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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
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Emily Shea-Owen
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The Sound coming to the Del Mar Fairgrounds
The live music venue holds up to 1,900 people
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San Diego County facing shortage of eggs
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January 19, 2023
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Mission + Garnet gets ready to open in Pacific Beach
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January 11, 2023
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You can still order up in 2023.
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30 San Diego coffee shops we loved in 2022
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San Diego gift ideas from SDtoday’s editors
10 things Monica and Michael can’t live without.
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