Membership Price: $325 annual adult membership; $100 junior membership

Day Pass Price: $10; $8 if playing with member

Other Amenities: Youth and adult classes available

Surf and Turf Recreation Center

Where the surf meets the serve.

Address: 15555 Jimmy Durante Blvd.

Courts: Eight courts, all lighted

Membership Price: $1,400 annual adult membership or $120 monthly; $950 annual junior membership or $80 monthly

Other Amenities: Lessons, camps, and “cardio tennis” workouts

Where to play tennis in San Diego featuring Peninsula Tennis Club in Ocean Beach — Courtesy of Peninsula Tennis Club

Tennis Courts in Point Loma and Ocean Beach

Barnes Tennis Center

Adult programs are available but it’s mostly all about the kids at this wonderland of youth after-school tennis programs, teams and tournaments.

Address: 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd.

Courts: 25 hard courts, two clay courts, all lighted

Membership Price: $350 for adult membership

Day Pass Price: $8-15 per adult for a one hour court rental

Peninsula Tennis Club

A spacious complex featuring riverfront public courts.

Address: 2525 Bacon St.

Courts: 12 lighted courts

Membership Price: $185 annual adult membership

Day Pass Price: $10

Other Amenities: Lessons, clinics, and tournaments, weekly and monthly tennis get-togethers

Point Loma/Cabrillo Tennis Club

This club plays on four courts at Point Loma Community Park and two courts at Cabrillo Recreation Center.

Address: 1049 Catalina Blvd. and 3051 Canon St.

Courts: Six

Membership Price: $75 annual individual membership

Day Pass Price: $5

Volo Sports

Volo runs adult leagues for beginners as well as coed mixed doubles at various skill levels starting at all times of the year. Eight-week playing schedules include post-game happy hours at local establishments.

Address: Various Locations

Courts: Volo leagues play at Barnes Tennis Center and Peninsula Tennis Club

Membership Price: Prices vary from about $119 to $185, depending on league

Other Amenities: Make new friends, beat them at tennis

Where to play tennis in San Diego featuring San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club in Bay Park — Courtesy of San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club

Tennis Courts in Pacific and Mission Beach

Pacific Beach Tennis Club

This 200-member club boasts various leagues and mixers near De Anza Cove.

Address: 2639 Grand Ave.

Courts: Eight courts

Membership Price: $295 annual membership; $34 monthly membership

Day Pass Price: $10; 18 and under are free

Other Amenities: Clubhouse, pro shop, and ball machine ($10 per hour)

Pacific Beach Recreation Center

A pair of lighted courts just waiting for a heated pick-up match.

Address: 1405 Diamond St.

Courts: Two lighted courts

Price: Free

Other Amenities: Youth and adult lessons available

San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club

This 10-acre facility also boasts a pool, racquetball, basketball, volleyball, and table tennis.

Address: 4848 Tecolote Rd.

Courts: 22; 16 are lighted

Price: Contact the club for details

Other Amenities: One stadium court, backboards, and pro shop. Lessons available through Angel Lopez Tennis Academy

Tennis Courts in Balboa Park

Morley Field / Balboa Tennis Club

The Morley Field courts, in volleying distance of the San Diego Zoo, are the site of many tennis tournaments throughout the year hosted by Balboa Tennis Club, which offers a full complement of lessons and leagues. Reservations can be made a week in advance.

Address: 2221 Morley Field Drive

Courts: 25 hard courts, all lit, some with bleachers

Membership Price: $450 yearly adult membership

Day Pass Price: $10 adult day pass

Other Amenities: One stadium court with 1,500 seats, and a clubhouse with lounge, and locker rooms. Membership lets you reserve courts a week in advance and grants access to clubhouse with locker rooms, showers, and the option to play on the club’s teame

Tennis Courts in Kearny Mesa and Lake Murray

San Diego Mesa College

The courts are open to the public when not in use for classes, practices, or matches. Check team schedules at Gosdmesa.com, keeping in mind that college team matches can take five hours.

Address: 7250 Mesa College Circle

Courts: Eight

Price: Free

Other Amenities: All the tennis, none of the student loans

Lake Murray Tennis Club

Ten courts in a sublime suburban setting.

Address: 7003 Murray Park Dr.

Courts: 10 courts

Membership Price: $335 adult memberships; $110 kids memberships

Day Pass Price: $10 day pass

Other Amenities: Clubhouse, pro lessons, leagues, tournaments, social gatherings

Tennis Courts in Coronado

Coronado Tennis Center

Tennis is a popular pastime on this island hamlet.

