The best time in San Diego is here—spooky season! October means haunted houses, ghost tours, trick-or-treat hauls, and late-night parties for adults. Whether you’re after chills, candy, or cocktails, here’s your ultimate guide to Halloween events in San Diego for 2025. Haunted Houses | Family-Friend

Earlier last month, New York real estate maven Laurie Cooper made a call to singles everywhere: “Go sit at the bar this September to meet someone.” Posting on TikTok, the octogenarian influencer urged people people to “get off the apps” and into real life, recommending a roster of New York classics—

San Francisco has no shortage of seductive views, and this home perched near the top of Telegraph Hill just below Coit Tower, may have more than its share. With outlooks ranging from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate and encompassing everything in between, it’s a late-career work by Lewis Butler of

We’re now nearly three quarters of the way through 2025, and with fall in full swing, there are many ways to be out and about in San Diego this weekend. Those looking for some festival fun can check out the free Pacific Beachfest, the second annual SDTJ International Jazz Festival and weekend-long O

For over two decades, the San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS) has worked collaboratively with San Diego Magazine to recognize physicians who are held in the highest regard by their peers. Votes and nominations are open to all physicians in San Diego. For this year’s election, polling was open f

The dream is a piano duet. Picture it: a person with a limb difference and a humanoid robot sitting side-by-side; both utilizing the same type of revolutionary bionic hands to play; each moving their fingers individually; striking keys in rhythm with dexterity, speed, and intention. Maybe Mozart’s d

October is here, and San Diego is coming alive with spirits and festivities. The month kicks off with lively Oktoberfest events, including large celebrations in La Mesa and Ocean Beach. Once you’ve had your beer and bratwurst fix, check out the second annual San Diego Tijuana Jazz Fest or the San Di

Cool things are afoot—and sometimes they’re happening in what can appear to be otherwise boring places. Pulling into the office park in Rancho Bernardo where bionics company. Psyonic recently upgraded to a larger space, I was admittedly underwhelmed. Office parks, after all, scream dull utilitariani

Founded by Shamine Linton in 2006, Sharia’s Closet provides free, emergency clothing to those experiencing financial hardship or crisis. The idea first began after Linton first immigrated to the US. Along with her family, she began taking clothes, food, and household items back to Jamaica twice a ye

After losing their son Emilio to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2000, Richard and Diane Nares chose to honor his memory by creating an organization to help families in similar situations find support. In 2003, the Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF) was founded as a way to help low-income underserved fam

The Laing House—one of Pasadena’s most admired Modernist houses—designed by the young Harwell Hamilton Harris in 1935, is on the market, asking $1,680,000. Perched above the road in the Poppy Peak historic district, the house is defined by ribbons of windows set into the crisp stucco volumes under a

To celebrate Jimmy Buffett Day, Margaritaville Hotel San Diego Gaslamp Quarter hosted a long weekend of fundraising events to benefit the San Diego Music Foundation. Parrotheads and parakeets enjoyed tropical cocktails, performances from local artists, and bid on exciting prizes in a travel-themed s

Dragonfly Music Festival Benefitting TERI October 4 Local musicians will take the stage at the Dragonfly Music Festival on the TERI Campus of Life in San Marcos. The benefit concert will raise money for TERI, a nonprofit that serves San Diegans with autism and other developmental disabilities.  Feed

Fall in San Diego means crisp evenings, festive décor, and of course, pumpkin patches. Whether you’re looking for a full farm experience with hayrides and corn mazes or just a quick spot to pick the perfect pumpkin and snap a few photos, San Diego County has plenty of options for families. Here are

Fall is here and the smell of beer is in the air. While flights to Munich are a bit pricey and will set you back 12 hours, San Diego’s Oktoberfest celebrations offer a much cheaper alternative—minus the jetlag. If you needed an excuse to drink beer, listen to live music, and dig your lederhosen and

Fall has officially arrived and while some may be mourning the end of summer, the city is ensuring you have plenty of ways to get out and about and enjoy the new season. The menu for this weekend includes a pair of eco-friendly festivals at the second annual Wasted event and the inaugural San Diego

David Lynch was a surpassingly brilliant individual, a film and television director/producer who would irrevocably change what we see on our screens. From the 1977 Eraserhead to the 1986 Blue Velvet and beyond, Lynch challenged the concept of the banal and of lives swept aside by horror. His work wi

San Diego is the epicenter of surfing in the mainland United States, it’s in our DNA. The greats of surfboard design—Skip Frye, Rusty Preisendorfer, Gary Linden and Justin Ternes—got their start in the city. The fish and the egg surfboard shapes were first pioneered in San Diego waters and are large

“Sometimes people say, ‘Hey, I saw your pot on Etsy for $1,000,’ and I probably sold it for about $100. But I would make pots even if I couldn’t sell them. I’d give them away if I had to. At 15, I managed to sneak into the Marine Corps. I was six-foot-one-and-a-half and weighed 200 pounds. They didn

Listen to our Ultimate California Mixtape below featuring each artist Some of the most famous musicians on the planet got their start in California—the Eagles, the Grateful Dead, Cher, Snoop Dogg, and Fergie, to name a modest handful. But before they were topping charts and selling out stadiums, the