Homeless women and children shelter in downtown San Diego expands to 210 beds
Rachel’s Promise for Women and Children held just 50 beds until last week. Now it holds more than 200 in a historic downtown building.
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ICA San Diego lays off nearly half its staff due to financial pressures
The cutbacks at ICA San Diego over the past three weeks reflect an industrywide trend as museums struggle to survive declines in grants, donations and visitorship.
Encinitas couple makes whale documentary to draw attention to plight of rare species
Nick and Cheryl Dean went underwater and filmed across four continents to capture the beauty of the right whales and their struggle to survive
Vista poised to adopt ban on single-use plastic bottles
Proposal will come back before officials with recommended changes
MCASD appoints New York museum industry veteran to serve as new director and CEO
Brett Littman, a 1995 UCSD graduate, said he’s “very confident” about the La Jolla contemporary art museum’s future.
Deaf interpreters translate hours of Netflix content into ASL because closed captioning isn’t a fix
Former San Diego and Alpine resident, Scott Keller, is one of the certified Deaf interpreters who worked on the project between SignUp Media, an entertainment company focused on accessibility for the Deaf community, and Netflix
Two of San Diego’s roughest freeway underpasses are getting new murals
The murals will be in Sherman Heights and Stockton
Lederer on Language: Literature lives at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival
Next Saturday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the University of San Diego, KPBS will host its annual San Diego Book Festival. The event is free for book lovers of all ages. Attendees will enjoy panel discussions with award-winning authors, activities, live entertainment, exhibitors including local authors, and independent booksellers. I will be manning my book booth, #45, along with a host of other authors in rows cleverly named Writers’ Block. I’d love to meet you at the festival. Literature lives. Literature endures. Literature prevails. That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have […]
It seems like she’s everywhere and can do anything. Southeast San Diego was a big part of that
Artist, creative, and tech executive Shavone (whose full name is Shavone Charles) wants to live and build a brighter and more joyful future for herself, and other Black folks and people of color
From the Archives: Bing at the track
From the Archives found so many cool Del Mar Racetrack photos from the past that it wanted to share another one today. In this photo from 1937, Bing Crosby ribs a couple of jockeys about their weight. The San Diego Union-Tribune historical photos are provided by the San Diego History Center. To browse additional materials visit https://collections.sandiegohistory.org/