Independent women
Grrrl Independent Ladies evolved from a festival that Mendoza hosted in 2015 on International Women's Day featuring female musicians from Tijuana.
View ArticleAaron Leaf pays tribute to police shooting victims
For years, Leaf has been using art to document the lives of Olango and others killed by San Diego police with various graphic designs, including a series of portraits he calls “San Diego Stolen Lives.”
View ArticleBest of San Diego 2016: People | Ann Berchtold
Ann Berchtold supports San Diego art. She's the producer of several local art shows and the founder of Art San Diego, the city's first and only annual contemporary art fair.
View ArticleBest of San Diego 2016: People | Melinda Chiment
Melinda Chiment traveled the world doing development work but yearned to come home to San Diego and work at AjA Project.
View ArticleBest of San Diego 2016: People | Julian Klincewicz
Adept at VHS videography, modeling, music and more, San Diego artist Julian Klincewicz is usually on the road for work.
View ArticleSan Diego women getting nasty for new art show
The Monday after Donald Trump won the presidential election, New York City artist Roxanne Jackson posted what became a viral statement on Facebook: “Hello female artists/curators! Let’s organize a...
View ArticleBest of San Diego 2017: People | Monica Mendoza
Who is she? Mendoza is the woman behind the bicultural music project, Grrrl Independent Ladies. She is also a musician in bands such as Le Ra, Strange Phases and the Mexican ska group, Tijuana No.
View ArticleCannabis industry is still in the weeds when it comes to advertising
The cannabis industry is growing now that recreational sales are legal, but some local cannabis businesses are finding it difficult to advertise to consumers.
View ArticleCannabis industry spends big in Supervisors’ race
Dispensary and cultivator Outliers Collective (OutCo) is one of the San Diego County businesses invested in the June 5 primary election.
View ArticleCool as a cucumber
Usually added to gin cocktails, the cool, crisp cucumber makes any drink more refreshing.
View ArticleLGBTQ history and ‘Stories of Struggles and Triumphs’
LGBTQ+ San Diego will document decades worth of struggles and triumphs through hundreds of photos, newspaper clippings, artifacts, artwork and more.
View ArticleCannabis industry shifts into Phase II
Dispensaries across California were having fire sales to move products that didn’t conform to new regulations set into place July 1.
View ArticleDIY music spaces are an endangered species
Only a handful of do-it-yourself (DIY) venues are still operating in San Diego, with Helmuth joining King’s Music and The Treehouse on the list of silenced venues.
View ArticlePesty pesticides complicate cannabis Phase II tests
Some San Diego cannabis labs are slowly seeing the effects of Phase II regulations.
View ArticleEdible arrangement
In the spirit of CityBeat’s Food Issue, I tried a few edible products that a budtender from Urbn Leaf (1028 Buenos Ave.) guaranteed would satisfy my sweet tooth but not make me fly that high.
View ArticleTutti fruity
I found an overwhelming amount of medical articles cautioning against fruitarianism, a diet famously revered by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
View ArticleIt’s a dirty job, but cannabis waste is good business
Megumi Reagan, director of policy and marketing at cannabis waste company Gaiaca, says the company has been busier than usual.
View ArticleTed Meyer brings lifelong project to Mesa College Art Gallery
In a photograph by Los Angeles-based artist Ted Meyer, Joy Mincey Powell looks over her shoulder at the viewer in her wheelchair, her bare back exposed.
View ArticleCannabis industry still unsure when it comes to insurance
Cannabis businesses often have a difficult time finding business insurance. California’s insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, is chairing a new working group established to address this issue.
View ArticleThe real deal on cannabis real estate
It’s no secret that getting a piece of land in California is no easy feat, and San Diego real estate professionals say it’s even harder for cannabis entrepreneurs.
View ArticleCannabis businesses gets into the PAC game
With the Nov. 6 general election just around the corner, some in San Diego’s cannabis industry are highly invested in the County Supervisor’s race.
View ArticleSan Diego Opera sings a new song
The San Diego Opera was on the brink of collapse in 2014 until its board of directors rescinded an earlier vote to close and saved the institution from extinction.
View ArticleNew dispensaries opt for hands-off approach when it comes to customers
Blake Marchand, CEO of March and Ash, says his dispensary’s setup emphasizes education with help from “cannabis concierges.”
View ArticleABCs of CBD
Those CBD products might be illegal, according to some San Diego legal experts.
View ArticlePeople of the Year 2018: Lillian Faderman
Lillian Faderman is a prominent historian on LGBTQ communities and the immigrant experience.
View ArticlePeople of the Year 2018: Hannah Shaw
A newcomer to San Diego, Shaw educates cat lovers on kitten rescue nationwide as the Kitten Lady and rescues kittens with her new, local nonprofit, Orphan Kitten Club.
View ArticleIndustry braces for Phase III
California’s three cannabis licensing authorities are due to release the third phase of regulations for adult-use and manufacturing of cannabis in early December.
View ArticleJustin Eisinger wants readers to ‘Grow Some Pot!'
San Diego-based graphic novelist Justin Eisinger noticed a lot of books on the market about growing cannabis, but nothing for the canna-curious newcomer interested in growing their own supply.
View ArticleCannabis deliveries to be legal everywhere in California
The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) released the newest changes to regulations for adult-use cannabis and manufacturing earlier this month.
View ArticleMo’ money, mo’ problems for cannabis businesses
The lack of legal access to banking is one the biggest obstacles facing the cannabis industry.
View ArticleLegalized hemp could be a boon for local CBD companies
To the delight of many in the hemp industry, the 2018 farm bill (aka the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) descheduled hemp from the Controlled Substances Act.
View ArticleGetting cannabusy
Using cannabis to enhance one’s sexual experience isn’t a new concept, but there sure are plenty of new products on the market to help people get down.
View ArticleMedicinal CBD MIA
Allison Ray Benavides uses an oil derived from the high CBD cannabis strain, Charlotte’s Web, to treat her 9-year-old son’s epilepsy. T
View ArticleState senate takes on cannabis banking
Banking remains one of the greatest challenges when it comes to owning a cannabis business.
View ArticleEquity programs coming soon?
District 3 councilmember, Chris Ward, plans to propose San Diego’s own cannabis equity program.
View ArticleCannabis Corpse are scary, brutal and pretty hilarious
As if it wasn’t clear from the name, Cannabis Corpse is a cannabis-centric death metal band from Richmond, Virginia
View ArticleEvents and specials for an excellent 420
Around San Diego, other dispensaries are getting in the spirit of 420 with their own events and promotions.
View ArticleExpungement clinics helping those with cannabis convictions
Within the past several years, California has attempted to offer relief to individuals with convictions for low-level crimes such as cannabis possession.
View ArticleDel Mar Fairgrounds not down with legal cannabis
It’s around 4 p.m. at the Mission Tower venue at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, and a cannabis education event called GoodLife Cannabis Seminar Series is winding down, but still lively.
View ArticleCannabis Nurses Network aim to educate
As consumers become increasingly interested in using medicinal cannabis, the medical world is also increasingly more curious about the plants’ benefits.
View ArticleGround up
Vegetables are in the biggest section of the out-dated food pyramid but still integral to most diets. They’re ever so versatile but easy to label as boring.
View ArticleLa Jolla Playhouse set to ‘WOW’ this season
Occurring every other year since 2013, WOW typically features performance and interactive art.
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