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2 weeks ago | 
palmspringslife.com | Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez
Founded in 1940, Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs ranks among the world’s oldest wellness resorts. If “wellness resort” means a dedicated retreat for healing and restoration, though, Two Bunch Palms is older than that — way older. The local Cahuilla tribe began utilizing the area’s mineral-rich hot spring centuries ago. “We’re right on the San Andreas fault line,” says Danny Min, the resort’s director of operations.
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1 month ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez |Cole Novak
I just wanted clear skin, a face that looked like glass or a donut or whatever people are calling smooth, unblemished complexions nowadays. I didn’t expect it to kind of ruin my life. I’d struggled with breakouts since middle school. One thing that didn’t plague me, though? Stomach problems. I could scarf any food without complaint.
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1 month ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez |Cole Novak
“I don’t sleep,” admits southeast San Diego native Joann Mamuyac. It’s the only explanation for how she maintains her objectively bonkers schedule: She and her partner, Brittani Lusain, are both professional tackle football players with the San Diego Rebellion, our local franchise of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC). They’re each part of flag football leagues, too; work full-time for healthcare companies; and run multiple businesses.
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1 month ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Danielle Allaire |Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez |Cole Novak
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, San Diego ranks among the nation’s top 15 fittest big cities. While we appreciate the qualitative proof, one only has to peek outside any given window in the city to see a swath of San Diegans jogging, biking, dog-walking, or taking to the seas with a board. So it makes perfect sense that the region is home to crackerjack athleisure and gear businesses kitting up fitness buffs around the country with comfy workout wear and sport-ready supplies.
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2 months ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Beth Demmon |Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez
All good things eventually come to an end, and San Diego’s craft beer scene is no exception. —there are still about 140 breweries operating today, with thousands of employees—but around a dozen have closed in the last year alone. This may be the first time local brewery closures and acquisitions outpaced openings in the current craft beer era, and many have cited increasing costs of real estate, ingredients, and labor as reasons for shutting their doors forever.
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2 months ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Claire Trageser |Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez
After she started taking Ozempic, Kelly noticed a big difference in her restaurant bills. Kelly, who asked we not share her last name, lives in La Mesa and used to eat regularly at restaurants such as Farmer’s Table and Brigantine Seafood & Oyster Bar. A typical meal at the latter might include a calamari appetizer, the catch of the day entrée, and two cocktails, totalling upwards of $75 just for her.
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2 months ago | 
sandiegomagazine.com | Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez |LP Giobbi
Every year in the spring and fall, some of the EDM scene’s brightest stars descend upon downtown San Diego. Founded in 2015, CRSSD Festival now draws an average of 30,000 fans for two days of sunlit dancing at Waterfront Park. This spring’s event, taking place March 1 and 2, brings a lineup topped by luminaries like the elusive, masked German DJ Claptone and Ukranian techno duo Artbat. Need help planning out your festival schedule? Here are eight artists to catch at CRSSD.
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2 months ago | 
palmspringslife.com | Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez
Some of us have guest rooms. Pearl McManus had a guest resort. McManus was a critical developer behind important city properties, including the area’s first apartments, a Frank Lloyd Wright–designed hotel, and the Palm Springs Tennis Club, a serene retreat tucked against the San Jacinto Mountains near downtown.
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2 months ago | 
columbiachronicle.com | Ali Brenneman |Sofía Oyarzún |Lily Thomas |Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez
The college celebrated its founding in 1890 with an anniversary event on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Conaway Center at 1104 S. Wabash Ave. The celebration featured trivia, guest speakers and the unveiling of a mural made by Columbia alum Mac McGuire, an illustration major who graduated in 2024. The college started as the Columbia School of Oratory by Mary A. Blood and Ida Morey Riley in 1890. It became the Columbia College of Expression in 1927 and then in 1944 was renamed Columbia College.
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2 months ago | 
columbiachronicle.com | Sofía Oyarzún |Lily Thomas |Amelia Rodriguez |Amelia Rodríguez |Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez
Desde que se implementaron cuotas por la administración del presidente Donald Trump para arrestos de inmigrantes indocumentados, las preocupaciones de los estudiantes han escalado junto a los números de deportaciones. En la primera reunión del semestre de Alianza Latina, la organización estudiantil de Columbia que provee un espacio para los estudiantes latinos, el miembro Angle Katana, estudiante de escritura creativa de tercer año, estaba emocionado de regresar a las actividades y la comunidad.
