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Monterey Financial Services recently partnered with the San Diego Humane Society to host an event dedicated to promoting responsible pet care and raising awareness about the importance of animal wellness. The event, held on Oct. 9, at San Diego Humane Society’s Oceanside Campus, brought together community members, volunteers, and supporters...

This create-your-own superfood cafe currently has seven locations

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 11, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Legalize Ferrets, the grassroots organization advocating for the legalization of domestic ferrets in California, has announced a strategic pause in its ongoing lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court. The decision follows the filing of a petition for regulatory change with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL), marking a new approach in the effort to challenge the state’s longstanding ban on ferrets.

Kelly Slater is not talking surf. He’s discussing retail. His brick-and-mortar locations of the sustainable clothing brand Outerknown just happen to be located in spots where Slater likes to surf and golf. There’s Marin, Malibu, The Surf Ranch in Lemoore and add Carlsbad to the list. “These are...

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We are Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, the first two giant pandas to enter the U.S. in two decades. While it’s only been a few months since we relocated to the San Diego Zoo from southwest China, we’ve already met the governor. Indeed, we now feel so at home in California that we’re wondering whether we might vote in your November elections.

The former professional soccer player hosted the sold-out event on Oct. 9.

Have you ever wanted to travel back in time during the height of pop culture in Japan’s Juban District? Well, look no further because Ginger Root Productions can do exactly that! This three-man band took San Diego by storm on September 24 welcoming the crowd to their flashy tech rehearsal.

The new restaurant will open in the Rolando Plaza by the end of the year

Costa Azul has been Coronado’s proverbial living room and local watering hole for more than 24 years. Created by my brother Brant, owning two restaurants in our island town was his dream come true, with his business empire truly a family affair. His wife Carol managed the finances, Kathy Byrne (Carol’s sister) ran the day-to-day of Island Pasta, and Emily, his daughter, was always lending a hand any way she could. Brant’s evolution to owning these restaurants was due to hard work, bartending for many years at the iconic Coronado Chart House, where he held court and hosted his informal comedy routines for thousands of people, all of whom he called his friends.

The restaurant will move into the former home of Costa Azul in mid-November

From pumpkin-flavored ales to dark lagers, we have rounded up a few of the following local taprooms and breweries offering fall flavors as San Diego embraces the shorter days of autumn.

Multi-platinum, 5X AMA award-winning entertainer Kane Brown today announced details for his highly anticipated new tour, The High Road Tour. Named after his upcoming new album–The High Road–coming January 24th, 2025, the tour will kick off on March 13th in San Diego, CA and hit 23 cities along the way, including Portland, Montreal, Nashville, and more before wrapping in Gilford, NH on May 25th. Scotty McCreery, Mitchell Tenpenny, Ashley Cooke and Dasha serve as support. See the full routing and support list per market below.

Designed by Architects Mosher Drew, the Mira Mesa High School’s Music Building boasts special attention to enhanced acoustics, campus placement, and an elevated school spirit. One of the strongest music programs in the state, the performance of the building was a top priority with high-volume practice rooms and angled walls and ceilings for sound deflection and absorption. The angularity of the interior, and the need for daylighting and optimized indoor air quality, culminated in an exterior that is met with the same language, providing a welcoming and iconic structure on the campus. In fact, the jury stated that “it is clear how the program was organized with the facade with the break of the structure and its architectural language.”

Over the past three decades, certain locally produced ales and lagers have claimed vaunted spots in the San Diego beer pantheon. They go by singular, popular names – Swami’s, Sculpin, Speedway (and that’s just the beers that start with an “S”) – and their reputations among craft-beer fans extend well beyond our region. As one would expect from a locale with its own style of IPA, the majority are hop-forward, but I’m here to make a case for a beer that is not only dark and malty, but produced in limited quantities and unavailable via distribution. I know…I’m really digging a hole for myself here, but that’s how unique this local creation is. So I ask you to bear with me as I tell you about this week’s featured beer, FrankenStout. Introduced in 2013 by Miramar-based yeast and fermentation company, White Labs (check out the “Birth of FrankenStout” here), it is an imperial stout…but not just any imperial stout. Whereas most beers are fermented using a single yeast strain – with an infinitesimal fraction of a percentage utilizing multiple cultured strains – FrankenStout is conjured using…wait for it…96 different yeast strains! I rarely dole out exclamation points, but that factoid demands simultaneous depressing of the shift and number-one keys. Multiple ale (California, Belgian, English, German, Czech, Polish, San Diego Super and more) and lager strains commingle, converting sugars to alcohol while lending the resultant beer their unique aromatic and flavor characteristics. In the past, I’ve tasted everything from dried fruits (dates, figs, prunes), berries (blueberries, blackberries), bubble gum, anise and floral notes (jasmine, geranium, lavender) against this strong stout’s classic chocolate-coffee backdrop. To put it simply, there is no beer that’s produced in this manner or offers so much from a sensory perspective, not just in San Diego, but anywhere! (There I go with the exclamation point again.) And the fact it smells and tastes different each time it is brewed makes it even more special. In this year’s edition (which was recently released in 16-ounce cans available at White Labs Brewing’s tasting room), I picked up bright blueberry with subdued fennel and mineral undertones, all of which brought delicious depth to a style that can often come across as one-note. Most local-fixture brews are reached for time and time again because of their consistency, whereas FrankenStout elicits return customers who are curious about how each iteration turns out. That’s pretty special, and for my money, special is what hallowed beers are – or should be – all about.

Somehow, I keep finding God in the middle of sweaty rock and roll venues. Music has always been a big part of my life, especially now that I’m in college and always need a soundtrack for my homework assignments. As a second-year multimedia journalism major, my life is busy. But there’s something about alternative rock that has always brought me peace even in the middle of my chaos, and noisy rock concerts have often felt like sanctuaries.

Scattered across the Point Loma peninsula is an abundance of unique cafes. With the vibrant location of Ocean Beach (OB) and the classy district of Liberty Station nearby, Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) students have plenty of options for quality coffee shops. Here is a breakdown of five great ones:

Giuseppe Ciuffa will take over the restaurant starting November 2024

Move over summer beers, it’s time to embrace the flavors of fall. There are no strict seasonal guidelines when it comes to beer styles, but certain recipes just taste better during different times of the year. Light, crisp, refreshing lagers hit all the hot spots during summer—both literally and figuratively—while rich, full-bodied, malt-forward brews tend to warm us up during the chilly winter months. But autumn remains an especially unique season for beers, thanks in large part to Oktoberfest celebrations that usually start in late September and run through October.