Address: 1501 Glorietta Blvd.

Courts: Eight courts, three are lighted

Day Pass Price: Reservations made five days or fewer before game day are $5 and $15, for residents and nonresidents respectively)

Other Amenities: Clubhouse equipped with a kitchen and free Wifi

Coronado Cays Park

This park is located adjacent to Silver Strand State Beach.

Address: 99 Grand Caribe Isle

Courts: Five courts, all lighted

Price: Free

Tennis Courts in Carmel Valley and Rancho Penasquitos

Carmel Valley Tennis

Located at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center.

Address: 3777 Townsgate Dr.

Courts: Four courts, all lighted

Membership Price: $50 annual adult memberships

Day Pass Price: $5 per person/per hour day rate for nonmembers

Other Amenities: Lessons, camps, and clinics with a heavy emphasis on juniors

Rancho Penasquitos Tennis Center

Get in line, Rafael Nadal! There’s currently an eight-10-month waiting list for memberships but the private nonprofit club generally keeps one court open for public nonmember use with a $5 day pass.

Address: 12350 Black Mountain Road

Courts: 12 courts

Membership Price: $325 adult memberships; $550 family membership; $105 junior memberships

Day Pass Price: $5

Other Amenities: Senior discounts available

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Arizona men’s basketball dominates San Diego State in 2nd half to remain perfect

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December 21, 2025

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Arizona men’s basketball dominates San Diego State in 2nd half to remain perfect

PHOENIX—Bad shooting nights are going to happen. But if rebounding and defense are still there, it’s manageable.

Top-ranked Arizona tested that theory on Saturday night, stinking up the joint offensively for most of the evening yet still coming away with another lopsided victory thanks to its defense and work on the glass.

Tobe Awaka and Motiejus Krivas combined for 28 rebounds, same as San Diego State’s entire team, in a 68-45 win in a Hall of Fame Series game at Mortgage Matchup Center. It was the UA’s sixth consecutive win by at least 20 points, their longest streak since 1942-43.

Awaka had 15 rebounds, his fourth game with at least 15 this season, along with nine points in 22 minutes off the bench while Krivas had three points and 13 boards. The Wildcats (11-0) outrebounded SDSU 52-28, grabbing 20 offensive boards that resulted in 14 second-chance points.

Jaden Bradley and Koa Peat each had 11 points, while Brayden Burries, Anthony Dell’Orso and Ivan Kharchenkov had 10 apiece for Arizona, which shot just 37.9 percent and was 6 of 25 from 3. Three of those makes came in 4-minute stretch in the second half when the Wildcats pulled away after trailing by as many as eight in the first half.

SDSU (6-4) shot 26.3 percent, its worst shooting performance in 11 years, and was 1 of 14 from 3 after coming in shooting 41.3 percent.

Arizona missed its first nine 3-pointers before Dell’Orso swished one in the final minute of the first half to give his team a 28-27 halftime lead, ending on an 8-0 run. Four of the Wildcats’ first five shots after the break were from deep, all misses, before Peat dunked on a runout.

A 3 byKharchenkov put the UA up 37-31 with 14:51 left, its first 2-score margin. It led by six with 12:36 to go when an out of bounds call first went Arizona’s way and then was reversed, prompting Tommy Lloyd to challenge the call.

He won the challenge, improving to 3 for 3 since challenges were implemented this season, andAwaka scored on the other end to give the Wildcats a 41-33 lead with 12:11 remaining.

After starting 2 of 17 from 3, Arizona hit three straight—two from Dell’Orso and one from Dwayne Aristode—to blow it open. That came during a 12-2 run to build the margin to 53-36 with 8:31 left.

A putback slam by Awaka put the Wildcats up 20 with 4:49 to go.

The UA started 4 of 16 from the field, missing six straight shots at one point, and trailed 19-11 with 10:07 left in the first half. It was the largest deficit since being down eight to UCLA in the second half on Nov. 14.

During that time, Peat picked up his second foul and sat the final 11-plus minutes of the half.

The Wildcats got within three a few minutes later but then hit a wall offensively, coming up short on seven consecutive possessions when it could have tied it. SDSU was able to stretch the lead out to 27-20 with 2:36 left in the half when the tied turned.

The UA got five straight points from the line, including three on one possession with 1:18 to go. Bradley was hacked going to the hoop, and after making one foul shot SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was called for a technical foul, withDell’Orso making 1 of 2 technical free throws.

