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Elton John performs during the 2025 Curebound Concert for Cures at Petco Park on Friday, May 9, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Elton John scored big at his San Diego Curebound Concert For Cures in Petco Park

Held on a cool, foggy night, the concert was a moving testament to the transformative power of music.

Entertainment

The mole poblano chilaquiles and orange carrot pancakes from Mujer Divina Brunch Cafe on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 in Chula Vista, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Savory and sweet sunrise: 9 unique breakfast spots in San Diego County

Breakfast sushi, cannoli waffles and pancakes with instructions are items restaurants in San Diego County

Music and Concerts

Elton John will perform the Curebound Concert for Cures benefit concert Friday night at Petco Park. It is his only announced concert for the rest of 2025. (KC Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego concert picks: Elton John, Willie Nelson, Diana Krall, Los Mirlos

With Elton John, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and James Taylor all playing here between Friday and next Thursday, it may be a record week for San Diego concerts by music legends.

Movies

Mauricio Hernandez Mata, a U.S. Army veteran who served more than 100 combat missions, was deported to Mexico due to drug-possession charges. He was finally able to return in 2022. Mata is one of several veterans profiled in the documentary “Bring Them Home,” at the GI Film Festival San Diego. (GI Film Festival)

San Diego arts roundup: GI Film Festival spotlights plight of deported veterans

Also this week, French film festival in La Jolla, Parliament Funkadelic, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Cygnet Theatre's "Hot Wing King" and more

Beer

Pizza Port Solana Beach head brewer Mike Havens, left, Pizza Port director of brewing operations Sean Farrell and Karl Strauss Brewmaster Paul Segura brewing up the West Coast IPA Nectaron of the Gods. (Karl Strauss)

Brewery Rowe: Karl Strauss, Pizza Port rebooting Nectaron of the Gods

Also this week, a mixed national brewing industry report, Thai beers, Padres BeerFest and Quick Sips for penny-pinchers

Restaurants, Food and Drink

An array of coastal Asian-inspired dishes from Japan, China and Taiwan from Glass Box that includes salmon sushi. (Glass Box)

Foodie Forecast: Tequila tasting, Mother’s Day brunch and a burger deal

This week's foodie forecast for San Diego features a Mother's Day Brunch, a burger deal, and tequila tastings

Home and Garden

Tom McCarter and his wife, Alice, have turned a sparsely planted front- and backyard of 8,500 square feet over the past five years into a garden that is rich with plantings and art. It’s an ongoing process, he acknowledges. (Charlie Neuman / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

WaterSmart makeover: A blended vision in Vista

With artistic flair and a growing affinity for succulents, couple win first place for transformed yard in Vista Irrigation District

Books

FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

Everett and another winner were fellows of the NEA, which is cutting back funding.

Arts

Suspicious adversary: Can photographers and AI get along?

In Colorado, a photograph arts center's current exhibition is curious — and certainly controversial.

Travel

Bluff Trail at Montaña de Oro State Park offers a dramatic shoreline view above tidepools, chiseled cliffs and rocky inlets. (Benjamin Myers)

An escape to Central California and beyond

Feast for the soul: San Luis Obispo, Cambria, San Simeon and north to Redding