A Weekend of Events, Heat Awareness, and a Call to Support Local Journalism
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San Diego's weekend is dense with options across the county. The free MCAS Miramar Air Show runs through Sunday, gates opening at 8 a.m. daily — those attending Saturday's sessions are urged to bring water and sunscreen. Tonight's Padres-Diamondbacks game starts at 6:40 p.m. at Petco Park. El Cajon's Oktoberfest, running through October 4th, opened today at 4 p.m. at the German American Societies of San Diego with admission from $5 to $15. Saturday brings San Diego VegFest from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Presidents Way Lawn — free — and MARIACHI USA at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park from 6 to 10 p.m. Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations continue on Third Avenue through September 30th. Sunday features the Taste of College Area from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rolando neighborhood at $40, and the 10th Annual San Diego SAKE Festival from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at JULEP Venue at $85.
In Santee, discounted admission for the Brews and Bites Festival on October 17th is available through September 30th, after which general-admission pricing increases; the event is 21-and-over at Town Center Community Park East. The Youth Biz Fair at the Santee Softball Fields runs Saturday morning from 9 a.m.
The stories that matter most in each of these communities — the billing error's resolution, the Escondido firing-range fight's next chapter, the county loan's full terms — will be documented first and most thoroughly by the reporters at the San Diego Union-Tribune, KPBS, Voice of San Diego, NBC 7, the Santee Pulse, and the other local newsrooms whose daily work underpins regional accountability journalism. Readers who find these issues consequential are encouraged to seek out and support that original reporting directly.