• How to Train for Climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan,Cole Novak

    How to Train for Climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan

    “If you drive a car, the risks are greater than when you’re hanging on some rope,” says 41-year-old lifelong climber and San Diego local Kevin Smoker. “You really don’t have the bandwidth to be worrying about small day-to-day stressors [when you’re on the rock wall].” While most people get sweaty pa

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  • The Belly Up Celebrates 50 Years with 50 Summer Shows,Cole Novak

    The Belly Up Celebrates 50 Years with 50 Summer Shows

    It’s an unlikely location for one of the best music venues in America: a converted quonset hut in the middle of a design district populated largely by high-end furniture stores, beauty salons, and art galleries. But Solana Beach nightclub Belly Up Tavern has proven its value simply through longevity

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  • County to crack down on corporate homebuyers and landlords amid record prices,Emily Alvarenga

    County to crack down on corporate homebuyers and landlords amid record prices

    Amid record home prices across the region, the Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to fight back against corporate homebuyers and landlords they say are manipulating the local housing market and sending the cost of living soaring — and possibly to join litigation over rent-pricing software that has

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