Beer in San Diego County, California the alternative being imported beer from Mexico. But changes in national and state law in the late 1970s made home brewing legal, and in 1982 California allowed breweries to operate restaurants on their premises, which made brewpubs possible. In 1989 the Karl Strauss Brewing Company opened a brewery and brewpub on Columbia Street in Downtown San Diego and expanded into distribution brewing in 1991. This was the first commercial brewery in San Diego since 1953, and for many San Diego consumers it was their first exposure to freshly brewed beer and to styles such as amber lager and pale ale.
University of California, San Diego sets different requirements for awarding graduation and provost's honors, separate from departmental and Phi Beta Kappa honors. The University of California San Diego is ranked 15th by the "Academic Ranking of World Universities," and is ranked 17th "Best University in the World" by the "Center for World University Rankings" for 2016. "U.S. News & World Report" named UC San Diego the 15th best university in the world for 2017 for research, global and regional reputation, international collaboration and number of highly cited papers. In 2017, UC San Diego was ranked 30th in the world by the "Times Higher Education World