Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Irate Arizona Rattlers coach Kevin Guy after win over Duke City
“We should have won by three or four touchdowns,” Kevin Guy said, after Rattlers beat Duke City in the final minute.
The Arizona Rattlers returned two interceptions for touchdowns, converted a key fourth down in the last minute and watched kicker Conor Mangan miss two field goals in the last two minutes to escape the San Diego Strike Force with a 47-46 victory Saturday night at Pechanga Arena.
“We played as bad on offense as I have seen in 15 years,” coach Kevin Guy said. “We have to coach better and we have to play better. We scored on defense twice tonight. I was almost ready to bring our defensive players over to play on offense.”
Dalton Sneed threw three touchdown passes, including a 7-yard pass to Isaiah Huston which turned out to be the game-winner with 16 seconds left. Dawson Evitts’ extra point broke a 46-46 tie.
But the Rattlers needed Mangan to miss a 30-yard field goal try as time expired to get to 7-4 on the season and seize fourth place in the Indoor Football League Western Conference by themselves.
The Strike Force (6-5) had a chance to score late in the first half, after Nate Davis drove his team to the Rattlers’ 5 with three seconds left.
But he overthrew his pass in the end zone, and Jarmaine Doubs Jr. intercepted five yards deep in the end zone and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown that gave the Rattlers a 34-21 lead at the break.
Sneed was intercepted three times, including the first play of the game that the Strike Force cashed in with an early 7-0 lead.
San Diego could have taken a nine-point lead with less than two minutes to play, but Mangan hooked a 28-yard field goal try.
In the final minute, Sneed’s 14-yard pass to Huston on fourth-and-6 gave the Rattlers a first down at 7. On the next play, Sneed went right back to Huston for his first TD. This was Huston’s first game back since early in the season when he suffered an injury.
Davis, who burned the Rattlers early in the season in a 55-45 win in Glendale, passed for 144 yards and four TDs but was picked off three times.
Winfrey’s interception late in the first half came right after CJ Odom fumbled the ball away into the end zone on a first-down run from the 2.
That led to Sneed’s 13-yard scoring pass to Corey Reed Jr. with 16 seconds left and a 27-21 lead. The point-after attempt was blocked.
“We found a way to win and we kept our poise,” Guy said. “We executed when we had to. I don’t want to take anything away from San Diego. They are a very good football team.
“We converted some fourth downs on the last drive. It’s a little different when there’s pressure to make those kids. I thought Huston gave us some great minutes when he was in the game.”
The Rattlers had eight stops in the game. They’ve won six of their last seven games and are only a half-game behind the Vegas Knight Hawks (7-3) and the Northern Arizona Wranglers (7-3) in the Western Conference. The Bay Area Panthers lead the conference at 9-1.
The Rattlers are back home Saturday night at 6:05 to play the Wranglers at Desert Diamond Arena.
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SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
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