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Coronado Low Tide Ride & Stride: A 5K on the Sand, Saturday, July 18
A 5K run, walk, or bike on Coronado's beach at the lowest tide — the Low Tide Ride & Stride returns July 18.
Veza Studio: The Private Pilates Studio Bringing Intentional Movement to Solana Beach
Veza Studio is a private and duet Pilates studio on the 101 in Solana Beach — one-on-one instruction, classical technique, and an hour built around you.
Rosati's Pizza San Diego: What to Order and the Best Nights to Go
Rosati's Pizza on Mission Gorge Road pours the only Old Style beer in California, serves real Chicago deep dish, and hands out free beer whenever the Bears win.
The North County Turkey Trot Is $54 Until Saturday Night, Then It Isn't
Thursday, November 26 at 4S Ranch Sports Park. The 10K goes off at 7:15, the 5K at 7:30, and the price goes up after Saturday night.
Eleven Ramona Wineries Pour in One Field on November 7, and It Usually Sells Out
Eleven Ramona wineries, a distillery, three stages, around fifty artisans and a comedian running the live auction. Strictly 21-plus, and online sales close Friday night.
Mount Soledad's Veterans Day Ceremony Is on Saturday the 7th, Not Veterans Day
Free, open to all, 11 a.m. on Saturday the 7th — four days before Veterans Day itself. Park at one of two lots and take the free shuttle up.
Fallbrook Marches Down Main Avenue at 10 a.m. on Veterans Day
Ten in the morning on the eleventh, down Main Avenue. A two-hour parade in a town that shares a fence line with Camp Pendleton.
Escondido Will Put You in the Parade on Veterans Day — Veterans Ride the Float or a Packard
The parade steps off at 9:30 on Grand Avenue. And if you served, you don't have to watch it — there's a form, and they'll put you on the float.
Fifteen Rescues Bring Their Dogs to Liberty Station on November 21, and It's Free
Free, ten until three at NTC Park. Fifteen rescues including San Diego Humane Society, and the organisers' own line is that hundreds of animals go home on festival day.
Five Card Shows Hit San Diego in Four Weeks, and the El Cajon One Is the Big Finish
Sunday the 22nd, noon until five in El Cajon. It's the last and largest of five San Diego card shows running between Halloween and Thanksgiving.
The Turkey Burner Caps at 300 Runners, and the 10K Has No Aid Stations
Eleventh annual, Saturday after Thanksgiving, 300 runners only. The most technical trail race on the series — and the 10K runs with no aid station at all.
Día de los Muertos in Old Town Is This Saturday and Sunday, and It's Free
Saturday 11 to 9, Sunday 11 to 6, in Old Town State Historic Park. Free admission, free parking, traditional ofrendas, and over 100,000 people across the weekend.
The Komen Walk Closes the 163 on Sunday — and There's a Flatter Route If You Need It
Two and a half miles down a closed freeway, starting at eight on Sunday morning in Balboa Park — or a mile and a half through the park if the incline isn't for you.
Hodad's Closes Every September 30 for Bossman, and Has Been Grilling Since 1969
Byron and Virginia Hardin started it in 1969. Their grandchildren run it now. And every September 30 they close the whole place for Bossman.
Mud Girl Is $30 Right Now Instead of $120, and Nobody Can Tell You When That Ends
Three miles, seventeen-plus obstacles, a new ranch venue in Valley Center, and a sale price of $30 against a stated regular price of $120. Book it before the sale moves.
San Diego's Thanksgiving 5K Turns 25 This Year — and Prices Go Up November 15
Twenty-five years of starting Thanksgiving on the Cabrillo Bridge at quarter past seven. Entry is $57.08 to $62.48 until November 15, and it feeds Father Joe's Villages.
Ocean Beach Has a Self-Guided Halloween Decorating Map Up Through Saturday — Then Comes December
Drive the neighborhood's own Halloween decorating map before Saturday. Then put December 5 in the calendar — the Holiday Parade comes down Newport Avenue at five.
