Lifestyle news for greater San Diego

The starting gate at a horse race opens up, and 13 horses with their jockeys make their way out. Over them, the display reads "Del Mar."

Life

Longtime Del Mar Thoroughbred Club CEO Joe Harper announces retirement

by City News Service July 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m.July 25, 2026, 9:54 a.m.

Del Mar hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for the first time in 2017 under Harper’s leadership.

Life

New UCSD study shows exponential rise in e-bike collisions in California

by Nicole Abrams • Times of San Diego July 22, 2026, 3:35 p.m.July 23, 2026, 3:54 p.m.

A Cal Fire truck at the scene of a wildfire. Photo by Ed Sherman

California Fires

Fire in Rainbow prompts evacuations, warnings: Cal Fire

by Staff and Wire Reports July 22, 2026, 11:53 a.m.July 22, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

Life

County seeks temporary location for Center’s popular senior exercise classes

by Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego July 22, 2026, 11:05 a.m.July 22, 2026, 11:27 a.m.

30 Fire Safe Councils get grants to reduce wildfire risks, protect neighborhoods across San Diego County

Life

Bill Horn, longtime San Diego County supervisor and Vietnam veteran, dies at 83

by Jennifer Vigil • Times of San Diego July 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m.July 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m.

Life

Del Mar holds 32nd annual Opening Day Hats Contest

by Staff and Wire Reports July 20, 2026, 2:53 p.m.July 20, 2026, 2:53 p.m.

A San Diego motorcycle officer in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone

Life

Collision in Linda Vista causes 64-year-old motorcyclist to be hospitalized

by City News Service July 18, 2026, 5:32 p.m.July 18, 2026, 5:33 p.m.

Life

‘Love always wins’: SD Pride shines on in an uncertain political environment

by Times of San Diego Staff Reports July 18, 2026, 5:21 p.m.July 24, 2026, 4:29 p.m.

Life

Nearly half of Mission Bay Park’s bathrooms are now closed. These 20 are still open.

by Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego July 15, 2026, 11:05 a.m.July 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.

This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the Beta Pictoris region on March 6, 2014. (Photo courtesy ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 via AP)

Tech

New planet found orbiting Beta Pictoris

by Associated Press July 15, 2026, 10:15 a.m.July 15, 2026, 10:15 a.m.

Life

Más allá del desfile: tu guía de los eventos no oficiales del Pride

by Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego July 13, 2026, 2:24 p.m.July 13, 2026, 2:24 p.m.

Life

Inside the two-year struggle to build six tiny homes for unhoused residents in Pacific Beach

by Ashlyn Lipori-Russie • Special for Times of San Diego July 12, 2026, 9:00 a.m.July 13, 2026, 2:31 p.m.

Arts

With motorcycles and rainbows, the Dyke March returns to San Diego Pride

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego July 11, 2026, 3:38 p.m.July 11, 2026, 4:50 p.m.