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  • Deep Blue See
    Titanic artifact exhibition anchors in San Diego

    Get a fascinating historical uplift at “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” opening February 10 at the San Diego Natural History Museum

  • Crunch Time
    A La Jollan vies for Super Bowl Doritos commercial fame

    Last year, La Jolla native Tyler Dixon spent $82 producing a mock TV ad that wound up airing to a Super Bowl audience of millions.

  • Nailing It
    Meet a comedian who plays a manicurist with a Qui Qui side

    “When I was younger, I loved different sports and I was a competitive cheerleader,” says the 29-year-old comic performer, who brings her standup routine to the Downtown’s Balboa Theatre February 11.

  • Feel the Glove
    Beat it to Cirque du Soleil's off-the-wall Michael Jackson tribute

    Take a two-hour moonwalk through the Gloved One’s musical career when Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour arrives at Valley View Casino Center January 21-22.

  • Fore Sight
    Eye-opening social experiment unites company, community

    In January, a San Diego man will spend a day legally blind, wearing a blindfold for 24 hours to show how most sighted people take for granted activities such as shaving, eating and playing golf.

  • Plastic (Not) Fantastic
    Solana Beach advances proposed bag ban

    Whether lining trashcans, toting lunch or scooping up after Fido, the plastic bags that transport nearly every retail purchase have long proven their convenience, becoming a part of life most people take for granted.

  • Sound Off
    How a determined woman performs in near silence

    Amid 65,000 cheering fans, advertising airplanes circling overhead and Queen’s “We Will Rock You” blaring over the loudspeakers, game day at Qualcomm Stadium can get pretty loud…except for Charger Girl Melissa Adams.

  • Corps Values
    Marines contribute above their play grade in Toys for Tots drive

    This time each year, local Marines are deployed throughout San Diego County to collect and stand sentinel over piles of new playthings.

  • Thanks Given
    Get some laughs, grow a ’stache and dash for charity this generous month

    Chris Tucker comes to the Civic Theatre, mustaches raise cancer awareness and Father Joe’s has it’s 10th Annual 5K Walk/Run

  • Pre-Holiday Sail
    Hotshots on racing yachts invade San Diego bay for the America’s Cup World Series

    How does a 160-year-old sailing contest become an extreme sport? Contenders in the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS), vying for glory in America’s Finest November 12 to 20, have a couple ideas.

  • Something Fishy
    A USO (unidentified swimming object) spooks San Diego surfers, swimmers

    On August 25, near lifeguard tower 15 in Mission Beach, eyewitnesses described seeing a 15-inch dorsal fin protruding from the ocean about 100 yards off shore…

  • GORECLOSURE
    ‘Bloody Mary’ further distresses local real estate amid ongoing paranormal activity

    The recent power outage had many of us fumbling in the dark. But there are lots of other things going bump in the night around San Diego this month.

  • Still Up in Smoke
    The godfathers of ganja bring their chronic comedy to a new generation

    If you notice a cloud hovering over the coast on August 5, it’s not a marine layer—it’s Cheech and Chong and their smokin’ standup routine at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

  • Faux Show
    San Diego-based reality shows, coming to a television near you

    Why import d-bags to America’s Finest for their quarter-hour of fame, when we already have our own supply of Kim Kardashians, Clay Aikens and, yes, even Snookies?

  • Walk This Way
    Walking the walk and celebrating Pride in San Diego

    Walking the walk and talking the talk with Salt n’ Pepa and Margaret Cho celebrating Pride in San Diego!