The San Diego Latino Film Festival Returns March 17–21, 2027, for Its 34th Year
Wednesday the 17th through Sunday the 21st of March, 2027. Thirty-four years in, with more than 4,000 films screened and 350,000 people through the doors.
La Jolla's Storytime Scavenger Hunt Is Back March 7, 2027 — in the Village Dr. Seuss Called Home
Sunday, March 7, 2027. Clues hidden in village shops, storytimes, prizes and snacks — in the neighborhood where Dr. Seuss lived for more than half a century.
SeaWorld Pours 60 Craft Beers From Ten San Diego Breweries, Included With Admission
Sixty-plus craft beers from ten San Diego breweries, brisket burnt end mac and cheese pie, and live music on the bay — Fridays through Sundays plus Labor Day.
First Home Buyers Earning $196,000 Can Still Get $50,000 of Help Buying in San Diego
Most people who assume they earn too much to qualify are wrong. Here are the actual 2026 numbers for CalHFA and San Diego Housing Commission programs.
Houses Are Selling in 37 Days and Condos in 44 — Which Direction You're Moving Changes Everything
Detached homes: 2.4 months of supply, 37 days on market. Condos: 4.0 months, 44 days. If you're trading one for the other, the direction decides your whole strategy.
Renting the Median Two-Bedroom Is $2,475. Owning the Median House Is About $7,000.
The honest arithmetic, with current numbers and every input shown. Plus the one San Diego segment where the buying math is least punishing right now.
Maranello: Tableside Pasta and a Ferrari Engine on the Wall in Little Italy
Northern Italian cooking from three Italian chefs on Kettner Boulevard — where the pasta gets finished at your table in a wheel of cheese and the dishes are named after Ferraris.
Selva Coffee House: Specialty Coffee Inside a Jungle-Like Nursery
A local's guide to Selva Coffee House — creative matcha and coffee inside a jungle-like plant nursery, in Midway and Del Mar.
Little Oaks Bakehouse: Gourmet Cookies in Encinitas
Little Oaks Bakehouse makes small-batch gourmet cookies in Leucadia, Encinitas. Order the signature Biscoff by DM on Instagram — new customers get $5 off.
Every Sandwich at Bear Buns Starts With a B, and Your Dog Gets a $1 Pup Cup
The Basic, the Bennie, the Bella, the Birdie, the Betsy. Breakfast sandwiches from $7.50, a burrata-and-prosciutto focaccia for $9.50, and meatballs for the dog.
GEM Coffee in Talmadge Charges $3.99 for Espresso and Organised Eight Neighborhood Clean-Ups
Espresso and americano both $3.99. Pour over and cold brew both $4.99. A neighborhood coffee shop on Euclid that has handed out free drinks to clean-up volunteers eight times.
COCOBOMB's Entire Ice Cream Program Is Vegan, and It's Open Until 11 on Convoy
All the ice cream is vegan and gluten-free, because it's built on coconut rather than dairy. Plus Lot Chong, Bua Loy and Ruam Mit — Thai desserts you can't get many places here.
The Compound Lifting Club Has an Altitude Room, a Hyrox Course and a $75 Week to Try It All
An altitude training room, cryotherapy, Normatec boots and an outdoor Hyrox course — in Solana Beach and on Morena Blvd. A week's full access is $75.
EscoGelato Has Made 124 Flavors and Puts Out 18 a Day — You Have to Go Look
The case holds fourteen to eighteen flavors and they change every day. The full roster runs past a hundred and twenty. There's no way to know what's in there but to go.
Coffee Wave Is the Rare Poway Café That Tells You Where the Outlets Are
"Wi-Fi, outlets, soft music, and a calm corner for laptop days." A Poway café that says the quiet part out loud — plus a tiramisu latte and something called Blue Ocean matcha.
Latchkey Is Named After Being Home Alone After School — and the Beer List Says Gen X
"Now, after 20 years in stable careers, we are stepping out on our own, completely unsupervised and left to our own devices." A brewery named for the latchkey kids who built it.
