San Diego outlines next steps for development of cultural plan

San Diego outlines next steps for development of cultural plan

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The City of San Diego is creating its first-ever comprehensive cultural plan to guide investments in arts and culture in neighborhoods across the city. This week, staff published a framework that will help facilitate the development of the cultural plan, Creative City, which will advance arts and culture in every…

County breaks ground on affordable housing in Carlsbad

County breaks ground on affordable housing in Carlsbad

County of San Diego officials joins multiple partners in breaking ground on a $36 million Aviara Development of affordable housing for families in Carlsbad. Photo: County of San Diego By County News Center Carlsbad, CA–The County of San Diego joined multiple partners on April 26 in breaking ground on a 70-unit affordable housing development for…

Mama’s Kitchen to celebrate Mother’s Day with culinary event

Mama’s Kitchen to celebrate Mother’s Day with culinary event

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Mama’s Kitchen will celebrate Mother’s Day with a special culinary event on May 4 for all moms in San Diego County. Often touted as San Diego’s original tasting event, this year’s Mama’s Day will feature more than 20 food purveyors offering delicious bites from the city’s finest restaurants, catering companies,…

La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest returns to The Conrad

La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest returns to The Conrad

From left, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan and composer-in-residence, Thomas Adès Photo credit: Marco Borggreve By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–La Jolla Music Society’s annual SummerFest returns to The Conrad from July 28 to August 26, bringing the finest chamber musicians in the world to La Jolla for four weeks of…

Autism Society San Diego hosts 5th annual Lights! Camera! Autism!

Autism Society San Diego hosts 5th annual Lights! Camera! Autism!

Film producer Dani Bowman presents a film presentation at Autism Society San Diego’s 5th annual Lights! Camera! Autism! Photo credit: Autism Society San Diego By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The Autism Society San Diego will wrap up Autism Awareness Month Saturday evening by hosting the 5th annual Lights! Camera! Autism! at the Comic-Con Museum in…

Sheriff’s deputy saves woman in custody from fentanyl overdose

Sheriff’s deputy saves woman in custody from fentanyl overdose

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A Sheriff’s deputy’s quick thinking may have saved the life of a woman who was overdosing on fentanyl. On Thursday, around 4:30 p.m., deputies spotted a car with an expired registration in the parking lot of the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa. Deputies made contact with the two…

Former bookkeeper sentenced to prison for embezzling two companies

Former bookkeeper sentenced to prison for embezzling two companies

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A former San Diego bookkeeper was sentenced in federal court to 29 months in prison for embezzling more than $765,000 from Shapery Enterprises and nearly $165,000 from Hope Campbell Realty Incorporated. Susan Ann Sears, 64, was also ordered to pay $839,419.22 in restitution—$674,673.93 to American Express and $164,745.29 to Hope…

Harry Belafonte Remembered for His Artistic Values and Activism

Harry Belafonte Remembered for His Artistic Values and Activism

Photo courtesy of Jamaica Ministry of Tourism By Danny R. Johnson – Entertainment News Editor NEW YORK, NEW YORK–Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor, and activist whose wide-ranging success blazed a trail for other Black artists in the 1950s, died on Tuesday at age 96. A child of Harlem, Mr. Belafonte used his platform at the…

Tucker Carlson’s Exit is Proof MAGA Is Ripping Itself Apart

Tucker Carlson’s Exit is Proof MAGA Is Ripping Itself Apart

Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons By Danny R. Johnson – Political News Editor It has been a difficult and disorienting four weeks in the MAGA world. The extremism,…