I Drastically Underestimated Martin Short’s Funny
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The new mayor of Harrah’s Southern California has never cooked a dinner in his life, hates red food, and would like to feed Eugene Levy a Balance Bar
Unhinged, A Dating Series: Dating After an Unhealthy Relationship
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How do we stop accepting the love we think we deserve and start letting ourselves be cared for?
Inside the Hotel del Coronado’s $550M Renovation
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The iconic 135-year-old property nears the end of its nearly eight-year project
How Dutch Indonesians Found Home in San Diego
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A social group is keeping culture alive through food, music, and stories
What Your Favorite San Diego Surf Spot Says About You
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A guide to the city’s best breaks and the locals that frequent them
10 Dating Questions with Unhinged Columnist Nicolle Monico
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The mind behind the series talks the best first date and breaking bad habits in part one of a two-part series
First Look: Eve, a New Venue From Petco Park Events
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From the people behind the East Village stadium and The Rady Shell comes an event venue with a view
Unhinged, A Dating Series: 20 Years Later, We’re Still Single
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Nothing and everything has changed in the dating scene in San Diego in the past two decades—and we still don’t know what we’re doing
What To Expect When You Are Expecting In San Diego
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How to choose the local team and setting that will support you during birth
Unhinged, A Dating Series: Finding Connection in A Disconnected World
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Just like the world outside of them, dating apps have become a new place since the pandemic—but our collective fatigue may be what brings us back together
Unhinged, A Dating Series: It’s Not That Complicated
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After a memorable first date, columnist Nicolle Monico shares her thoughts on why simple gestures and thoughtfulness can score you that coveted second date
Unhinged, A Dating Series: What Looking for Love Taught Me
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Editor Nicolle Monico shares five insights she’s gained over the last few weeks while dating in San Diego
Artist Lizzie Zelter Makes the Familiar Strange in New Exhibit
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The San Diego curator’s paintings are on view at Tijuana’s Sala de Espera gallery through May 4
Is San Diego FC The City’s Next Championship Team?
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With a homegrown talent program, the newest team is town appears to be building to win
Unhinged, A Dating Series: More Money, Fewer Problems?
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Is financial stability just another excuse to stay guarded or a valid concern while dating?
Unhinged, A Dating Series: It’s Okay to Want It All
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Past a certain age, is it necessary to start lowering our expectations for a storybook romance, or do we hold out for more?
Unhinged, A Dating Series: Contact Sports
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Love and dating aren’t a race—but sometimes they sure feel like one
How to Bike the Once-Restricted Stowe Trail
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Though you’ll need a permit to access the area, here’s how you can can hit the four-mile route winding through sycamore trees along single- and double-track paths
Unhinged, A Dating Series: Under Pressure
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When’s the right time to talk about the big stuff, like marriage and kids, when dating?
Unhinged, A Dating Series: Ask Me Anything
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If you feel like all of your dating app convos are one-sided, science has an explanation: Men and women are taught to approach conversations differently
The Shortstop With the Tall Order
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The fate of the Padres’ 2024 season may rest on the shoulders of Ha-Seong Kim
Unhinged, A Dating Series: A Tale of Two Men
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Kissing strangers in bars, meeting a new match, and finding out that sometimes a movie moment isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
PNC Bank & Wave FC Partner on New Soccer Field at Border
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The joint venture will help restore the defunct field at Border View Family YMCA to bring back youth leagues and programming to San Ysidro
New Rideshare Aims to Keep More Money in Driver’s Pockets
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With help from UCSD, Ride United breaks from the Uber model to give its workers a voice
Q&A: Best Feature Winner at the San Diego Int’l Film Fest
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Producer Noah Lang shares the inspiration behind Blood for Dust starring Kit Harington and dreams up a horror movie set in SD
Shaping Carbon Fiber Boards for the World’s Top Surfers
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Inside Dark Arts, the Barrio Logan shop using groundbreaking technology to revolutionize surfboard design