He Managed 1,200 People in Tech, Got Downsized, and Bought a Coffee Shop in Escondido
A monthly DJ series, motorcycle documentaries, and an amateur skate contest judged by Team USA pros. Three North County cafés, all closed by half two.
Labora Cafe Is Named After the Latin for "To Work" — and Stays Open Until 9
Most coffee shops shut at two. This one runs until nine, serves slow-dripped Vietnamese coffee and stone-milled Kyoto matcha, and was built for people with laptops.
Bay Hill Tavern Has a $6.50 Menu Item for Your Dog
Brunch every day until two, $2 off everything from three until a quarter past six, and a dog menu. Full prices for a neighbourhood tavern that means the family-friendly bit.
Kensington Café Makes Every Sauce in House — and There's a $15 Mimosa Flight
Ninety-odd dishes, every dressing made on site, a sunny dog-friendly patio and a mimosa flight. Open 7:30 every morning, closed by two or three.
Fifty Years On, Rita Is Still Making the Sauce at Sorrento's
Tony and Rita opened it in 1976. He's gone now, after forty-six years of marriage, and she's still cooking the same pizza the same way. You can buy the sauce by the quart.
High Dive Is a Dive Bar That Serves Breakfast at 9 A.M. and Fried Chicken Until It's Gone
Open at nine every morning, Monday trivia, a different steak dish every Thursday, and fried chicken on Friday that stops when it stops. Closed Tuesdays.
Villa Capri: A Serious Italian Wine List in a Poway Shopping Centre, Open Only Until Eight
A southern Italian chef, his grandmother's tiramisu recipe, and a wine list with Barolo and Brunello on it — in the Target shopping centre, open four until eight.
A $45 Half Marathon on Fiesta Island — and the Price Goes Up Saturday
Forty-five dollars for a half marathon, flat laps around Fiesta Island, a 6 a.m. start and a post-race hang. The cheap, unfussy alternative to a big-ticket race.
Why San Diego Is Flooding This Week — and the Three Dates to Watch This Winter
The Mission Beach berm broke on Monday. Pacific Beach streets flooded Tuesday morning. Here's why it's happening, and the exact mornings it's likely to happen again.
Steamy Piggy Runs Two Happy Hours a Day, Every Day
Most places run happy hour once. This one runs it 3 to 6 and again from 8 until close, seven days a week — including $15 bao and taco flights.
Seven Seas Claims the Freshest Fish Market East of I-5 — and It's in Vista
"The freshest fish market East of I-5" is their claim, not ours — and it's eight miles inland in Vista. Salmon, swordfish, octopus and oysters, grab-and-go until six.
A Top Chef Vietnam Finalist Opened a Phở Shop in Tierrasanta and Named It After His Mother
"I want to redescribe my mom's kitchen." A Top Chef Vietnam finalist's phở shop in Tierrasanta, open 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Edamami Names Its Rolls After San Diego — Including One Called the Ex-Girlfriend
Thirty-five special rolls, most of them named after places in and around San Diego, and a lunch bento that arrives with five things on the tray for $15.95.
Pizzeria Luigi: Four Locations, Two Guy Fieri Visits, and a Man Who Picked Golden Hill Because It Looked Like Home
He grew up in Varese, cooked his way from Los Angeles to Hawaii, and picked Golden Hill because it reminded him of home. Four locations later, open till 11 every night.
Bleu Bohème: Nine Years of Best French Restaurant, and a $20 Corkage That Disappears
Named San Diego Magazine's Best French Restaurant nine years running. Here's the menu with prices, the hour-long happy hour, and the wine rule worth knowing.
The Oldest Building in Downtown San Diego Costs $8 to Walk Into
It was built in 1850 and it's still standing on Island Avenue. Eight dollars gets you in, twelve gets you a second museum, and twenty-five gets you a historian for an hour.
