Handpicked by locals: 5 places to eat, drink and explore in El Cajon

Paris Landen said she arrived at El Cajon’s concert venue, The Magnolia, by accident. “It’s all a big mistake,” Landen, ...
The Fresno Bee

New late-night bar opens in Old Town Clovis. It’s a speakeasy with tableside cocktails

A new speakeasy, The Farmer and The Bootlegger, opens in Old Town Clovis Dec. 19. PROVIDED: THE FARMER AND THE BOOTLEGGER A new speakeasy coming to Old Town Clovis is reviving the covert spirit of the ...
The Bay State Banner

Restaurants that are open on Christmas Day

The holidays are a time for enjoying family and friends and making cherished seasonal memories. Sweating in the kitchen and tackling a mountain of dishes may not be part of that vision. Need a ...
Times of San Diego

Out with the old

Housing, whether for purchase or rent. Groceries. That Barbie or LEGO gift for your kids. Some causes of rising costs are San Diego-driven. Others are shaped by statewide decisions and still others by ...
KENS

San Antonio police investigating woman's death at a home near downtown

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive early Tuesday morning at a home near downtown. Officers were dispatched around 5 a.m. to a property in the ...
Modesto Bee

Harry Potter-themed speakeasy in Modesto requires secret spell to enter

Uniquely is a Modesto Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Central Valley so special. Behind a door labeled “electrical room” in The ...
The New York Times

Diego Pavia apologizes for criticizing Heisman voters: ‘I didn’t handle those emotions well at all’

Diego Pavia led Vanderbilt to its first 10-win season. Johnnie Izquierdo / Getty Images A day after blasting Heisman Trophy voters over his distant second-place finish, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego ...
CBSSports.com

Diego Pavia apologizes after 'disrespectful' post to Heisman voters

Disappointed after finishing runner-up in final Heisman voting, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia blasted those whose final ballots did not include him ahead of Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.
USA Today

Diego Pavia rips Heisman voters on social media after runner-up finish

Diego Pavia made history Saturday night, becoming the first finalist for the Heisman Trophy in the history of the Vanderbilt football program. He finished just shy of college football’s most storied ...
San Antonio Current

For being a ‘Tex-Mex town,’ San Antonio’s food scene covers myriad cultures

In the beginning there was Tex-Mex. And it was good. At least that’s the narrative forged in the cauldrons of San Antonio’s Chili Queens in the late 19th century and expanded over the years in ...
Yahoo! Sports

Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia after losing the Heisman to Fernando Mendoza: 'F-all the voters'

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia did not seem too pleased about finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting. Pavia lost out on the Heisman to Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza on Saturday night ...
Wall Street Journal

How Small-Town Museums Are Going Viral

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow appears to whisper this crass confession to his daughter in a popular TikTok post from Massachusetts’ Worcester Art Museum titled, “what the paintings talk about when ...