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.
REVIEW: Gorillaz Deliver A Mind-Blowing, Genre-Defying Spectacle At San Diego's Pechanga Arena
Damon Albarn and his extraordinary musical universe known as Gorillaz absolutely blew the roof off San Diego's Pechanga Arena on Sunday night, delivering a jaw-dropping, visually mesmerizing, genre-defying spectacle that ranks among the most impressive live performances I've experienced in years. By the time the final notes of "Clint Eastwood" faded, following an explosive rendition of "Feel Good Inc.," I was left wondering how a band I had always enjoyed but never fully appreciated had just managed to produce one of the best concerts I've ever attended.
Neptune Sushi Opens In San Diego's North Park With Handroll Bar And Locally Caught Seafood Focus
San Diego's North Park neighborhood has a new sushi destination as Neptune Sushi officially opens its doors, taking over the former Tajima ramen restaurant on Adams Avenue. The highly anticipated restaurant promises freshly prepared hand rolls, creative Japanese-inspired dishes and an emphasis on locally caught seafood, bringing a new coastal dining concept to one of the city's busiest neighborhood restaurant corridors.
The Mixer Abruptly Closes In San Diego's Liberty Station Months After Replacing Slater's 50/50
Less than a year after replacing longtime San Diego burger destination Slater's 50/50, The Mixer has abruptly closed its doors in Liberty Station, ending a short-lived attempt by local restaurant owners Rhyse and Monica Davis to reinvent the prominent restaurant and bar space.
Evans Hotels Denies Connection To Elizabeth Holmes' Del Mar Beach House As Documentary Exposes San Diego Hotel Heir's MAGA Makeover
The multimillion-dollar Del Mar beachfront mansion where convicted Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes spent her final weeks of freedom has become one of the most intriguing mysteries surrounding You Can See Everything, the explosive new documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Now, an examination of decades-old property transfers has prompted a response from one of San Diego's most prominent hospitality companies, which is distancing itself from both the residence and the controversial behavior of Holmes' wealthy partner, Billy Evans.
San Diego Japanese Restaurant Niban To Close After More Than 40 Years
Another piece of San Diego's longtime dining history is disappearing. Niban Japanese Restaurant, the unassuming and beloved Japanese eatery that has served generations of customers in Kearny Mesa, has announced it will permanently close on Friday, October 30, bringing an end to a neighborhood institution whose roots stretch back more than four decades.
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