Lori Weisberg
Los Angeles Times
San Diego, CA, United States
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Pacific Beach's Crystal Pier was wrongly shuttered after storm damage, city says
Public access to the end of the pier has been cut off for more than a month due to safety concerns by owners of the Crystal Pier cottages, which sit on a large stretch of the structure. → Read More
Carlsbad-based Jenny Craig shutting down after four decades
News of the impending closure comes amid recent reports that the troubled weight-loss company was mulling bankruptcy if it was unable to sell the business. → Read More
San Diego had second priciest hotel sale in California last year
The sale last year of the Hyatt Regency La Jolla was surpassed only by the Montage resort in Laguna Beach, which sold for $641 million. → Read More
Marriott's hip, European-style AC hotel finally arrives in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter
The 147-room hotel, first approved by the city of San Diego in 2017, is located on 5th Avenue where a TGI Fridays once stood. → Read More
What's your favorite San Diego County beach? Tripadvisor picks two for top 10 in U.S.
Global travelers on Tripadvisor platform rank Coronado No. 8, even as sewage contamination led to closures for 35 days last year. → Read More
Key moments in San Diego's cruise ship industry
November 1970: The first cruise ship to offer scheduled cruises from San Diego after the inception of the Port District — the Greek M/S Orpheus — begins making scheduled 10-day cruises to Mexico from the B Street and Broadway piers. 1972: The Broadway Pier is converted into a multi-use public… → Read More
Feline fans bond at San Diego's first Cat Camp led by 'My Cat From Hell'
Hundreds turned out for the weekend gathering where attendees get expertise advice on everything from litter boxes to rescuing and fostering stray cats → Read More
Tell us the good, bad and ugly about check-in/boarding a cruise ship in San Diego
What's been your experience boarding a cruise ship at the B Street terminal? A breeze? Or long lines and delays? → Read More
SeaWorld San Diego won't take your cash anymore
Embracing an increasingly popular trend at U.S. theme parks, the marine park and Sesame Place in Chula Vista will now only accept card and mobile payments for everything from sodas and sundaes to paid parking. → Read More
San Diego Holocaust survivor Rose Schindler dies at 93
As recently as three weeks ago, Schindler shared her tale of survival at UC San Diego's Hillel Center, drawing tears from some of in the audience → Read More
USS Midway's promised waterfront park to finally break ground
The $64.5 million Freedom Park at the end of the Navy Pier, which will remove hundreds of parking spaces, will feature areas for seating, a native plant garden, an amphitheater, and a wide promenade → Read More
and terror -- of Ukraine on display in new San Diego art exhibit
The HeART & Soul of Ukraine exhibit at the Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights features the works of artists all born and raised in the eastern European country → Read More
La Jolla's Museum of Contemporary Art gets new courtyard dining spot aft $105M renovation
Cucina Urbana's Tracy Borkum doubles down on museum dining with The Kitchen, where all seating is outdoors. It comes on the heels of the two restaurants she introduced at the Mingei in Balboa Park. → Read More
San Diego makes it official: Cisterra's Ritz-Carlton project downtown is dead
Next steps for the city-owned land at 7th and Market will likely be declaring the site surplus, as required by state legislation, and re-starting a process for redevelopment, with the emphasis on affordable housing. → Read More
San Diego offers financial help for restaurants struggling to afford building outdoor dining on the street
The new grants, which are as high as $20,000 each, are being offered to businesses that want to take advantage of new regulations allowing permanent dining structures to be located on sidewalks and on streets where parking spaces would normally be. → Read More
Chula Vista bayfront project boosts San Diego County’s hotel development
A year-end report from Atlas Hospitality Group shows just two new hotels opening in 2022, plus six others under construction countywide. → Read More
Westfield mall in Escondido has new owners and a new name — North County Mall
The new investors in the enclosed mall hope to reinvigorate the aging center with new retail, dining options, entertainment and possibly movie theaters → Read More
Holland America passengers from San Diego and around the world raise $450K for medical aid in Ukraine
The cruise line presented Direct Relief with a check in San Diego after a monthslong fundraising campaign in which passengers participated in onboard walks to raise money for medical supplies. → Read More
San Diego plans to pull plug on long-planned downtown Ritz Carlton
San Diego is ready to cancel the nearly seven-year-old deal with Cisterra and its partners because the group won't be able to make crucial deadlines for the now $700 million project → Read More
Manchester teams with Fairmont on 36-story bay-view hotel in downtown San Diego
Fairmont Hotels, which has partnered with hotelier Doug Manchester on other projects, says the downtown highrise will be its largest in the United States → Read More