La Jolla's First Friday Art Walk: Every 2027 Date, and the Two Months It Moves
Twelve dates, 4 to 7 p.m., first Friday of the month — except twice, when a holiday pushes it a week. The full 2027 calendar in one place.
Aquí es Texcoco: Lamb Barbacoa in Chula Vista, and You Don't Have to Wait for Sunday
Barbacoa is a weekend-morning ritual in Mexico. This Chula Vista kitchen serves it seven days a week — lamb, slow-roasted, from the town that's credited with inventing it.
La Jolla's Creepy Candy Crawl Is Friday the 30th — Not Halloween Itself
Free candy, no registration, and a village full of merchants with balloons on the door. One catch: it's the Friday before Halloween, not Halloween.
San Diego Pride Is Fifty Years Old and Runs All Year, Not Just One Weekend
A parade through Hillcrest, a festival at Marston Point, and more than fifty years of history — plus a year-round calendar most people don't know exists.
Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve: 784 Free Acres, and the Gate Shuts an Hour Earlier on November 4
Free to enter, free to park, 784 acres and eleven miles of trail — with a gate that closes nine different times across the year and drops a full hour on November 4.
SeaWorld's Halloween Ends Saturday and Christmas Starts November 13 — Here's the Gap in Between
Two seasonal events, twelve days of nothing in between, and a full 2027 calendar already published. Here's when to go — and the ticket rule that catches pass holders out.
Laurie Berkner Headlines the Great Big Family Play Day at Liberty Station, One Day Only
Seven and a half hours, hourly stage performances, food truck row and free parking — with Laurie Berkner headlining. One Saturday only, and entry is timed.
San Diego's St. Patrick's Day Parade Is Saturday, March 13, 2027 — and the Parade Is Free
A Saturday parade through Balboa Park with over 100 entries, free to watch — plus the festival ticket rule and the tow-away notice that starts at four in the morning.
The San Diego Spirits Festival Returns to a La Jolla Art Museum, September 11–12, 2027
Eighteen years in, and still held inside a contemporary art museum overlooking the Pacific. Here's what the 2027 festival is, when it runs, and the parking trap.
The La Jolla Half Marathon Is a Saturday Race With a Mandatory Friday Expo
A 910-foot climb from Del Mar to La Jolla Cove, run on a Saturday — and a Friday expo that isn't optional. Here's the whole weekend, and the deadline this week.
Ride the Point: 62 Miles, a Cabrillo Stop, and a Price Rise This Saturday
Five miles or sixty-two, a stop at Cabrillo National Monument, and every dollar going to pancreatic cancer research at Moores. Register before Saturday and it's cheaper.
Moving Back to San Diego: How to Know It's Time
Still checking the San Diego forecast from afar? Here are the signs it's time to come home, what's changed since you left, and how to plan the move.
Kindred Has a Hidden Cocktail Room, and One Drink You're Only Allowed Two Of
Behind the bar on 30th Street there's an "enchanted fantasy cocktail chamber." It takes walk-ins, bookings run 90 minutes, and one cocktail is rationed.
MNGO Cafe Serves Dessert Until Midnight on Convoy
Kakigōri at $15.95, house-made ice cream in six flavors, and a kitchen that takes dessert orders until half an hour before a midnight close.
Xinjiang BBQ Serves Skewers Until 3 A.M. — and Chicken Drops to $1.25 After Ten
Lamb skewers heavy with cumin and chili, a whole spicy grilled fish for the table, and a kitchen that doesn't stop until three in the morning.
Ninety Omelets, Two Generations, and an Escondido Institution Since 1980
Ninety numbered omelets, four kinds of Mess, and twelve potato casseroles. The Lovett family opened it in 1980 and their daughter runs it now. Open every day.
Hiking the Gliderport Trail to Black's Beach: My Favorite Dramatic Descent in La Jolla
A local's guide to the Gliderport Trail — a short, steep cliff descent to wild, secluded Black's Beach in La Jolla.
chef JUN Is Two Restaurants With One Name — and You Need to Know Which Is Which
One location does $219 sushi platters and a weekday lunch special. The other does all-you-can-eat. Picking the wrong one is an expensive mistake in either direction.
