• Flashback: Jan 21, 1945 — San Diego at the center of the WWII home front,Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

    Flashback: Jan 21, 1945 — San Diego at the center of the WWII home front

    U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and other warships at the Naval Repair Base in San Diego during World War II, illustrating the city’s key role in the wartime home front. (Public domain, U.S. National Archives) On Jan. 21, 1945, San Diego newspapers reported a wide range of wartime activities as World Wa

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  • Seven shows to see this week in San Diego,Matthew Lickona

    Seven shows to see this week in San Diego

    Billy F. Gibbons (Photo courtesy of Belly Up) Our man Sgt. Tiki has surveyed the musical landscape and selected seven upcoming San Diego concerts — five local acts and two touring — for your musical enjoyment and edification. Whether your tastes run to Brazilian pop, country, acoustic blues, classic

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  • With Shostakovich, Mahler concerts, Rafael Payare definies ‘San Diego sound’,Paul Bodine • Special for Times of San Diego

    With Shostakovich, Mahler concerts, Rafael Payare definies ‘San Diego sound’

    Rafael Payare leads the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in the renovated Jacobs Music Center (Photo by Todd Rosenberg/San Diego Symphony) In November, the San Diego Symphony signaled its pleasure with music director Rafael Payare by extending his contract to the end of the 2028-29 season and giving him

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