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The awe-inspiring San Diego Bay plays host to the Grand Tasting at the Port of San Diego, a picture perfect celebration of everything delicious. The Grand Tasting is the city’s biggest foodie party of the year, featuring celebrated chefs and restaurants, domestic and international wine, beer and spirit purveyors, and gourmet food companies amidst a stunning coastal backdrop with sailboats floating by. With the sparkling Bay serving as the backdrop, Festival attendees will have access to a gastronomic playground of opportunity with over 200 wineries, breweries and spirit purveyors to sip from and over 80 of the West Coast and Baja’s top chefs and restaurants serving up creative and diverse cuisine to sample. Attendees can also preview gourmet foods, art, live musical entertainment, and the always popular “Chef of the Fest Competition,” an action-packed culinary showdown where chefs battle it out for the title of “2024 People’s Choice Chef of the Fest” and up to $5000 in cash and prizes. Our Best Year Ever With more than 300 brands participating over the course of the week, the 2024 San Diego Food + Wine Festival is destined to be the biggest and most spectacular in our 20 year history. We love a good surprise, but this year’s lineup is so good, you have to see it to believe it. Feast your eyes and preview the bites, sips, and brands participating during our Grand Weekend. Check out our event map to see where your favorite brands will be stationed and start planning your culinary adventure. Check out The Interactive Experiences from Grand Tasting 2023 CohnChella If guests didn’t make it to Coachella this year, Cohn Restaurant Group has them covered with its mini festival-within-a-festival version of a music-driven foodie paradise. Five chefs representing restaurants in the Cohn Restaurant portfolio will serve bites alongside a dedicated mix of beer, wine and spirit vendors, with dessert features, a photobooth, piñata, and giveaway. Basil Hayden Diner The official American whiskey brand of the Michelin Guide US is opening the Basil Hayden Diner, serving craft cocktails paired with a featured specialty dish from the Michelin Guide. Enjoy the fare the top tastemakers might choose, with bartenders discussing pairings and a vibey atmosphere to match. The Brandt Beef Experience Meat lovers should prep their appetites for the Brandt Beef + One World Meat Co. experience, an energetic opportunity to shake it to the sounds against the beautiful coastal view while sampling a variety of top local chefs’ unique takes on 100% source-verified and natural Brandt Beef. Drinks supplied by Storyhouse Spirits and Bay City Brewing. Love Thy Neighbor(hood) – Villages at the Grand Tasting The vibrant neighborhoods of San Diego are the building blocks of the diverse cultural and culinary communities that make the city a destination like no other. Discover the flavors and meet the makers behind some of San Diego’s most iconic dining districts: Convoy and Little Italy. An Extra Hour of Tasting? Yes, Please! Snag an Early Entry ticket, or upgrade to our Live Fire VIP Experience featuring the region’s top award-winning chefs, luxury winemakers pouring premium vintages, caviar, live music, and more. Indulge yourself and preview the VIP experience. This just might be our most incredible VIP experience to date! Attire: Casual For more information visit: sandiegowineclassic.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

The Pompom Project is a community art class that invites people to make yarn pompoms for larger art installations. This pompom project is part of a San Diego initiative to promote art and culture in San Diego. At this event you will learn how to make pompoms with yarn and a pompom maker. You will have time to make several pompoms and take one home. The rest will become part of a large public art installation in San Diego. Craftivism is a form of activism, typically incorporating elements of anti-capitalism, environmentalism, solidarity, or third-wave feminism, that is centered on practices of craft - or what has traditionally been referred to as "domestic arts." About the Venue: Oya Art Gallery is Located in Logan Heights and run by community leader Kim Pea. The entrance is located on Commercial St. Look for the staircase with Nina Simone Mural.

The food pantry at Brashear High School is open once a week, and each student gets about five minutes to shop. Any snacks they don't take often go to teachers, to offer to hungry pupils.

In Chula Vista, homeowners can build one ADU on their property. Now, the city will research whether to allow two. And, we take a look at what's at stake in this election, both nationally and in the region. Plus, thousands of sailors on the USS Roosevelt returned home after an extended deployment to the Middle East.

Some in the neighborhood want the city to study putting a park or plaza over state Route 163.

Join us shortly after the U.S. presidential election for an insightful event featuring academic presentations by Dahlia Scheindlin, an Israeli political analyst, pollster, and author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel, and Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, as they explore public opinion within Israeli and Palestinian societies and discuss prospects for the future. Stephan Haggard will lead a dynamic and in-depth discussion with the speakers, bringing their perspectives together for an informative conversation. This event is organized by the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) and will be included in the Tritons Belong resources. Visit: Exploring Israeli-Palestinian Public Opinion: Current Perspectives School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) on Instagram and Facebook

Local octogenarian, Navy veteran, and dyslexic playwright, Daisy I. Dumas-Featherstone has proven it is never too late to fulfill a dream. While battling cancer and dealing with losses of family members and friends, she has completed her MFA degree in Creative Writing in May of this year, at the age of 85! Unable to have a public reading of her thesis play, "MAST/MASK" before graduation, she is having one now.

San Diego County court officials were seeking applicants Tuesday to serve on the 2025-26 San Diego County Grand Jury.

Trump vowed in January to send up to 30,000 migrants to Guantánamo, but so far about 500 have been flown to and from there. Critics say his goal appears to be frightening migrants into self-deporting.

Jill Ellis is stepping down from her role as San Diego Wave FC’s president to become the chief football officer at FIFA.