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

    With Shostakovich, Mahler concerts, Rafael Payare defines ‘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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  • Hometown skater bringing Disney magic to San Diego,Hoa Quach • Times of San Diego

    Hometown skater bringing Disney magic to San Diego

    Sayuri Ohgi. (Photo courtesy Hoa Quach/Times of San Diego) The chill of the Carlsbad rink was part of Sayuri Ohgi’s childhood before she even knew how to lace her skates. At 4 years old, she stepped onto the ice at Icetown — now Ice Realm — alongside her mother, discovering an early love and aptitud

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  • Sitcom based in OB makes its way around the indie film circuit,Tessa Balc • Times of San Diego

    Sitcom based in OB makes its way around the indie film circuit

    A still from End of the 8 (Courtesy of Daniel Dyer) Ocean Beach got its own show this fall, and now it’s starting to garner some serious attention on the independent film circuit. In October, Daniel Dyer premiered the first episode of “End of the 8,” named for the Ocean Beach location where Intersta

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