Power Outage Plunges Westfield UTC Into Darkness, Disrupting Friday Night Crowds

A significant power outage plunged Westfield UTC into darkness during the height of Friday evening shopping and dining, disrupting restaurants, canceling movie screenings and reportedly forcing the San Diego shopping center to close early. 

The Jetty Finally Opens In San Diego's Ocean Beach After Extensive Renovation Of Former Voltaire Beach House

After an extensive renovation of the former Voltaire Beach House, The Jetty is now open in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood. The new neighborhood bar and restaurant brings an eclectic food menu, craft cocktails and beer, coffee, sports viewing and a sprawling dog-friendly patio to the increasingly busy Voltaire Street corridor.

Homegrown Pickleball Republic Expands With Massive New North County San Diego Facility

What began with six indoor courts tucked into a former department-store space has evolved into one of North County San Diego's most ambitious pickleball ventures. Carlsbad-born Pickleball Republic is celebrating its new South Carlsbad complex with a grand opening featuring members of the USA National Pickleball Team before they head overseas for the 2026 Pickleball World Cup.

Golden Hill Bar Owner Urges Mayor Todd Gloria To Save Free DJ Sets As San Diego Permit Fight Returns

What began as a few friends listening to music in Golden Hill Park has become one of San Diego's most unexpectedly buzzing summer events - and its own popularity may now threaten its future. A San Diego bar owner is publicly calling on Mayor Todd Gloria to intervene and keep local DJ Daniel Joseph's free Friday sunset sets alive after the City placed his final permit under review over concerns that the increasingly popular gatherings are exceeding the park's permitted capacity. 

San Diego Restaurants Closures & Downgrades This Week (August 7 - August 13) Due To County Health Department Inspections

Only seven spots, including two popular taco shops, made this weekly list of San Diego County restaurants and food facilities that have faced temporary closures and downgraded status due to health inspections from August 7 - August 13, 2026.

REVIEW: Goose Gave This Jam-Band Skeptic Three Hours To Reconsider Everything During Its Marathon Concert At San Diego's Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater

San Diego's Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater was packed Thursday night for nearly three hours of Goose, a band whose sprawling improvisational rock should be almost scientifically engineered to annoy me. Instead, somewhere between the shrill guitars, endless jams and psychedelic lights, I found myself reconsidering the entire point of going to see music I don't understand.

La Jolla Teen Admits To Kicking Sea Lion In Viral Video That Sparked Federal Investigation

One of San Diego's most disturbing viral videos of the summer now has an admitted perpetrator. Federal prosecutors have identified 18-year-old La Jolla resident Tyler Muehl as the young man who repeatedly kicked and chased a California sea lion at Point La Jolla, with Muehl pleading guilty to violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.

San Diego Chef Drew Bent Developing Bangers Barbecue With Grand Restaurant Group

A new barbecue restaurant is taking shape in San Diego's North County as Chef Andrew "Drew" Bent teams with Grand Restaurant Group and acclaimed San Diego chef and consultant Alex Carballo on Bangers Barbecue. 

REVIEW: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Soars, But Alicia Keys’ True Story Is Even More Powerful

Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen is an exuberant, beautifully performed coming-of-age musical about a teenage girl fighting for independence and a single mother desperately trying to keep her from repeating the mistakes of her own youth. But after seeing the North American touring production Wednesday night at the San Diego Civic Theatre, I left with an unexpected thought: as compelling as the musical is, the extraordinary true story Keys deliberately chose not to tell may be even more powerful.

Human Remains Found At Palomar Mountain Not Believed To Be Missing Nurse Angelica Brophy

Human remains discovered at Palomar Mountain State Park initially raised questions about a possible connection to missing Oceanside nurse and mother Angelica Brophy, whose vehicle was found inside the park after her July disappearance. Oceanside Police now say the remains are not believed to be related to Brophy's missing-person investigation, leaving the 44-year-old's whereabouts unknown more than a month after she vanished.

RFK Jr. Spotted In San Diego Gaslamp During Federal Visit Focused On Homelessness, Addiction

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was spotted outside a downtown San Diego hotel Wednesday, surrounded by what appeared to be members of his security detail, as the former presidential candidate visited the city for the rollout of a new Trump administration initiative targeting homelessness and addiction.

San Diego Reopens Mission Bay Bathrooms After Month-Long Summer Closure As Gloria Reverses Course Again

After spending more than a month of peak summer with nearly half of Mission Bay's public bathrooms locked, San Diego is reopening all 13 facilities beginning Friday - another abrupt City Hall reversal following weeks of public outrage, sanitation complaints and warnings that the closures were shortsighted from the beginning. For Mayor Todd Gloria, the about-face is becoming part of a troubling pattern: implement a deeply unpopular policy, defend it as financially necessary, endure the predictable consequences, and then spend more public resources figuring out how to undo it.

21-Year-Old Local Couple Opens Baja-Style Taco Club Taqueria In San Diego's East County

Two 21-year-old San Diego natives who recently graduated from college in New York City have returned home to launch their first business, opening Taco Club Taqueria in East County with a menu built around Tijuana-style tacos, Baja-inspired seafood, birria, carne asada fries and specialty ribeye and arrachera creations.