From revamped icons, FOMO-inducing bakeries, and booze-fueled workouts to legendary local athletes, mega retail openings, and ways to get your kids out of the house, here’s our annual guide to the best of the best in the city, according to us and you. Click the photos below to see our full list

From revamped icons, FOMO-inducing bakeries, and booze-fueled workouts to legendary local athletes, mega retail openings, and ways to get your kids out of the house, here’s our annual guide to the best of the best in the city, according to us and you. Click the photos below to see our full list

Best Place to Shop for a Cause Thread Spun Much as you’ll want to, you can’t move into Thread Spun, a sustainably minded Encinitas boutique on North Coast Highway. But you can stock up on beautifully made, thoughtfully curated homewares, apparel, accessories, personal care items, and goodies

Best Place to Shop for a Cause Thread Spun Much as you’ll want to, you can’t move into Thread Spun, a sustainably minded Encinitas boutique on North Coast Highway. But you can stock up on beautifully made, thoughtfully curated homewares, apparel, accessories, personal care items, and goodies

Best Semicentennial San Diego Foundation The San Diego Foundation (SDF) celebrated its 50th anniversary with proclamations from 15 cities and the County of San Diego, declaring May 28 as San Diego Foundation Day and launching a new campaign. It was also named Nonprofit of the Year by State Se

Best Semicentennial San Diego Foundation The San Diego Foundation (SDF) celebrated its 50th anniversary with proclamations from 15 cities and the County of San Diego, declaring May 28 as San Diego Foundation Day and launching a new campaign. It was also named Nonprofit of the Year by State Se

Best Place for Athletes to Go Clubbing Club House Encinitas Need to baby your muscles after a marathon or sweat out the bad decisions you’ve made in the last decade? Club House is your spot. A 50-minute session at this wellness destination in Encinitas gets you access to tools like red light

Best Place for Athletes to go Clubbing Club House Encinitas Need to baby your muscles after a marathon or sweat out the bad decisions you’ve made in the last decade? Club House is your spot. A 50-minute session at this wellness destination in Encinitas gets you access to tools like red light

Best Proof That San Diego is a Sports Town 2024 Summer Olympics Last year’s Olympics in Paris delivered plenty of unforgettable moments—a metal band performing alongside a headless Marie Antoinette in a 13th-century castle, breakdancing’s short-lived debut (sorry, Raygun), and even Snoop Dogg

Best Proof That San Diego is a Sports Town 2024 Summer Olympics Last year’s Olympics in Paris delivered plenty of unforgettable moments—a metal band performing alongside a headless Marie Antoinette in a 13th-century castle, breakdancing’s short-lived debut (sorry, Raygun), and even Snoop Dogg

Best Way to Convince Your Kids to Get Outside Mellano Farm Stand Spend a screen-free afternoon with fun activities like pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, and wildflowers; tractor rides; and animal encounters with pigs, goats, and chickens at Mellano Farm Stand in Oceanside. The family-

Best Way to Convince Your Kids to Get Outside Mellano Farm Stand Spend a screen-free afternoon with fun activities like pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, and wildflowers; tractor rides; and animal encounters with pigs, goats, and chickens at Mellano Farm Stand in Oceanside. The family-

The city of San Diego will hand over its asbestos-plagued office tower at 101 Ash St. to a development team that believes that it can turn the currently unusable high-rise into something city leaders say they desperately need — rent-restricted apartments for low-income families.Tuesday, San Diego Ci

This weekend, immerse yourself in the artistry of our local theaters, festivals, museums, and marketplaces. Gain “herstorical” insight from The Lesbians of San Diego Project’s new play, or experience Tahitian cultural traditions at the annual Heiva San Diego in Oceanside. You can also admire and pur

The second half of 2025 is officially underway, and there are plenty of fun things to do in San Diego this month. With the Fourth of July and Comic-Con behind us, locals’ summer is just now heating up. August brings a packed calendar of San Diego events, from the return of the world’s largest tiki c

San Diego home price gains remained near the bottom of national rankings in May, far from the breakneck pace seen a year ago.The San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 0.37% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released Tuesday. San Diego had the No. 2 biggest gains in the

California’s home sales declined by the largest amount in a year in May, as an extended buying slump continues.My trusty spreadsheet reviewed statewide transaction data from Attom, finding 28,557 closed sales of houses and condos, both existing properties and new construction. That’s a 7% decrease o

The lease would last six decades, if approved. It calls for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a vacant mid-century high-rise that has not been safe to enter, let alone occupy, for years.Turning the 101 Ash St. office tower into affordable housing — a plan the San Diego City Council will co

The Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute celebrated a decade of medical advances at its 10th anniversary gala on June 14 at Evans Garage. Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon was among the guests and local news anchor Carlo Cecchetto served as emcee. The evening included live jazz, an auction

Now in its third year, the Del Mar Wine + Food Festival is gearing up for another week of food, wine, wellness, and giving back. Each year, a portion of ticket sales goes to Feeding San Diego as the event’s charitable partner. Co-founders Chris Finn, Ernie Hahn, Claire and Troy Johnson, and Jeremy M