The Big Kitchen: A Diner With Its Own Musical, Two Documentaries, and a Bon Appétit Top Ten
Most diners get a good review. This one got a Bon Appétit top-ten, a PBS documentary, a KPBS documentary and a stage musical. Five days a week, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Barista Botanist: Pacific Beach's Organic Coffee & Workspace Haven
A plant-filled, organic, non-GMO, seed-oil-free all-day cafe in Pacific Beach with sourdough pizzas, $14 superfood smoothies, free WiFi, and a no-pressure remote work setup.
The San Diego Museum of Art Turns 100 — What's On, What It Costs, and the Day It's Closed
It opened on February 28, 1926 as the Fine Arts Gallery. A hundred years later, here's what's hanging, what it costs, and the free routes in most people never use.
The Padres' 2027 Schedule: Opening Day Is March 25 at Petco, and It's a Four-Game Series
Opening Day at Petco on Thursday, March 25 — a four-game series against Arizona that runs through Easter. Plus the dates worth buying early.
Mingei International Museum: The Balboa Park Museum You Can Walk Into for Free
A whole floor of a Balboa Park museum is free to everyone, every day, with no ticket. Here's what's on upstairs, what it costs, and the Friday night trick worth knowing.
The San Diego International Jewish Film Festival
Thirty-plus features, a juried shorts series, and a 500-seat theatre with free parking. Most people think it's a January event. It's been running since August.
Annie's Canyon Trail: My Local's Guide to San Diego's Slot Canyon Hike
Annie's Canyon Trail is one of those hikes that doesn't feel like anywhere else in Southern California. My local's guide to this slot canyon near Encinitas.
Sunset Cliffs Natural Park: A Complete San Diego Guide to Running, Picnics, Tide Pools, and Sunsets
A complete guide to Sunset Cliffs Natural Park — San Diego's 68-acre cliffside park. Trails, tide pools, sunset views, surfing, picnicking, and everything you can do for free.
The Carlsbad Marathon Is January 17 — and the Cutoffs Are Real
A Boston-qualifying marathon along the coast in the middle of January — plus the two things that catch people out: the published turnaround times, and a packet-pickup fee you can only avoid at registration.
The WOW Festival Returns April 15–18, 2027 — and There's No Entry Fee
Four days of immersive, interactive art spread across a university campus, with no entry fee and no stage. Here's how the festival actually works — and when to go if you can only go once.
Mission Fed ArtWalk 2027: 43 Years, 15 Blocks of Little Italy, and a Smaller Footprint
Fifteen blocks of Little Italy, four music stages, and artists who come from across the US and Mexico to sell. After 43 years of growing, the 2027 edition is getting tighter.
Halloween + HYROX: A Pacific Beach Gym Turns Itself Into a Haunted Nightclub
A DJ set, a costume contest, tacos, a bar, and a HYROX workout in the middle of it. Come in a costume you can actually move in.
A Full HYROX Race Simulation in Pacific Beach, Three Weeks Before Anaheim
Race-day waves, race-day timing, race-day stations — a full HYROX dress rehearsal before Anaheim, for $45. Solos, doubles and relays.
Your Local's Guide to the Best San Diego Summer Hikes (2026)
Summer hiking in San Diego is all about timing. My local's guide to the best summer hikes — five trails, from easy coastal walks to a sunrise summit climb.
ArtWalk San Diego: Four Free Festivals, 250 Artists, and Nothing Until April
Four free art festivals a year, 250 artists filling Little Italy, and a chance to buy original work straight from the person who made it. The next one is in April.
Comic-Con 2027: The Badge Sale Is November 14, and Here's How It Actually Works
Comic-Con 2027 is July 22–25. The part that matters right now is November 14 — the public badge sale — and the free account you need to set up before it.
