Council members Lee, Foster propose restoring San Diego arts funding, with help from Prebys Foundation
Two San Diego city council members, with support from county leaders and the Prebys Foundation, unveiled a new proposal Friday to largely restore city arts funding. The plan, by Council President Pro Tem Kent Lee and Councilmember Henry Foster III, would use $6 million in tourist tax funds, $1.3 mi
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
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