California's PAGA Lawsuits Are A Quiet Killer Of San Diego Restaurants - And The State Gets A Cut

California's PAGA system puts restaurants at risk of multiplying labor penalties while the state receives 65% of recoveries, adding another threat to San Diego's already fragile dining industry.

Tiny North County San Diego Taqueria Named One Of America's 50 Favorite Restaurants By The New York Times

One of the best restaurants in America, according to The New York Times, isn't a Michelin-starred dining room in Los Angeles, a celebrity-chef destination or an impossible-to-book tasting menu. It's a tiny, family-run taqueria in San Diego's North County where a husband-and-wife team grows much of its own produce, makes tortillas from scratch and serves slow-cooked Mexican stews in tacos and burritos.

Federal Authorities Charge 12 In Alleged $10 Million San Diego "Ghost Daycare" Fraud Scheme

A massive federal investigation has landed squarely in San Diego County, where prosecutors have charged 12 people with allegedly siphoning more than $10 million intended to help low-income families pay for childcare through licensed home daycare businesses that investigators say sometimes had few - or no - children actually present.

LeBron James Invests In San Diego-Born Mike's Red Tacos As Birria Brand Eyes Nationwide Empire

What started as a San Diego food truck selling red-stained birria tacos has now attracted one of the most famous athletes on the planet. LeBron James has invested in Mike's Red Tacos, adding considerable star power and restaurant-industry connections to the homegrown brand as it embarks on an aggressive nationwide franchise expansion. 

San Diego's Swells Sourdough Bakery To Open First Brick-And-Mortar In Little Italy

A popular San Diego farmers market bakery known for its naturally fermented sourdough breads, hand-rolled bagels and sweet treats is preparing to make the jump to a permanent storefront, and it won't be straying far from one of the markets where it has cultivated a loyal following.

Arizona-Based Cartel Roasting Co. To Open First San Diego Café In Encinitas

A prominent Arizona-born specialty coffee roaster is continuing its push into Southern California, with public records indicating Cartel Roasting Co. will open its first San Diego County café in Encinitas, replacing longtime sandwich shop Moto Deli along North Coast Highway 101.

Battle Erupts In Rancho Santa Fe Over 168-Unit Senior Community As Residents Fight To Preserve Wealthy Rural Enclave

One of San Diego County's wealthiest and most exclusive communities has become the battleground for an increasingly bitter development fight, as a well-organized group of Rancho Santa Fe residents mounts an aggressive campaign to stop a proposed 168-unit luxury senior living and memory-care community that would become the first development of its kind inside the historic Covenant.

San Diego Megachurch Pastor Claimed Prayer Cured Cancer - Then Says He Went To Tijuana For His Own Cancer Treatment

A series of sermons by Awaken Church founder Jurgen Matthesius is drawing renewed attention after the San Diego megachurch pastor described seemingly miraculous cancer healings involving an elderly man and a young child - before revealing in another sermon that when he himself developed Stage 2 cancer, he spent months undergoing treatment at a cancer hospital in Tijuana.

San Diego Restaurants Closures & Downgrades This Week (September 4 - September 10) Due To County Health Department Inspections

One of San Diego County’s hottest new restaurants joins a popular North Park restaurant, a Carmel Valley sushi spot and a coastal pizza bar on this week’s list of 12 San Diego County restaurants and food facilities temporarily closed or downgraded following health inspections from September 4 - September 10, 2026. 

Who Owns The Shore? La Jolla Cove's Sea Lion Debate Is Really About Something Much Bigger

At first glance, the argument consuming La Jolla appears remarkably simple: there are sea lions on a beach, people are getting too close to them, and something needs to be done. But almost nothing about La Jolla Cove is actually that simple.

San Diego’s Most Extra Tea House Is Coming To Mission Hills, Complete With $222 Monthly Memberships For ‘High Performers’

With the upcoming opening of Inochi Tea House, Mission Hills is getting an ultra-luxe Japanese tea house with memberships, neuroaesthetics and "high vibration" conversations for San Diego's high performers.

Christian Police Group Abruptly Dissolves After Backlash Over Hiring Disgraced San Diego Deputy

A San Diego Christian organization that spent nearly four decades ministering to law-enforcement officers has apparently vanished almost overnight, dissolving just days after widespread outrage erupted over its decision to make a disgraced former sheriff's deputy convicted of abusing women while on duty one of its chaplains.

QDOBA Planning Massive San Diego Expansion With 17 New Restaurants Across County

San Diego's already crowded burrito wars are about to get considerably bigger, as fast-casual Mexican chain QDOBA Mexican Eats has signed a sweeping development agreement to open 17 new restaurants throughout San Diego County, potentially transforming what is currently a relatively small local presence into one of the brand's larger regional footprints.

Monster Bluefin Tuna Approaching 500 Pounds Caught Off San Diego In Historic Week For Local Fishing

San Diego fishermen landed two monster bluefin tuna in days, including a nearly 500-pound giant now headed to Herb & Wood in Little Italy.

REVIEW: Deep Purple & Kansas Defy Time (And Brutal San Diego Heat) In Blistering Chula Vista Rock Marathon

Deep Purple and Kansas battled brutal 90-degree heat in Chula Vista for a scorching night proving classic rock's giants can still bring the smoke.

Food Network-Featured NOLA On 5th Permanently Closes In San Diego's Hillcrest

San Diego's Hillcrest has lost its taste of the Big Easy. NOLA on 5th, the New Orleans-inspired restaurant and bar that spent more than five years serving jambalaya, gumbo, po' boys, crawfish boils and Hurricanes from a historic Fifth Avenue house, has permanently closed. A sign posted at the restaurant now states that the business is permanently shuttered, sparking questions from customers who showed up expecting to find it open.

San Diego Padres' Gallagher Square Concert Fight Heads To Court, But There's Much More To This Noise Battle

For years, East Village residents have complained that concerts at Gallagher Square AT Petco Park are so loud that bass rattles their windows, music penetrates their homes and the outdoor venue effectively turns nearby condominium towers into unwilling extensions of the show. Now, after three years of litigation, hundreds of pages of court filings and even a controversial change to San Diego's noise ordinance while the lawsuit was pending, a judge is finally preparing to consider some of the central claims in the fight.

ICE Agents Chase Student Onto San Diego City College Campus During Immigration Arrest

An immigration enforcement action near San Diego City College spilled onto school grounds Tuesday morning when federal agents arrested a driver believed to be a student and then chased another student onto the downtown campus, prompting an alert and condemnation from San Diego Community College District officials.

Ambitious New All-Day Restaurant, Wine Bar & Cafe Taking Over Former Maytag Center In La Mesa

A long-vacant commercial building near the heart of La Mesa is being lined up for a major transformation, as the team behind Lost Cause Meadery and Oddish Wine joins forces with the owners of Normal Heights favorite Bica on an ambitious new all-day hospitality concept planned for the former Maytag Home Appliance Center property.

Nathan Fielder's Wild Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Has A Major San Diego Connection

What do Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder, a mysterious millionaire lurking around a federal courthouse, a new blood-testing startup and three of San Diego's most famous hotels all have in common? Quite a lot, as it turns out. One of the year's most buzzed-about new films is about to pull back the curtain on a bizarre San Diego story hiding in plain sight, as You Can See Everything offers extraordinary access to the convicted Theranos founder - and reportedly turns her longtime partner Billy Evans, heir to the family behind the San Diego's Bahia Hotel, Catamaran Resort and Lodge at Torrey Pines, into a major character in a nearly three-hour film critics are already describing as shocking, surreal and unlike any previous telling of the Holmes saga.