7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (475+ words) From quirky ceramics to vibrant paintings and handmade jewelry, artists turned downtown El Cajon’s mural-lined streets into an open-air art festival Saturday to showcase local art and launch a new public mural restoration project. The event merged two of the…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (438+ words) But over the past few years, several businesses have arrived on the scene, filling in gaps, finding success, and offering hope for members of the craft-beer industry. Not surprisingly, Jensen is behind one of those businesses, a South Park beer…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (963+ words) On his seventh birthday, Orin O’Neal received a pocket trumpet from his mother, Joanna O’Neal. Now, the 12-year-old, Olive Peirce Middle School seventh grader has won a prestigious competition with his trumpet playing skills. The honor includes being invited to…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (328+ words) Mission Hills Heritage will showcase the San Diego neighborhood’s remarkable collection of midcentury-modern architecture at its 19th annual Historic Home Tour on Sept. 26. Often overlooked as a modernist destination, Mission Hills is home to one of the region’s largest concentrations of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1804+ words) Want to feel like a kid again? Walk into any Geppetto’s store. For decades, the San Diego County toy store chain has been helping parents and other grown-ups make magic on birthdays and holidays by supplying San Diego’s children — and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (847+ words) The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of local in-person events and online activities. • The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center hosts the remaining “Embodying the Psalms: Movement, Breath and Prayer,” lectures hosted by Rabbi Susan Freeman, 10 a.m. Thursdays…...