Run Into Your Mate: San Diego's Run Clubs, One Room, and a Cold Plunge
An open invitation to every run club in San Diego, plus a sculpt class, a sound bath, cold plunges and mini facials. "Come sweat, meet new faces and maybe meet your new mate."
Particle Fever: A World-Premiere Musical About the Large Hadron Collider
Ten thousand scientists, one machine, and the biggest question anyone has ever asked — set to music by an Emmy winner, written by a Tony winner, and premiering in La Jolla.
The San Diego Crew Classic Turns Four Days in 2027 — and Adds a Race on the Sand
More than 4,200 athletes and 140 races on Mission Bay — and in 2027 it becomes a four-day event with a new race that starts and ends on the sand.
Off Day Social: A Saturday Morning Rave Where Nobody's Hungover
Three DJs, a cold plunge, a sauna, a kava speakeasy and a free arcade — starting at 9 a.m. on a Saturday. It's a night out with the hangover removed.
Cowles Mountain: My Local's Guide to San Diego's Highest Point
San Diego's highest peak packs 950 feet of climbing into 1.5 miles. Here's what to bring, when to go, and what to expect.
Central Pacific Beach Neighborhood Guide: The PB Everyone Pictures
Garnet, Grand, Mission Boulevard, and the sand all within a few blocks. This is the most social stretch of Pacific Beach — walk to dinner, hit the beach, and go out at night without ever getting in your car.
Coastal Christmas at Del Mar: Don't Book the 4 p.m. Entry
A million-light trail, a synthetic ice rink and Santa at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The lights don't come on until dusk, though — which makes one of the three entry times a mistake.
Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend (Oct 30- Nov 1)
Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and San Diego is making a full weekend of it — costumes on the bay Friday, trick-or-treating and deep house Saturday, and a 900-booth street faire Sunday.
Garnet Peak, Mount Laguna: My Local's Guide to One of San Diego's Best Views
Garnet Peak is the hike I'd send you on first in the Laguna Mountains. My local's guide to this short climb to a 5,900-foot summit with sweeping desert and mountain views.
Lani Shore: Pacific Beach's New Coastal Women's Boutique on Garnet Avenue
Lani Shore, Pacific Beach's newest women's boutique at 1152 Garnet Avenue. Sister-owned, coastal-inspired, hand-picked beach dresses, bikinis, coverups, and your whole San Diego summer wardrobe.
Steady State's San Marcos Café Is Next Door to the Roastery
Beans from $17.50 to $30, a cold brew they describe as "not your average," and a San Marcos café sitting right beside the roaster. Open at seven, both locations.
The Best Dog Beaches in San Diego: A Local's Guide to Off-Leash Sand
A local's guide to San Diego's dog beaches — Ocean Beach, Fiesta Island, Del Mar, and Coronado — with off-leash rules, hours, parking, and the fines to avoid.
Christmas Bricktacular at LEGOLAND: A 35-Foot Tree and a Date List You Need to Read Twice
A 35-foot Christmas tree built from 366,481 bricks, fireworks most December nights, and a schedule with three multi-day gaps in it. Read the dates before you load the car.
The 47th Holiday Bowl: A 2 p.m. Monday Kickoff and Why You Should Take the Trolley
A 2 p.m. Monday kickoff two days after Christmas, back in December after last year's January experiment — and a Green Line stop at the doorstep that makes the parking question irrelevant.
Average Age of San Diego Home Buyers (& How to Buy Sooner)
San Diego buyers skew older — first-timers near 40, homeowners overall in their early 50s. The gap is a cash gap, not a permission gap, and this is the best buyer's market since 2019.
San Diego Housing Inventory: October 2026
5,899 homes are on the market — more than last year, and still 19% below a normal October. That combination is why buyers have selection and sellers still have their price.
San Diego Condos vs. Detached Homes: Which Sells Faster? (October 2026)
Condos were the only segment in San Diego to speed up this cycle, and the gap to detached homes narrowed from 41 days to 25. After a long run of bad news for attached owners, something changed.