Chula Vista's $1.3 Billion Gaylord Resort Was Supposed To Pay For Itself In A Few Years, But Taxpayers May Be Waiting Decades

Chula Vista's spectacular new $1.3 billion Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center was sold as a transformative investment that would bring conventions, tourism and enormous new tax revenues to the South Bay. But barely a year after the waterfront mega-resort opened, the financial equation behind the hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies that helped build it is already looking considerably different from what taxpayers were originally told.

Driverless Cars Will Soon Be Everywhere In San Diego, But What Happens When Driving Becomes The Luxury?

Google-backed Waymo robotaxis are now carrying San Diego passengers as Amazon's Zoox and Tesla advance autonomous driving technology in the area. The bigger question may be what happens to jobs, car ownership, insurance and personal freedom when humans become the least safe thing on the road.

Two-Alarm Fire Temporarily Shutters Temaki Bar Sushi Restaurant In Encinitas

A two-alarm fire that broke out in the basement of popular Encinitas sushi restaurant Temaki Bar Sushi has forced the restaurant to temporarily close, although officials say the building's sprinkler system helped contain the flames and the restaurant reports everyone made it out safely.

Prohibition Brewing To Permanently Close After 15 Years In Vista As San Diego's Craft Beer Contraction Continues

Another longtime San Diego County brewery is preparing to pour its final pint, as Vista's Prohibition Brewing Company has announced it will permanently close at the end of September after nearly 15 years in business.

New Family-Run Pizzeria Trinacria Taking Over Venezia Italian Cuisine In Oceanside

A new family-run pizzeria built around more than a century of Italian-American history is preparing to open in downtown Oceanside, where father-and-son restaurateurs Salvatore "Tore" Trupiano and Damiano Trupiano will debut Trinacria Pizza Co. inside the longtime home of Venezia Italian Cuisine.

Modern Times Mess Gets Even Stranger As Timestead Operators Blame Each Other For Payroll Problems

Modern Times was once one of San Diego's biggest craft beer success stories. Today, its original brewery is gone, its beer is brewed by another company, and businesses still carrying the Modern Times name are scattered across a confusing collection of owners, operators and licensing arrangements. Now that confusion has reached downtown San Diego's Timestead by Modern Times, where a former employee has filed a state wage claim alleging repeated problems cashing payroll checks - and the two men involved in running the business are giving directly conflicting accounts of who is responsible for paying employees.

Convicted San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Who Preyed On At Least 16 Women And Cost Taxpayers Nearly $10 Million Is Now A Police Chaplain

A former San Diego County Sheriff's deputy who used his badge, uniform and law-enforcement authority to prey on women who were detained, handcuffed or had called police for help has found his way back into San Diego's law-enforcement community - this time carrying a Bible.

San Diego Mosque Massacre Investigation Expands As NC Teen Faces Murder Charges And Lawsuit Reveals Gunman Walked Away From Normal Heights Mental Health Facility

More than three months after two teenage gunmen stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego and murdered three men, the sprawling investigation into one of the darkest attacks in the city's recent history has produced extraordinary developments on opposite sides of the country. A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who authorities say was nowhere near the mosque has been charged with all three murders, while a newly filed lawsuit alleges one of the actual gunmen walked away unnoticed from a San Diego mental-health facility the night before the massacre - despite the FBI having raised concerns about his discussions of school shootings and suicide just days earlier.

Pineapple-Themed Hotel Z To Disappear From San Diego's Gaslamp In Multimillion-Dollar Marriott Makeover

One of downtown San Diego's more recognizable boutique hotels is preparing to lose its pineapples, its colorful façade and eventually its name, as new ownership launches a multimillion-dollar overhaul of Hotel Z in the Gaslamp Quarter.

Ultimate List Of Things To Do In San Diego This September 2026

September may technically signal the beginning of fall, but in San Diego it marks something arguably better: locals’ summer. Once Labor Day passes and the peak summer crowds begin disappearing, San Diegans get some of the year's best beach weather, warm ocean temperatures and a little more breathing room at many of the places overrun during July and August - and with more than 75 concerts, festivals, sporting events, theater productions, food happenings and other activities already on our list for September 2026, there is certainly no shortage of reasons to get out and enjoy it.

REVIEW: Tchaikovsky, Fireworks & The Beautiful Absurdity Of Being Alive At San Diego's The Rady Shell

By the time fireworks began exploding above The Rady Shell during the final minutes of Tchaikovsky's 1812 OvertureSunday night, the San Diego Symphony had already made a convincing case that the pyrotechnics were unnecessary. Then they started anyway, enormous bursts of light filling the sky above San Diego Bay as the orchestra thundered toward one of the most gloriously excessive conclusions in classical music, and unnecessary suddenly seemed like exactly the point.

Former Q106 Radio Personality & Homies Cinnamon Rolls Founder Found Safe

A former San Diego radio personality, Navy veteran and local entrepreneur who disappeared from his La Mesa home Friday morning has been found safe after a search that stretched across several San Diego County communities.

Tacos El Gordo Blasts 'Fake' Images After Backlash Over Federal Agent Discount

Tijuana-born taco chain Tacos El Gordo is facing an escalating online backlash after viral images purportedly showed signs at one of its restaurants advertising a discount for federal immigration agents who present official credentials, with critics flooding the company's social media and leaving one-star Google reviews over the promotion.