Good morning from a cold, gray San Diego – where we’re all pretending to be focused but secretly just shopping for puffers we don’t need.

Let us interrupt your seasonal spiral with a ticket giveaway: Love Isn’t Blind, the chaotic dating show where men can’t talk and their phones are fair game. Yes, it’s as unhinged as it sounds – and yes, you could win free entry.

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Tommy Stinson played with The Replacements, Bash & Pop, AND Guns N’ Roses. He doesn’t need to play a bar this size – that’s why you should go.

  Catch him with Karla Rose and Little Venom on 1/21 at Whistle Stop.

• Texas troubadour Charley Crockett rolls into Petco Park on 1/16, and this one’s outside. Expect rhinestones, heartbreakers, honky-tonk gospel, and the cleanest bootcut pants you’ve ever seen. Grab your tix!

• Grammy-winning house producer CID hits Music Box 2/28 with the kind of bass lines that make your brain feel like a lava lamp. Tix drop this Thursday.

• Plus other just announced shows from Rosy Dawn, Oversoul, Ritual Howls, Mvtant, Mission to the Sun, Jamey Johnson, and more!

BIRTHDAY FREEBIES IN SAN DIEGO

New year, new reason to act like a diva on your birthday.

We rounded up the best free stuff you can claim around San Diego — from drinks to dessert to wild discounts you probably didn’t know existed. Don’t wait for someone else to plan your big day. Start here.

IN THE FUTURE

LOCALS ONLY

• Start marking your calendar: these are the official free entry days for all U.S. National Parks in 2026. No gate fees, no excuses – just gas up and go.

• This just in: it’s not your imagination. San Diego’s inflation rate was #2 in the U.S. last year. Seattle took the top spot, but our rent increases and grocery hikes gave them a run for their money… literally.

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