San Diego's 50-Year-Old 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant Quietly Closes Again, Leaving Customers Wondering What's Next

One of San Diego's longest-running restaurants has once again gone dark, but this time, customers have been given little explanation. The 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, the aviation-themed dining destination overlooking Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa, has quietly ceased operations, posting only a brief notice on its website stating that the restaurant is "closed until further notice" and apologizing for the inconvenience.

Jacques Pépin Foundation Invests In San Diego's Kitchens For Good As Nonprofit Builds Massive Culinary Impact Center In Bankers Hill

One of San Diego's most impactful culinary nonprofits is preparing for its biggest transformation yet. As Kitchens for Good works toward opening a 29,000-square-foot Culinary Impact Center in Bankers Hill, the organization has received a major vote of confidence from one of the culinary world's most respected names, earning a prestigious $50,000 Partnership Circle Grant from the Jacques Pépin Foundation.

San Diego's Original Brazilian Steakhouse Sets Reopening Date Nearly Two Years After Comic-Con Fire

Nearly two years after a dramatic fire forced its closure during San Diego Comic-Con, Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse has officially announced its return. The longtime Gaslamp Quarter restaurant will reopen on Monday, July 20, 2026, just days before tens of thousands of Comic-Con attendees once again descend on downtown San Diego.

Brisa Closes In Little Italy As San Diego Dining Group's Restaurant Carousel Spins On Yet Again

A little over a year after opening with considerable social media buzz, Brisa Bar & Restaurant has quietly closed its doors in San Diego's Little Italy, becoming the latest casualty, or perhaps simply the latest transformation, in the ever-evolving restaurant empire built around San Diego Dining Group and its network of affiliated restaurateurs.

Family Of 12-Year-Old Encinitas Girl Struck And Killed In Crosswalk To Address Court As Defense Seeks Diversion That Could Erase Criminal Case

More than a year after 12-year-old Emery Chalekian was struck and killed while legally crossing an Encinitas street, her family is preparing to return to San Diego County court for what could be one of the most consequential hearings in the case.

Zach Bryan To Make Snapdragon Stadium History With First-Ever Back-to-Back Headlining Concerts This Summer At Relatively New San Diego Venue

One of the biggest names in modern country music is about to make San Diego concert history. When Zach Bryan brings his With Heaven On Tour to Snapdragon Stadium on Friday, July 31, and Saturday, August 1, the Oklahoma singer-songwriter will become the first artist ever to headline two consecutive nights at the four-year-old Mission Valley stadium, a milestone that underscores both Bryan's meteoric rise and San Diego's growing stature as a major stadium concert destination. 

Topgolf's San Diego Saga Drags Into Another Year As Waterfront Project Crawls Through Environmental Review

Nearly ten years after Topgolf first announced plans to expand into San Diego, the region is still waiting. On Friday, the Port of San Diego released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for its proposed East Harbor Island Redevelopment/Topgolf and Waterfront Park Project, representing another procedural milestone in a project that has spent years inching through planning, environmental review, and bureaucratic approvals without a shovel ever touching the ground.

San Diego Restaurants Closures & Downgrades This Week (July 3 - July 8) Due To County Health Department Inspections

For the first time in nearly two years documenting health department closures, there was only one spot listed on the weekly list of San Diego County restaurants and food facilities that faced temporary closures or downgraded health inspection grades from July 3 - July 9, 2026.

GUILTY! Jury Convicts Larry Millete Of Murdering Missing Chula Vista Mother Maya Millete After More Than Five Years

More than five years after Chula Vista mother Maya "May" Millete disappeared without a trace, a San Diego County jury has found her husband, Larry Millete, guilty of her murder, bringing legal accountability in one of the region's most haunting and closely watched criminal cases.

San Diego Bathroom Closures Raise New Public Access Concerns Around Mission Bay Resorts, Fitness Permits

San Diego’s decision to close nearly half of Mission Bay Park’s public restrooms was already drawing criticism as a basic sanitation and public access problem. But with closures near Paradise Point Resort - a city-owned leasehold recently fined $1 million after state officials found it had long suppressed public shoreline access - the cuts may have a quieter, more consequential effect: making public bayfront areas harder to use, harder to permit, and easier for nearby hotels and resorts to functionally dominate.

San Diego Padres Ball Girl Genevieve Ortega-Alves Selected As National League Ball Crew Leader For 2026 MLB All-Star Game

While the San Diego Padres will have limited representation on the field at this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the organization will still be front and center between the lines. Major League Baseball has announced that Padres ball crew member Genevieve Ortega-Alves has been selected as the official National League Ball Crew Leader for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game, one of just two Padres representatives chosen for the Midsummer Classic alongside All-Star closer Mason Miller.

Owners Of San Diego Vegan Hotspots Kindred And Mothership Rebound From University Heights Collapse With Hidden Cocktail Chamber 'Throne Room'

The same San Diego restaurateurs who watched their lavish Dreamboat and Vulture experiment implode in less than a year are betting once again that San Diegans will buy into immersive hospitality. Their newest creation, Throne Room, transforms a hidden corner of Kindred vegan bar in South Park into a medieval fantasy cocktail chamber that feels equal parts Quixote, Vulture and cinematic dungeon. 

Asa Bakery Expands Beyond San Diego's East Village With Café Pop-Up At THE LOT La Jolla

One of San Diego's most sought-after bakeries is bringing its signature pastries and handcrafted drinks to the coast. Asa Bakery will take over the walk-up café at THE LOT luxury cinema in La Jolla, giving moviegoers, morning commuters and neighborhood residents a new destination for Japanese-inspired baked goods without making the trip downtown.

Former San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced To Nearly Five Years In Federal Prison For Crippling Handcuffed Detainee And Covering It Up

A former San Diego County Sheriff's deputy who shoved a fully restrained pretrial detainee headfirst into a holding cell wall, leaving the man with a fractured spine before walking away with a smile and falsely claiming "no force was used," has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison, marking the second federal conviction of a former San Diego sheriff's deputy for violating a person's civil rights in just over a month.