Bradley made the second, getting Arizona within two, then after a missed 3 on the other end Dell’Orso came off a Krivas screen and drained the Wildcats’ first triple with 30.6 seconds remaining in the half to put the UA up for the first time since 8-7.

Arizona returns home for its final two nonconference games, hosting Bethune-Cookman on Monday and South Dakota State on Dec. 29.

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San Diego’s cost-of-living committee led big policy fights in 2025. The City Council is ending it.

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December 20, 2025

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San Diego’s cost-of-living committee led big policy fights in 2025. The City Council is ending it.

District 9 Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera. (Photo by Ben Mendoza/Staff for Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera)

A year after creating a special committee on cost-of-living, the San Diego City Council is shutting it down.

Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera, who chaired the committee, said he was content to let it die as the council had plenty of work to do completing policy initiatives that started there.

The committee took on some of the most high profile and divisive issues that the city considered last year, such as the successful effort to increase the minimum wage for tourism workers to $25 starting in July 2026.

But it also operated just as city officials passed new and increased fees that added to residents’ cost of living. The city’s new monthly trash fee, hikes to parking rates around town and increased charges for using city facilities all hit residents’ bottom lines this year.

Elo-Rivera stood by approving those fees with one hand while trying to combat costs with the other.

“The cuts on the table that those fee increases mitigated or avoided — library, recreation center and park hours services — were things the community said they didn’t want cut,” he said. “The fees we established were the most fiscally responsible way to avoid those cuts.”

Elo-Rivera is still pushing two other cost-of-living initiatives that could pass in 2026. One is a joint effort with the county to ban landlords from charging hidden fees tacked on to rent. The other is a potential June ballot measure to impose a $5,000 per-bedroom tax on vacation rentals or second homes.

“I completely understand why someone would say, ‘If you want to fix the cost of living, don’t raise these other costs,’” Elo-Rivera said. “We proposed a vacation home tax for the specific purpose of having the things that city residents want and deserve, without the cost of that resource falling on the backs of middle class and working class San Diegans.”

San Diego this year also became the first city in the country to ban grocery stores from offering digital-only deals, another initiative that started at the committee.

Elo-Rivera said the fees the city passed this year “only made it more important to have urgency to address cost-of-living increases driven by corporate greed, those that are disproportionately felt by everyday people.”

Councilmembers Henry Foster III and Marni von Wilpert also served on the select committee. Elo-Rivera credited them for stepping up.

“Everyone wants to talk about affordability, but nobody wants to own it,” he said. “There’s a tension there, but those two weren’t afraid to stand next to this issue and wrestle it.”

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Surveillance video shows thief stealing children’s Christmas gifts from home

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December 20, 2025

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Surveillance video shows thief stealing children’s Christmas gifts from home

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A local mother is raising awareness about holiday theft after her children’s Christmas presents were stolen from their family home.

Meanwhile, San Diego police are warning people to be wary of scammers and thieves this time of year when the department sees a rise in these types of crimes.

“All the gifts that were hidden from my children were all gone,” said Kristin Lyons.

Plans for a Christmas surprise are now a loss for her two boys. Just before 3 a.m. Friday, a holiday grinch was caught on camera walking up the family’s University Heights driveway.

“It was a male. Jeans, gray sweatshirt, black backpack, a brown Padres hat and he came in on a bike,” said Lyons.

The alleged thief used a flashlight to search their carport before leaving with arms full.

“It was a big bin full of like 30 or 40 gifts wrapped,” according to Lyons. She explained the gifts included a scooter, shoes, clothes, and toys for her 3 and 4-year-old sons.

“They may not be very expensive items, they were very sentimental and personalized for the kids,” said Lyons.

Her neighborhood is located off Park Blvd. and Adams Ave. “We’ve had a lot of foot traffic, which has increased a lot of the crime as well.”

She said she and her neighbors rely on security cameras for safety, but hope police increase patrols after filing a report.

“There’s crimes of opportunity,” said SDPS Lt. Cesar Jimenez. He added that typically thieves look for easy targets.

“They’re looking for homes that are empty. They’re also looking into windows, and if people have all their presents, they have their Christmas tree by a window with all the presents underneath, then that’s a big temptation,” said Lt. Jimenez.

He advised residents to avoid placing their Christmas tree right by a window and to make sure packages are secured and out of sight.

Meanwhile, Lyons said she wants others to learn from her experience and isn’t letting this bring her and her family down.

She added that a neighbor found a partially wrapped gift dumped in the area and returned it to her after they saw her Nextdoor post. She’d like others who may stumble upon more gifts to also post about it on the Nextdoor app in the University Heights area, and she will keep an eye out.

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