Fierce & Kind Susan G. Komen Walk WeekendNovember 1-3Join Fierce & Kind Spirits for a cocktail event at Understory on November 1, with a portion of proceeds supporting the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Then, walk with the Fierce & Kind team at the MORE THAN PINK Walk on November 3.San Diego Youth Servi

The holiday season is here, and it’s the perfect time to get a head start on shopping. Finding the right presents for friends and family can be tricky, but San Diego’s local shops, artisans, and makers offer something special for everyone. Whether you’re looking for kitchen upgrades for your family,

“I already don’t think I’m going to like this app… Is it going to make me pay to have interactions?” texted my friend Megan (not her real name) after signing up for the GoGetter dating app. Created by La Jolla resident Andrea Miller, the app was made to “bring together singles who share similar life

Building a new home is a very complicated project–even when you hire a builder. You can never have too much information. Builders do not always volunteer all the information they have. Here are some things you need to know.You Can Get a Pre-Move-In InspectionGet an independent inspection done before

LionTree Arena is the same, and so are the practices there. Head coach Eric Olen is on the sideline, as he has been for 20 years. And UC San Diego remains one of the best universities on the planet. But the UCSD community is coming together like never before, and it’s not because of a groundbreaking

It’s not quite Halloween yet… but that hasn’t stopped San Diego institutions from hosting all the spooky events this weekend. Get ghostly with the dancers of the Rosin Box Project, boogie with the party ghouls in Hillcrest, or go trick-or-treating in Little Italy. But don’t worry—if your costume’s n

November is here, bringing cooler weather and the realization that 2025 is almost over. It’s the perfect time to enjoy pumpkin-flavored drinks and wear a beanie in San Diego without ridicule. This month, take part in vibrant Día de Muertos festivities, Thanksgiving gatherings, and a lineup of exciti

The 2024 Human Rights Campaign San Diego Annual Fundraiser, held on August 10 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, was a sold-out event aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ equality efforts. The event featured a welcome reception followed by a formal dinner, with all proceeds fueling HRC’s advocacy work.

The twitch of a finger. The twist of a palm. At first, it looks like a hand simply moving in space. But then you see it for what it is: a dance. These are the rhythmic, deliberate maneuvers of choreographer Yvonne Rainer, filmed in 1966 as she recovered from surgery in a hospital bed.This dance welc

The twitch of a finger. The twist of a palm. At first, it looks like a hand simply moving in space. But then you see it for what it is: a dance. These are the rhythmic, deliberate maneuvers of choreographer Yvonne Rainer, filmed in 1966 as she recovered from surgery in a hospital bed.This dance welc

In the early 1950s, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital sampled cells from Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman dying of cervical cancer. Those samples became the basis for the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping, and other breakthroughs in biomedical research—but the cells were taken

The world’s oceans are in trouble—this we know. What we’re less sure about are the best ways to protect our waters and the delicious fish that call them home.But San Diego is on the case.This April, UC San Diego was awarded a $7.35 million multidisciplinary grant from the National Science Foundation

If you were given the chance to see into the future, would you take it? For new parents Mandy and Morgan Moseley, the answer was yes. When their baby was just two months old, the couple turned to Fore Genomics for a glimpse of what might be on the horizon. “I have a lot of health issues in my family

“[Platypuses] are all kinds of wrong,” says Hendrik Nollens, vice president of Wildlife Health with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. “They’re a mammal, they lay eggs, they have a mouth that looks like the bill of a duck, the males are venomous…” Still, watching the Frankensteined critters—the only t

Celebrate the best part of the week with 17 exciting things to do in San Diego, from a bunch of boozy festivals to a Stranger Things–inspired musical and a gathering of zine makers and enthusiasts, plus several other San Diego events.Food & Drink | Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | Mor

If you’ve recently gotten engaged, congratulations! And if you’re planning to celebrate your nuptials locally, you’re in luck—almost every kind of wedding venue can be found within a 15-mile radius of most neighborhoods.Thanks to our consistently temperate weather, conveniently located airport, and

Palomar Health knows most things are better with friends. In 2025, the organization is partnering with the University of San Diego to open the Palomar Health Wellness Center, an 80,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility providing wellness resources for the USD campus community and beyond. Sports, co

For Rady Children’s Hospital, the future means expansion. In August of last year, Rady broke ground on a new, seven-story tower. The facility, estimated to cost upwards of $1.2 billion, will house 140 intensive care unit beds and four operating rooms, doubling the size of the emergency department an

SDM staff writer and guest author Danielle Allaire takes over the column this week. One night, at a bar in South Park, I saw a tall, indie-rock Viking sporting a canvas tote bag and decided that this progressive-leaning, vinyl-collecting man was going to be mine. Within minutes, he introduced himsel

Since the early 1900s, plastic has accomplished unprecedented feats of world domination and changed the trajectory of planetary evolution. It’s in our homes, clothes, food, landfills, oceans, and even bodies, in numbers exceeding nine billion tons. The problem, of course, is getting rid of plastic.