San Diego "Best Place To Work" Ascent Funding Raised $45 Million For Growth Then Laid Off 17% Of Its Workforce

A San Diego student-financing company that raised $45 million earlier this year while outlining ambitious expansion plans has confirmed it eliminated approximately 17% of its workforce this month, a notable reversal during a year in which the company has touted rapid growth and repeatedly celebrated recognition as one of the region's best places to work.

Longtime San Diego Bakery Babycakes Sold After 20 Years, Hillcrest Location Closing

A longtime fixture of San Diego’s dessert scene is entering a new era, as Babycakes founder Christopher Stavros has announced that he has sold the business he helped build nearly two decades ago. The change also marks the end of Babycakes’ current storefront in Hillcrest, the neighborhood where the locally grown brand first made its name.

SeaWorld San Diego's Howl-O-Scream Returns Bigger Than Ever With 6 Haunted Houses & New Nightmares

San Diego's biggest nighttime Halloween event is back, as SeaWorld San Diego's Howl-O-Scream unleashes its largest lineup in event history with six haunted houses, eight scare zones, sinister live entertainment, roaming creatures, hidden speakeasies and themed bars designed to turn the park into an entirely different world after dark. The separately ticketed, mature-audience event is now underway on select nights through October 31.

San Diego Landmark Restaurant Tom Ham's Lighthouse Celebrates 55 Years Of Family, History & Waterfront Dining

Tom Ham's Lighthouse will celebrate its 55th anniversary this fall, marking a remarkable run for a restaurant that opened in 1971 and remains in the same family today. The milestone will culminate with a public anniversary party on Wednesday, October 7, but the story behind the restaurant stretches back to the 1950s and is deeply intertwined with the development of San Diego's modern waterfront.

San Diego Restaurants Closures & Downgrades This Week (September 18 - September 24) Due To County Health Department Inspections

A local San Diego brewery, a California Pizza Kitchen location, an outpost of a Los Angeles-born ramen chain, and a popular North County brunch restaurant are among the San Diego County restaurants and food facilities temporarily closed or downgraded following health inspections from September 18 - September 24, 2026.

Viral Video Sparks Controversy At San Diego State After Finance Lecturer Allegedly Calls Campus Police On Student During Class

A viral TikTok is igniting controversy at San Diego State University after a student alleged that a longtime finance lecturer called campus police on her during class following a confrontation that she says began when the professor questioned whether she belonged in the classroom.

Eat Crispy Burger & Crispy Fish Tacos Taking Over Carbonaro's Near San Diego State University

One of San Diego's fastest-growing homegrown restaurant brands is making another major expansion, as the family behind Eat Crispy Burger prepares to bring both its popular smash burgers and newly launched Crispy Fish Tacos concept under one roof near San Diego State University.

Oishi Sushi To Relocate North Park Restaurant Into CinKuni Space As San Diego Chain Expands

Another restaurant change is coming to San Diego's busy El Cajon Boulevard corridor, as growing local Japanese eatery Oishi Sushi prepares to relocate its existing North Park restaurant into the longtime former Tiger!Tiger! space currently occupied by Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant CinKuni.

The Fishery Names Bradley Gale New Executive Chef As Mike Reidy Departs For Puesto Restaurant Group

Nearly 30 years after opening in San Diego's Pacific Beach, The Fishery is beginning another culinary chapter, welcoming former sous chef Bradley Gale back to the restaurant as its new executive chef while longtime chef and partner Mike Reidy departs for a newly created leadership role with the Puesto restaurant group.

Century-Old Streetcar Tracks Resurface Beneath San Diego's Hillcrest As Construction Uncovers Neighborhood's Transit Past

More than three-quarters of a century after San Diego's streetcars disappeared from city streets, pieces of the long-abandoned rail system are unexpectedly seeing daylight again in Hillcrest.

Man Convicted Of Murder In San Diego's Theatre Box Killing As Gaslamp Building's Troubled History Comes Full Circle

More than a year after 46-year-old Navy veteran and new father Antwan Bluthenthal was shot through the heart inside downtown San Diego's notorious Theatre Box complex, a jury has convicted the man responsible of first-degree murder, resolving the central criminal question surrounding a killing that became a pivotal moment in the spectacular collapse of one of the Gaslamp Quarter's most ambitious entertainment projects.

40-Million-Year-Old Fossils Of Prehistoric "Thunder Beast" Or "Swamp Rhino" Unearthed During North County San Diego Construction Project

A routine City of Oceanside infrastructure project has unexpectedly opened a window into Southern California's distant past, after crews uncovered the fossilized remains of a massive hoofed mammal that roamed the region roughly 40 to 45 million years ago. Paleontologists say the animal may have been a bizarre rhino-sized creature known as a "thunder beast" or an extinct relative of rhinoceroses nicknamed the "swamp rhino."

San Diego's Dumpling Bar Expanding With New North County Location In San Marcos

A popular North County San Diego Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings is preparing to expand, as the team behind Dumpling Bar and the reborn China Max Dumpling House will open a new location in San Marcos.

Izola Bakery Taking Over Former Richard Blais' California English Space In San Diego

San Diego's "#1 bakery in the United States" Izola Bakery will replace Richard Blais' closing California English, bringing its croissants to Sorrento Mesa by year's end.

Family Seeks Answers After Texas Veteran Mysteriously Flew To San Diego, Vanished For Two Days & Died In Train Incident

A grieving family is turning to the San Diego community for help reconstructing the final two days of a 40-year-old military veteran's life after he unexpectedly boarded a flight from Texas to San Diego, seemingly disappeared after leaving the airport, and was later found dead following an incident involving a train near Torrey Pines and Del Mar.

Jason Mraz Surprises San Diego Airport Travelers With Impromptu Performance Of "I'm Yours"

Travelers passing through San Diego International Airport received a decidedly more entertaining layover than expected this week when Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and longtime San Diego resident Jason Mraz spontaneously joined a local musician performing inside the airport for an impromptu rendition of his massive hit "I'm Yours."