From downtown to Encinitas and everywhere in between, here are the latest restaurants and bars to open around San Diego County. Amici’s Ristobar Carmel Valley In mid-June, the former Dolce at the Highlands restaurant in Carmel Valley reopened with a new name and menu. Friends (amici in Italian) of former owner Tony Smith, who died […]

La Jolla LearningWorks will hold its first annual back-to-school parent workshop at Coast Pediatrics in the Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 6:30 p.m. At the free workshop, La Jolla LearningWorks Founder Megan Trezza, M.Ed will give parents insightful strategies in supporting their K-6 children to find success and enjoyment of […]

Like neighboring Del Mar Union School District, the Solana Beach School District is working on how to handle the increased enrollment growth coming from new homes in Pacific Highlands Ranch. The district is looking at a projected 896 new homes being built in the area over the next six school years which could generate 390 […]

There are two things San Diegans will line up for on the weekends: beach parking and brunch. But with the way brunch menus are proliferating around town, mimosas are clearly shining brighter than the midday sun. Here’s a sampling: STK The just-opened luxe steakhouse STK recently launched weekend day-drinking-and-eating, featuring the playful Captain Crunch French […]