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Students play the video game Super Smash Bros in a district wide competition, Dec. 8, 2025.

South Bay elementary students compete in first esports playoffs

South Bay Union is the first elementary school district in the region to have an esports program, according to the San Diego County Office of Education.

Some of the locations featured on KPBS’ Best Outdoor Activities of 2025 list are shown. Top row, from left: Corte Madera Mountain, Lake Morena, and Civita Park. Bottom row, from left: Gaylord Pacific Resort, The Haunted Trail and Tijuana River Estuary.

10 best ways to experience San Diego outdoors in 2025

KPBS Staff picks for where to hike, camp, birdwatch, bike and make the most of San Diego's sunshine and open spaces.

Dancer Giovanna Francisco and musician Zane Shrem-Besnoy are shown rehearsing on Dec. 5, 2025. The production, "all the big and little things" runs Dec. 12-13 at San Diego City College.

Dance and sound unite San Diego arts community in 'all the big and little things'

A collaboration between movement and sound artists honors "all the big and little things" and reflects the strength of San Diego's interdisciplinary arts ecosystem.

Some of the bars, brews and bites featured on KPBS’ Best Restaurants and Bars of 2025 list are shown. Top row, from left: Lost Cause Meadery, Encontro and Woomiok. Second row, from left: Bernardo Winery, Hatsuzakura and Telefónica Gastro Park. Bottom row, from left: Tribute Pizza and Quart.

San Diego's 21 best restaurants and bars of 2025, chosen by KPBS Staff

Our team shares their favorite places to eat and drink across San Diego and Tijuana, from neighborhood gems to new standouts.

Nancy Warwick is the fourth generation to run the family owned Warwick's in La Jolla. Nov. 18, 2025

Celebrating 128 years of family-owned Warwick's bookstore

La Jolla's Warwick's is the nation's oldest continuously family-owned bookstore, known for books, gifts and community events.

Victor Korol stands for a portrait at his home in San Diego, California on Dec. 5, 2025. A day earlier, his wife Viktoriia Bulavina was detained at the end of her green card interview at the federal immigration offices downtown.

ICE detains Ukrainian wife of US citizen following green card interview

Viktoriia Bulavina’s lawyers say her detention marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.

ICE detains Ukrainian wife of US citizen following green card interview

Viktoriia Bulavina’s lawyers say her detention marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.

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Kimberly Swain

Artists with tracks featured on KPBS' Best Songs of 2025 list are shown. Top row, from left: Tyreek McDole, Big Thief and Mike Holmes. Second row, from left: The Dirty Nil, Madison Cunningham, Fly 22 and Julianna Zachariou. Third row, from left: Bambu, Indigenous Cats, choral singers who performed world premiere of "Missa Sacra Profana" and Alex G. Bottom row, from left: The Band Cope, Laura Stevenson, Baileyrp and KooK.

The 15 best songs of 2025, chosen by San Diego musicians

San Diego artists reflect on the 2025 songs that moved, inspired and stayed with them.

An exhibit at the Center for Women's History showcases political buttons in Balboa Park on Oct. 30, 2025.

Cultural powerhouses merge at Balboa Park’s Center for Women’s History

Newly merged, the Women’s Museum of California and the San Diego History Center share the stories of San Diego women.

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