Happy New Year!

The subject line says it all. We, of course, were grateful for each and every one of our readers in 2025, but as we turn our attention to 2026, we have more than a resolution. We’re on a mission.
 

We want to continue to keep you informed about the latest news and developments in San Diego County. We hope to engage you and inspire you. Some stories will enlighten you, others might even enrage you. But through your subscriptions to this daily newsletter and our weekly community newsletters, and along with your embrace of our refreshed Instagram page (and our new TikTok), we hope to connect more than ever to discuss what news is valuable and necessary as we all shift along in our day-to-day lives in San Diego. Let’s keep the conversation flowing in 2026.

With New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in the books, let’s turn our attention to a couple of stories you might have missed as we closed out the holiday season:

• We always talk about dry conditions in San Diego and Southern California, but an annual measure of our snowpack tells us a lot about the state of our reservoirs. Recent storms have created “a solid base” for this year’s snowpack, state officials say. 
• The Holiday Bowl is this evening (the bayfront parade is this morning), with Arizona taking on SMU. But the players met on neutral ground ahead of both – the Navy welcomed them aboard the USS Makin Island.
• Fascinated by that naughty King Henry VIII and his many unfortunate wives? The musical “Six” (that’s how many there were) re-imagines them as pop divas. Our Drew Sitton has the review.
  
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