Thousands celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Solana Beach
La Colonia Park was a spectacle of tradition and color on Oct. 28 as a few thousand people gathered to celebrate the city’s fourth Día...
Arts
Global musical sensation Estas Tonne to perform in Escondido
He’s an international musical sensation and for his first touring pit stop in the U.S., Estas Tonne will perform at the California Center for the...
Goldfish settle into North County music scene
From Cape Town to Ibiza, New York to Amsterdam, the jazz-electronic fusion band Goldfish has found an international calling....
Slices of young North County artist’s life on display at pizzeria
Local artist Wylie Schwartz, 23, grew up in Solana Beach, with the ocean as a backdrop for her innate love of drawing. And her North...
Nuclear waste takes stage at Belly Up event
The Belly Up was alive with singing, cursing and crusading at a three-hour Oct. 8 rally meant to raise awareness about safe nuclear storage at...
Dr. Charles F. Brass: Solana Beach physician to early movie stars
Thanks to her dad, Dr. Charles Frederick Brass, Louise Abbott spent many of her younger years in Del Mar hanging around such celebrities as Desi...
Documentary by CSUSM professor tackles UFOs, SoCal history
“Calling All Earthlings,” the new documentary by Jonathan Berman, CSUSM associate professor in the School of Arts, delves into the mystical Integratron dome building....
Oceanside Harbor Days reels in thousands of visitors
Thousands of visitors poured into the city for the annual Oceanside Harbor Days....
Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: Where Hollywood filmed early movies, TV shows
Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside is a National Historic Landmark and a popular location for Hollywood filmmakers....
San Marcos author talks about his award-winning debut novel set in San Diego
Becoming a successful writer isn’t something that is achieved overnight, just ask San Marcos author Dave Urban....
Fans can’t help falling in love with Graceband
When Graceband takes the stage at Belly Up on Aug. 18, it will be the eighth performance at the Solana Beach venue in three years....
Historical-romance novelist stickler for details, authenticity
When Regan Walker decided to try her hand as a novelist, she set her sights on historical romance. Her decision paid off as not only...
Coast teachers in tune with new music program
COAST CITIES — Teachers in local school districts are learning to play the ukulele and guitar with a goal to not only potentially pass that...
Get ready to dance, dance, dance with the B-52s
The band plays Nov. 2-3 at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach....
2017 KAABOO Del Mar impacts ‘minimal’
According to preliminary reports, the three-day entertainment and arts festival held Sept. 15-17 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds had the largest attendance numbers but the...