After escaping Nazi Germany in 1939, finding his way to Milwaukee, and working his way up the ranks at Pabst Brewing Company, Karl Strauss joined his cousin in San Diego, where they established his namesake …

Video:TIN FORK: Kiko’s Place gets a new space downtown on C Street. The OG fish taco is still just $3.50.My true love Diane and I have been to Kiko’s Place — the food truck near …

Video:LIVE FIVE: Locals gracing stages in La Jolla, East Village, Little Italy, Linda Vista, and downtownMercedes Moore at Books & RecordsMay 17Blues diva Mercedes Moore wears many musical hats, among them that of a swing dance …

Video:GONZO: Neil Young performing "Harvest Moon" at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater on 4/24/2024I caught a Neil Young show last summer when he performed at the Rady Shell as part of his Coastal …

Rand Anderson’s parents were big country fans. So naturally, he rebelled against the sound at first, and embraced punk and metal. But eventually, he returned to the fold. He even played with the Phoenix outfit …

You may not know it, but we’re smack in the middle of a cross-border celebration: San Diego and Tijuana were jointly awarded the title of World Design Capital 2024. Both cities are celebrating the power …

Old GloriaSan Diego Democrat Todd Gloria promised a new generation at city hall when he was running for mayor four years ago. But as he approaches his reelection battle this coming November, Gloria has quietly …

Mayor Pete Wilson targeted by staffI just finished reading Tom Larson’s interesting and informative portrait of Pete Wilson (“The Pete Wilson legacy in thirty pieces”, Cover Story, May 9). Focusing on his time as mayor …

This is scary. I’m here at the April 6th San Diego Writers Festival, a modest gathering that people are starting to take seriously: the organizers were able to promise “90 speakers at 40 events” all …

Signals, Lights, Cams. Encinitas will keep tabs on even more drivers under a proposal to install 17 new automated license-plate readers at locations from Manchester Avenue to Leucadia Boulevard.These are in addition to seven cameras …

The more Kearny Mesa's Convoy District has leaned into its pan-Asian businessplace identity, the more fascinated I've become with those not-pan-Asian restaurants trying to succeed there. Thanks to the excellence of mariscos shop El Viejon …

When San Diegans don't have parking spaces on our city streets — many, out of desperation, resort to playing games and being sneaky. Street parking spaces throughout San Diego County were already scarce. But now, after …

Due to Mexico’s sweeping rabies campaign and free vaccination program, they have been officially rabies-free since 2019, and the last two cases of dog-to-human transfer occurred in 2006.I have travelled across the border dozens of …

Wild Rose, A California Native, Is In Bloom in San Diego County’s foothills and mountains. In moist, lowland areas and along small watercourses, wild rose shows off small, open-faced flowers in shades of pink that …

Dock Totals 5/5– 5/11: 1461 anglers aboard 71 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 1 barracuda, 584 bluefin tuna (up to 200 pounds), 70 bocaccio, 243 calico …