‘Mad Men’ Star Christina Hendricks Returning To San Diego For Halloween DJ Set In North Park

Hollywood actress Christina Hendricks is returning to San Diego's North Park neighborhood for a special Halloween night DJ set at Part Time Lover, bringing her signature mix of goth, shoegaze, dream pop and alternative music back to the intimate listening bar that drew enormous crowds during her previous appearance earlier this year. 

San Diego's Iconic Little Italy Sign Removed For Repairs After More Than 25 Years

One of downtown San Diego's most recognizable landmarks has temporarily disappeared from the city, as the iconic Little Italy neighborhood sign spanning India Street has been taken down for repairs and refurbishment following damage sustained earlier this year. The beloved gateway, which has welcomed visitors to the historic Italian-American neighborhood since 2000, is expected to return in time for the community's annual holiday festivities.

Shoots Fish & Beer Surfing Toward Third San Diego Location With New Restaurant Planned In Encinitas' Leucadia Neighborhood

North County's Shoots Fish & Beer is preparing to paddle south, with the sustainable seafood concept behind two of San Diego's most beloved coastal eateries filing paperwork for a third location in Encinitas' Leucadia neighborhood.

Binational Race Runners Say They Were Directed To San Diego Parking Lot Where Dozens Of Cars Were Towed

What was supposed to be a memorable international running experience turned into an expensive nightmare for dozens of participants in Sunday's Binational Half Marathon, who returned from Tijuana to discover their vehicles had been towed from a San Ysidro shopping center. Now, conflicting accounts from runners, race organizers and a nearby parking operator are raising questions about who directed traffic, whether participants were sent into an unauthorized parking lot and who should be responsible for the resulting towing bills.

San Diego's Acclaimed Wayfarer Bakery Reverses Course, Partners With Broken Yolk Operators

One of San Diego's most celebrated independent bakeries is preparing for a major transformation, just months after its founder publicly insisted she had no interest in expanding. Wayfarer Bread & Pastry, the nationally acclaimed Bird Rock destination known for its sourdough bread, flaky pastries and persistent lines, has entered a partnership with a restaurant investment and operations team whose business history includes multiple Broken Yolk Cafe franchises and a now-closed Mira Mesa churro shop.

Before Dating Superman, Henry Cavill's Baby Mama Was A Wealthy San Diego Nightclub Heiress On MTV's 'My Super Sweet 16'

Long before she became the longtime partner of Hollywood Superman Henry Cavill, Natalie Viscuso was living a very different kind of celebrity lifestyle in San Diego, starring on MTV's My Super Sweet 16 as the privileged teenage daughter of a wealthy nightclub owner whose Gaslamp Quarter entertainment empire helped define downtown nightlife in the early 2000s. Now a Hollywood executive and mother of Cavill's child, Viscuso has a surprisingly colorful San Diego backstory involving multimillion-dollar mansions, luxury cars, extravagant parties and some of the city's most notorious nightclubs.

Chula Tacos Continues Rapid San Diego Expansion With Fifth Location Planned

San Diego's rapidly expanding Chula Tacos is preparing to open its fifth location in less than a year, an ambitious milestone for a locally grown Mexican food business that has built a loyal following for its Tijuana-style street tacos.

San Diego Pride In Crisis: Seven Leaders, Layoffs, Lost Sponsors And Millions In Question

One of San Diego's most prominent nonprofit organizations is facing a mounting crisis of leadership, finances and public trust, raising serious questions about the future of the city's massive annual Pride celebration and the organization responsible for producing it. San Diego Pride has announced the departure of its seventh leader since 2023, confirmed another round of staffing cuts and acknowledged significant financial challenges, all while confronting lingering fallout from a controversial festival booking, declining corporate sponsorships and years of complaints about its leadership.

Downtown San Diego's Modern Times Mess Gets Stranger As Timestead Rebrands To Becomes Infinite Bar & Grille

Just when downtown San Diego's increasingly chaotic Modern Times saga seemed incapable of another plot twist, the troubled restaurant formerly known as The Local and more recently Timestead has announced yet another identity. The Fourth Avenue establishment is now Infinite Bar & Grille, supposedly operating under new ownership, with another brewery preparing to move into a space already entangled in disputed business arrangements, payroll complaints and unresolved licensing questions.

Padres Push Ahead With 2027 San Diego Rodeo Despite Horse Deaths, Public Deception And Court-Ordered Animal Welfare Injunctions

San Diego's newly installed Padres ownership is moving forward with another rodeo at Petco Park despite years of protests, serious horse injuries, animal deaths and a Superior Court judgment finding that the event's management team, including the Padres, deliberately misled the public about an injured horse from its inaugural event.

San Diego's Streetlight Disaster: 14,826 Complaints Still Open, Some Dating Back Seven Years, As City Audit Reveals Unequal Repairs

San Diego has a streetlight problem that apparently no amount of taxpayer money can illuminate. An independent SanDiegoVille investigation has uncovered 14,826 streetlight maintenance complaints still marked unresolved in the City's own reporting system, including thousands dating back years, even as spending has more than doubled and a new audit reveals that nearly three-quarters of repairs are concentrated in just three of the City's nine Council districts.

Shio Japanese Dining Celebrates Grand Opening In La Jolla Shores, Taking Over Former Galaxy Taco Space

A new upscale Japanese restaurant has officially opened in the heart of San Diego's La Jolla Shores neighborhood, bringing premium sushi, A5 wagyu, inventive seafood preparations and an extensive sake and cocktail program to a prominent restaurant space previously occupied by Galaxy Taco and Sandpiper Wood Fired Grill & Oysters.

San Diego Police Warn Of Social Media-Fueled Misinformation While Making It Harder For The Public To Know The Truth

San Diego's police department has a warning for residents getting their news from independent social media accounts: Be careful what you believe. But as the agency publicly criticizes local publishers for spreading misinformation, an examination of its own record reveals a troubling contradiction. The San Diego Police Department has spent the past several years restricting access to information, eliminating longstanding tools used by journalists and resisting disclosure of records that could allow the public to independently verify what officers say happened.

Cherished San Diego Restaurant Muzita Turns 18, Revealing The Heartbreaking Family Story Behind Its Name

For 18 years, San Diego's beloved Muzita Abyssinian Bistro has welcomed diners into its University Heights home, serving Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine in a warm, lively atmosphere built around family, food and community. But behind the restaurant's name is an extraordinary story of love, tragedy and devotion, one that began with a young woman whose life was forever changed by a devastating medical emergency and a family's determination to ensure that, even after she lost her ability to speak, her name would continue to be heard and spoken.

Sapporo Executive Listed As Director Of Greg Koch's New Escondido Restaurant, But Stone Founder Claims It Was A Mistake

A top Sapporo executive mysteriously appears as a director of Stone Brewing founder Greg Koch’s new Escondido restaurant, but Koch insists it was all a mistake. When SanDiegoVille pressed him on how such a bizarre error made it onto an official liquor license application, Koch abruptly stopped responding, leaving some very interesting questions unanswered.

Chula Vista Mayor's Wife Selling Home Where Woman Was Brutally Murdered As Family Demands Justice

The Chula Vista home at the center of one of San Diego County's most disturbing murder cases is now being marketed for sale by the wife of Chula Vista Mayor John McCann, an unusual intersection of private real estate business and public office that comes as the victim's family continues demanding justice. The mayor himself participated in a memorial honoring the slain woman on Saturday, October 24, just two days before another court hearing in the homicide case.