
When Ocean Beach danced: The sounds of yesteryear on the sand
View of the “New Ocean Beach Dancing Pavilion and Bath House” at Ocean Beach in the 1900s. (Photo and caption courtesy of the San Diego History Center) Back in the day, the sounds in Ocean Beach carried a little differently. You might have been walking near the shoreline and heard it before you saw

5 reasons Encinitas has a stranger past than you’d expect: Silent film money, a cliffside temple, and a flower empire
Street view of Highway 101 in Encinitas looking south from D Street in about 1928. (Photo and caption info courtesy of the San Diego History Center) Encinitas has a way of hiding its history in plain sight. Beneath today’s surf culture, cafés, and coastal neighborhoods are traces of very different e

North Park Music Fest makes space for creativity, culture and community
Frankie and the Witch Fingers will perform at North Park Music Fest. (Photo courtesy of North Park Music Fest) Have you ever watched a musician play in a pet store? Or a heard a punk band in a skateboard shop? Or how about a country singer at a cider bar? If not, your chance to do so is coming, at t
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