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SDtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love

Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.

October 14, 2025 02:49 PM

Emily Shea-Owen

Airports and Transportation

SAN expecting high traffic going into Labor Day Weekend

The airport expects to see travel levels exceed pre-pandemic traffic.

August 29, 2023

Michael Beausoleil

Jimmy Buffet Suite at the Margaritaville Hotel Gaslamp

Travel and Outdoors

Margaritaville Hotel makes its debut in downtown San Diego

The hotel boasts that it has the largest rooftop pool in San Diego, plus event spaces and three restaurants.

August 25, 2023

Michael Beausoleil

Food

7 places to eat empanadas in San Diego

The savory Latin American staple sure makes its mark around these parts. 🥟

August 24, 2023

Monica Garske

Arts

What’s the coolest thing made in California?

The California Manufacturers & Technology Association is asking for your help proving that San Diego makes really great things.

August 23, 2023

Michael Beausoleil

Small Business

Corridor Candle Co.: A San Diego-inspired small business that makes a lot of scents

The City Heights-based company specializes in candles inspired by beautiful places in SD — like Sunset Cliffs, Torrey Pines, and Anza-Borrego.

August 22, 2023

Monica Garske

Small Business

Where to shop small and local for back-to-school supplies in San Diego

From art supplies to books, these small shops have you covered.

August 14, 2023

Monica Garske

Small Business

Breweries in San Diego’s Miramar area — aka ‘Beeramar’

Many of San Diego’s most beloved craft breweries are making beer in the heart of Miramar.

July 25, 2023

Monica Garske

Rendering of the storefront and counter of The Red Chickz in Carlsbad

Restaurants

The Red Chickz is bringing the heat to Carlsbad

The Nashville-style chicken shop will open its first location in San Diego County at The Shoppes at Carlsbad later this summer.

July 14, 2023

Michael Beausoleil

Retail

Happy haulin’: swap meets, co-ops, vintage, and resale shops in San Diego

Here’s the deal — the swap meet and vintage shopping scene is stellar in America’s Finest City.

June 21, 2023

Monica Garske

A scoop of green ice cream in a cup in National City, CA

Food

16 of San Diego’s coolest ice cream shops

These shops are known for award-winning flavor, uncommon recipes, and their methods of making frozen goodness.

June 9, 2023

Michael Beausoleil

More from SDtoday

Culture

Unwrap these 3 gifts given to the city of San Diego

These city gifts are way better than a Jelly of the Month Club membership.

December 17, 2024

Staff

Culture

“A Coastal Christmas Romance": A San Diego Hallmark-style movie, as told by ChatGPT

December Nights, the OB Christmas tree, holiday lights, and ice skating? We’d watch the heck out of this fictional, AI-generated holiday movie set in America’s Finest City.

December 16, 2024

Monica Garske

SD Restored Botanical Building Balboa Park

City

See it: Balboa Park’s restored Botanical Building reopens

The iconic, highly-photographed structure closed in January 2022 for a $26.45 million renovation project, but reopened to the public in December 2024.

December 13, 2024

Monica Garske