For people who’ve gone a lifetime without proper dental care, a healthy smile can be a catalyst for confidence and the beginning of a new chapter. Nonprofit Cura Smiles has donated more than 4,000 dental procedures to San Diegans who lack access to oral care. Founder Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick spent a d

For more than 50 years, Home Start, Inc. has been working to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and communities. The nonprofit addresses conditions that increase the risk of abuse, such as poverty and unemployment, through education, therapy, and parenting support programs. La

Feeding San Diego’s Thanksgiving Food Drive November 1-23 San Diego restaurants Cork & Craft, Glass Box, and Zen Modern Asian Bistro are teaming up with Feeding San Diego for a Thanksgiving food drive. The restaurants are offering a discount for donating nonperishable food items, and the food collec

With spooky season gearing up for its last hurrah, San Diego has plenty of tricks and treats in store this weekend. Estancia La Jolla will host its Emerald-City esque Beyond the Rainbow party, Rooftop Cinema Club is showing a Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween marathon and Nightmare on Normal Street is we

With spooky season gearing up for its last hurrah, San Diego has plenty of tricks and treats in store this weekend. Estancia La Jolla will host its Emerald-City esque Beyond the Rainbow party, Rooftop Cinema Club is showing a Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween marathon and Nightmare on Normal Street is we

San Diego’s taco shops don’t just feed our city, they cultivate culture. In Marshall Williams’ Taco Stand Vernacular photo series, these tortilla temples become a rigorous, black-and-white typology—glowing kiosks and drive-throughs isolated at dusk when the sky goes soft and signage calls to hungry

November is here, and San Diego is buzzing with events and activities to kick off the holiday season. From community street fairs and local 5Ks to the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Navy and Marine Corps, there’s no shortage of things to do in the city this month. Sports fans can catch the Ra

The Bayview home of celebrated and much published designer/artist Antonio Martins is on the market. Once the workshop and home of plaster artisan and sculptor Cesare Santini in the 1920s, Martins acquired the property in 2017 (you can see its previous incarnation at Curbed SF) and proceeded to resto

For years, San Diegans near our southern beaches have learned to treat the Pacific with suspicion. On a day when the water looks inviting, invisible pathogens may be drifting north from Tijuana, where a water treatment plant struggles to contain its outflow. Swimming in these conditions can feel les

This weekend in San Diego is full of triumphant returns: BirdStock is back for year four with another free, all-day street festival; Rosin Box Project’s Ghost Light Masquerade has another set of spectral performances in store; and the third edition of Villa Manila’s Taste the Tradition promises a de

Fall in San Diego may not come with the crunch of red and orange leaves, but there’s something undeniably cinematic about the season. The golden-hour light lingers a little longer, the ocean air turns crisp, sweaters make their seasonal debut, and the city slows down just enough to sink into a movie

Happy spooky season! You could ring in the holiday by browsing one of the Spirit Halloween stores popping up like zombies all over the county. For a more truly chilling experience, however, head to the homes of some real-life ghosts. Here are seven of the most haunted spots in San Diego to visit. Co

In San Francisco’s Clarendon Heights neighborhood, there’s a quiet street tucked just below the Sutro Tower with spectacular views encompassing the Golden Gate, Marin County and Downtown. Already dotted with handsome Arts & Crafts Style homes, the neighborhood’s expansive hillside plots were further

Early on a Saturday morning, the surf at La Jolla Cove is dotted with swimmers slicing through the Pacific in steady strokes. On the steps above, a group of retirees laughs through a bodyweight circuit, while hikers gather at Torrey Pines to start their sunrise trek. And a mile inland, scientists ar

Halloween is just around the corner and San Diego is already very much in the spirit. The local spooky season offerings include eerie performances of Poe & More Poe at the Villa Montezuma Museum and a trip to the splatter zone for Evil Dead The Musical at Tenth Avenue Arts Center. If you’re someone

It began at Nobu, downtown San Diego, 2012. A blind date—though nothing felt blind about it. Chris was the founder of Coola, a luxury skincare line built around high-end sun protection. Adrienne— whose friends and family call her AJ—worked in advertising and produced lifestyle events for Sandow Medi

With a successful career encompassing decades, Donald Wexler, FAIA, [1926-2015] was one of Desert Modernism’s leading proponents for bringing an elegantly restrained Post + Beam aesthetic to dozens of projects in the Coachella Valley. The home he built for his family in 1955 (and lived in for nearly

I moved to San Diego in 2009, about two years after the Grand Del Mar opened its doors. Back then, I was just starting my writing career while learning about this new city, exploring its beaches, discovering that tacos are a lifestyle more than just a meal, and finding that casual was the name of th

From the shores of Ocean Beach to Oceanside’s Frontwave Arena and all around San Diego, there are numerous ways to fill up your week-long plans. Wednesday evening brings two neighborhood tasting events, with the chance to explore dozens of eateries throughout Mission Hills and Coronado. Moviegoers c

Heart Disease | Medicaid Cuts | Cancer Treatments | Artificial Intelligence Heart Disease Treatment & Prevention Questions Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Scripps Clinic electrophysiologist Dr. Doug Gibson; Kaiser Permanente cardiologist Dr. Bahram Khadivi; and Dr. Jia Shen, c