San Diego's Award-Winning Mostra Coffee Faces Eviction, Debt Lawsuits And State Wage Claims Amid Closure Questions

Mostra Coffee went from roasting beans in a San Diego garage to winning national awards, opening cafés across the county and partnering with the Padres. But behind its celebrated Filipino-inspired coffee drinks and ambitious expansion plans, former employees say their paychecks were bouncing, landlords and creditors were taking the company to court, and customers were increasingly struggling to purchase the coffee that made Mostra famous.

San Diego's Historic SRO Lounge Abruptly Closes After 44 Years, Ending An Era For LGBTQ Nightlife

After 44 years of serving drinks, fostering friendships and providing a gathering place for generations of San Diego's LGBTQ community, the historic SRO Lounge has closed its doors. The longtime Bankers Hill bar announced its closure on Sunday, November 1, giving patrons just hours to gather for one final night before ending more than four decades of operations.

Waymo Robotaxis Are Blocking San Diego Streets, Leaving Drivers, Police And Tow Trucks To Deal With The Fallout

San Diego's driverless future is hitting some unexpected roadblocks. After a Waymo robotaxi became stranded for approximately two hours on a busy Crown Point street before being towed away, similar incidents have surfaced across the city, including repeated traffic obstructions in North Park and autonomous vehicles struggling to navigate recent coastal flooding. The problems come as Waymo rapidly expands its San Diego operations despite federal recalls involving construction zones, floodwaters and school buses, along with investigations into collisions and interference with emergency responders. While research suggests Waymo vehicles may be safer than human drivers in many situations, these incidents raise a different question: What happens when a car with nobody behind the wheel stops in the middle of the road and cannot get itself moving again?

San Diego Councilmember's Son Lands Taxpayer-Funded Internship, Raising Nepotism Questions Days Before Election

Just days before San Diego voters decide whether to give City Councilmember Henry Foster III another four years in office, questions of political favoritism and potential nepotism have emerged over a taxpayer-funded internship awarded to his son. The nearly $6,000 summer position was part of a city program designed to prioritize disadvantaged young people, yet Foster's son landed a job in the very department where his father previously served as a manager.

San Diego's Señor Mangos Closes Hillcrest Drive-Thru After Just 16 Months Due To Property Redevelopment Plans

San Diego's longtime smoothie and juice bar Señor Mangos has permanently closed its Hillcrest location after just 16 months in business, with the owners blaming redevelopment plans for the property rather than a lack of customers. The closure marks the end of the company's first drive-thru outpost, although its two original North Park locations remain open.

Lakeside Farmers Market Brings Thursday Evening Shopping, Entertainment & New Beer And Wine Garden To San Diego's East County

San Diego's East County has a new place to spend Thursday evenings, as the Lakeside Farmers Market brings fresh produce, local food vendors, handcrafted goods and entertainment to the Dianne Jacob Lakeside Equestrian Park. The weekly market is already expanding, with a new beer and wine garden scheduled to debut in November.

Popular Pacific Beach Restaurant And Bar Firehouse Ordered Closed For Vermin Violation Ahead Of Halloween Weekend

One of Pacific Beach's most recognizable restaurants and nightlife destinations was temporarily shut down by San Diego County health officials just days before Halloween, after inspectors discovered a major vermin violation at Firehouse American Eatery and Lounge. The restaurant, which has operated near the beach for nearly two decades, was cleared to reopen the following day.

San Diego Food Truck Owner Says $85,000 Dream Turned Into Two-Year Nightmare Of Delays, Defects And Disputed Payments

A San Diego entrepreneur who invested in an $85,000 custom food truck conversion to launch his own restaurant business says years of delays, equipment problems and mounting expenses have turned a family dream into an exhausting financial nightmare. Now, with the truck allegedly still unable to complete the approval process necessary to operate, the owner of Shorefront Grill & Co. says he has abandoned plans to launch the business he once hoped to build alongside his children.

Trump Granted San Diego Fraudster Clemency Twice - Now Congress Wants Answers About Her $49 Million Pardon

A San Diego businesswoman convicted in two separate multimillion-dollar fraud schemes received presidential clemency from Donald Trump not once, but twice, escaping the remainder of her first prison sentence before receiving a full pardon in a second case involving nearly $49 million in court-ordered restitution and millions more in assets subject to forfeiture. Now, congressional investigators are questioning how Adriana Camberos secured her extraordinary second chance, particularly given her family's political contributions, connections to Chula Vista Mayor John McCann and history of spending fraud proceeds on luxury cars and San Diego real estate.

REVIEW: The B-52s And DEVO Bring Their Beautifully Bizarre Worlds To San Diego For A Halloween Concert

Friday night's Halloween weekend concert at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista brought together two of the strangest, most original and enduring bands in American music history. The B-52s delivered a wonderfully eccentric dance party filled with familiar hits and infectious energy, while DEVO put on a phenomenal display of musicianship, theatrical absurdity and genre-defying rock that left me wondering how I'd managed to miss them for so long.

FTC And California Sue Toast Over Alleged Hidden Fees And Subscription Trap Now Running The Cash Registers At San Diego's Biggest Restaurant Groups

The federal government and California are suing Toast, the restaurant technology giant whose payment terminals and online ordering systems are used by businesses throughout San Diego County, alleging the company charged unauthorized fees, enrolled restaurants in unwanted subscriptions and made it extraordinarily difficult for struggling operators to cancel their services.

San Diego Restaurants Closures & Downgrades This Week (October 23 - October 29) Due To County Health Department Inspections

A popular Pacific Beach restaurant and bar, a longtime Convoy District yakitori spot, a Burger King, a Hillcrest bakery, a Filipino restaurant inside a shopping mall, a Walmart location, several sushi spots, and other eateries across San Diego County are among the 17 food establishments ordered temporarily closed or downgraded following health inspections from October 23 through October 29, 2026.

Former San Diego Psychology Doctoral Student Pleads Guilty To Murdering Best Friend's 6-Week-Old Baby, Sentenced To 35–80 Years

A former San Diego clinical psychology doctoral student who told investigators she had long struggled with an uncontrollable urge to harm children has pleaded guilty to murdering her best friend's six-week-old son and injuring his twin brother, receiving a prison sentence of 35 to 80 years in a case that has horrified families across the country.

La Jolla Billionaire T. Denny Sanford Was Investigated Over Child Sexual Abuse Images, So Why Does San Diego Still Celebrate His Name?

La Jolla-based billionaire T. Denny Sanford faced a child sexual abuse material investigation but was never charged. His name still adorns major San Diego institutions.

"San Diego Magazine And I Are Now Your Enemy": Inside The Celebrity Chef, Media And Money Machine Behind San Diego's Food Scene

"Publish those, and San Diego Magazine and I are now your enemy." A decade ago, one of San Diego’s most prominent food personalities issued that warning to a tiny independent publication over photographs of a celebrity chef’s restaurant. What followed was a crash course in how the city’s restaurant publicity machine really operates. Now, we're pulling back the curtain on the tangled relationships between celebrity chefs, influential food critics, magazine ownership, restaurant rankings, lucrative food festivals, corporate investors and public tourism money. 

San Diego Threatens To Evict 46-Year Mission Bay Business While Demanding Millions Over Its Own Unresolved Lease Dispute

For 46 years, Mission Bay Sports Center has helped generations of San Diegans learn to sail, rent boats, paddle across Mission Bay and enjoy one of the city's most treasured public spaces. Now the City of San Diego is threatening to evict the longtime waterfront business unless it produces nearly $1 million in three days, even as the city's own paper trail raises troubling questions about its role in creating the dispute.