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Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in San Diego November 1960
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A cemetery in San Diego celebrates Día de Muertos by moonlight among the spirits
Colorful marigolds and decorative cut-paper banners called "papel picado," skulls and skeletons and the early stages of altars dot La Vista Memorial Park’s rolling grassy hills and gravesites. The scent of those marigold flowers, called cempasúchil, is what many people believe helps the spirits of the dead find their...
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Explore ‘The Future is a Verb’ – Where San Diego Artists Reshape Found Objects Into Something New
The future usually gets talked about like weather, something that arrives whether we are ready for it or not. The artists in ‘The Future is a Verb’ treat it as a material instead, something you can cut, weld, and reshape. The show fills the second-level gallery at UC...
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La Jolla's Scripps Park Opens Second Picnic Grove After Years of Permit Delays
A second picnic grove has opened at Scripps Park in La Jolla, giving visitors a new spot with ocean views, a charcoal grill and fresh GraniteCrete paving just steps from the park's original gathering space. Construction has recently been completed, and the grove was open to the public by October 28. The project was planned in 2023 and the grove opened in 2026.
Times of San Diego
City and county crews prep popular hiking trails and open spaces ahead of El Niño
As city and county employees work to fortify berms along San Diego beaches, crews are also busy preparing popular hiking trails and protected inland areas for the possibility of flooding and rockslides during what could be a historically wet winter. At the city level, officials are also concerned with the...
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Sherman Heights candlelight procession honors loved ones on Día de Muertos
In just a few days, Día de Muertos will come to life along the streets of Sherman Heights and surrounding communities with the annual Candlelight Procession. The procession is one of several Día de Muertos events organized by the Sherman Heights Community Center. Staff and volunteers said these gatherings offer an important space for community members who keep the traditions alive but cannot easily travel to Mexico and other Latin American countries where the celebration has its roots.
Eater
The Saddest Restaurant Closures in San Diego, Fall 2026
Tracking the loss of new and old restaurants in San Diego. In the current dining landscape, San Diego restaurants face challenges like the rising cost of goods, labor shortages, and evolving customer expectations. Everything from longtime city institutions to newer places unable to find their footing can succumb to a combination of obstacles, although San Diego restaurateurs and chefs remain resilient — just check out Eater’s hot new restaurants map for proof. This column keeps track of all the closures you may have missed.
Times of San Diego
Workers shift to ‘shovels instead of spreadsheets’ after challenge of making new affordable housing in San Diego pencil out
A piece of Father Joe’s Villages’ ambitious goal to build 2,000 affordable housing units for vulnerable San Diegans fell apart two years ago. A new construction technology has resurrected the project, which breaks ground Monday. The eight-story building at the corner of Island Avenue and 16th Street is...
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Meet the Unsung Heroes Making San Diego Hospitals Feel Like Home
Doctors are rightfully the faces of San Diego’s medical world, having spent sleepless years in residencies, mastering the art of reading X-rays, and turning their surgical hands into supernaturally precise instruments. But ask an MD—or anyone who has spent even a couple minutes in a hospital—and they’ll point to support staff or volunteers who’ve shown up for decades. Like the woman who bakes cookies for patients. The nurse who strums a ukulele to lift spirits. Or the case manager who makes a hospital stay feel like visiting family.