Every other downtown theater has reopened after 2020 — but Spreckels is still dark
The Spreckles Theatre marquee in November of 2025. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) For nearly six years, Spreckels Theatre has stood frozen in time, a visible monument to the early tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic to anyone passing on Broadway. Its marquee has remained unchanged since
San Carlos Library to host book and ballerina storytime and more
A special book and a ballerina storytime will be hosted by the City Ballet of San Diego on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 10:30 a.m. (Photo courtesy of the City of San Diego Ballet) Are you a book lover hoping to learn something new? The San Diego Public Library’s got your back. Here’s just a smattering of t
San Diego’s ostrich farms: A feathered past — and a living legacy
A local Ostrich Farm c. 1888. (Photo courtesy of San Diego History Center) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Southern Californians celebrating Thanksgiving didn’t just carve turkeys — some might have watched ostriches strut across ranches and gardens instead. While fashion favored plumes, tourists
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