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Among the most prominent of blooming plants that are seemingly everywhere this year following an unusually wet winter is the highly flammable wild mustard.

Diversionary Theater is putting on a new production of Charles Ludlam's 1980s ridiculously fun comedy.

President Biden launched his reelection campaign almost two months ago. But behind the scenes, there's been a lot of work laying the ground for fundraising and organizing at the DNC.

Some German homeowners are worried they'll have to foot the bill for their country's climate targets by replacing their gas boilers with cleaner — but more expensive — heat pumps.

Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.

Big 3 autoworkers are voting on the record contracts that emerged after the six-week auto strike. While the overall tallies so far favor the deals, a majority voted no at two major truck plants.

An ex-caregiver and convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting two women in San Diego area nursing homes. Meanwhile, the California Air Resources board has just released an updated roadmap on how the state can achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Also, COVID-19 cases seem to be on the rise again, both across the United States and here in San Diego County. In response, the Biden administration is pushing for a new round of funding to prepare for an upcoming wave of the virus that, they say, could infect 100 million Americans by fall. Then, abortion providers are hoping that the opening of the first legal abortion clinics on the Mexican side of the border will mean safer access for women seeking services. Plus, state regulators announced this week they need more time and more information before issuing new rooftop solar rules. And finally, San Diego Opera presents the West Coast Premiere of “Aging Magician,” a hybrid opera-theatre piece that combines singing, choral work, puppetry and performance art.

A new report assessed the impact of laws in the 15 states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since June 24.

Property owners in North Park, home to more special maintenance tax districts than any other San Diego neighborhood, will pay more per parcel under the new tax than what they previously paid.

Experience Level Entertainment (XLE), the team also behind this year’s Love & Thunder kickoff party, will be hosting another party this year after all. You can step into the wonderfully zany world of Tim Burton with this themed Burton Bash: A Party For the Recently Deceased, on Friday, July 22 at the Sugar Factory (701 Fifth Ave), brought to you by Legends Makeup Academy. The party will include themed photo ops, familiar Burton characters to guide you along, DJ Elliot, a Costume + Cos-Makeup Contest with prizes from Ve Neill’s Legends Makeup Academy, and more. You’ll also be able to imbibe in delicious drinks from Sugar Factory’s 36-oz alcohol-infused smoking candy goblets, so you’ll feel like you’re in Wonka’s factory. There will also be food available to order. Tickets are now available on Eventbrite for $50, but UBlog readers can get $10 off by using code BLOG for the first 100 users to use the code.