In 2016, ArtLeadHER asked the art world to make (more) room for women. On Thursday, Oct. 29, the organization’s founder, Mashonda Tifrere, held a one-night art exhibition that doubled as a party in celebration of ArtLeadHER’s previous decade.  September 2, 202631 People Shaping San Diego’s Creative

Marinated beef sizzles on hot stones, large pots of tonkotsu broth simmer on stovetops, and thin-sliced strips of al pastor brown on a rotating spit—a trompo—in the kitchens of a plaza on Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa. On a temperate Saturday night in mid-September, the intoxicating aroma mingles wit

Nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains‚ just far enough from L.A.—Topanga has long attracted musicians, writers and actors, for its wild landscape and relative isolation. New to the market and designed by architect Richard Miller in 1964, 21269 Entrada Road is a classic four 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom Mid

My Ocean Beach backyard is half concrete and half red tile, faded by the sun into a sort of decomposing salmon shade. Under the tile is probably some combination of fill, gravel, sand, and dirt, and an archaeological junk drawer of human habitation: a shard of glass, a rusty nail, the cigarette butt

In 1992, San Diego Magazine former senior editor and writer Martin Hill spoke to paleontologist Tom Deméré (who is still the curator of paleontology and director of PaleoServices to this day) to learn about San Diego’s history hidden beneath the dirt. We took a look back at that article below as we

Most young kids get a cookie or an extra episode of Bluey if they behave. I got a Suntory CC Lemon soda or extra narutomaki (that white and pink fish cake flower served on top of ramen and udon). Part of my family is Japanese American by marriage, so I naturally grew up on Japanese cuisine. I’m nost

Most young kids get a cookie or an extra episode of Bluey if they behave. I got a Suntory CC Lemon soda or extra narutomaki (that white and pink fish cake flower served on top of ramen and udon). Part of my family is Japanese American by marriage, so I naturally grew up on Japanese cuisine. I’m nost

Offered this week, for the first time since it was built in 1955, the home John Lautner built for Rosemary and Joseph Baldwin is an astonishing survivor. It’s rare that a Mid-century dwelling has been so immaculately maintained. What we also can see here is a young Lautner—fresh from his years as an

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 the

Before Rocky Kanaka was the Rocky Kanaka—the Emmy-nominated host of the Netflix series “Save Our Shelter” and the face of the YouTube series “Sitting with Dogs” (with over 5.6 million subscribers)—he was a Hawaii-born, Midwest-raised, pet-loving “conflicted entrepreneur” who liked baking for dogs. “

For Mele Saili, surfing is a birthright. A third-generation San Diegan—a third-generation Pacific Beachian, to be exact—Saili has a stacked pedigree of surfers in her family. She’s the granddaughter of Larry Gordon, who seven decades ago co-founded Gordon & Smith, once the world’s largest surfboard

Maybe you have an idea for a business but don’t know where to start. Or you’ve already started one and are looking for funding, a mentor, or someone who can help you figure out what comes next. Those are the kinds of questions the 14th annual San Diego Startup Week hopes to answer November 2–6. Orga

Bob Ray Offenhauser built this gem of a home for his family in 1978 and currently owned by his son, the 3-bed, 3-bath gem has just come on the market for the first time since its construction. Offenhauser was fortunate in his site. It sits within the former gardens of Villa Arno, the grand, landmark

Before Kiran and Nivi Saishankar could speak, they could sing. When they were 2, neither had uttered any words. Their parents enrolled them in speech therapy, but it wasn’t much help. After the twins watched other children sing in church, the host asked their mom, “Why don’t you teach your kids an I

Before Kiran and Nivi Saishankar could speak, they could sing. When they were 2, neither had uttered any words. Their parents enrolled them in speech therapy, but it wasn’t much help. After the twins watched other children sing in church, the host asked their mom, “Why don’t you teach your kids an I

Care, Not Cuts The New Sharp Tri-City Medical Center After WWII, the suburbs of Oceanside, Vista, and Carlsbad flooded with people, but didn’t have a large civilian hospital to care for them. Anyone living near Downtown Oceanside in the ’50s had to drive to Escondido (Palomar Hospital, about a 40-mi

In a city once packed with extravagant Gilded Age dwellings, the 1906 Verdier Mansion, a classic Tudor Revival survivor rising six stories on the edge of Russian Hill just hit the market. It’s as much a statement about the original owner’s prosperity and Edwardian exuberance as a vote of confidence

“Don’t bother coming. Christmas is canceled.” It was December 22, 2014, and I was walking into a holiday party at Modern Times in North Park when my phone pinged with a photo of my mother’s foot on an ER bed, bandaged to high heaven, two red toenails poking out at the top. Another ping with the Grin

A skin check can take months to book with a dermatologist. By the time you see your primary doctor for the fever you had days ago, you’re already feeling better. That lingering headache you have? You’d like a couple of tests, but the 15 minutes are gone before you could mention it, and the visit is

Mark Wright left his shift as a San Diego Central Division police officer one day in March 2022, and his life changed forever. Departing at 3 a.m. on his personal motorcycle, he took his usual route: the 94 to the 15 to his Temecula home. But in the darkness, he didn’t see a Ford Mustang that had cr