Mother's Day

SAN DIEGO—It was hard to imagine a more wholesome scene than the one Sunday afternoon at Jack Murphy Stadium: It was a sunny Mother’s Day, the Padres had just beaten the Cubs and the Beach Boys were giving a concert before more than 50,000 exuberant fans.

Surrounded by photos of her only child, Pauline Jones points to the wall where the final Mother's Day card she received from her daughter Bethany Rae Fields is pinned in a frame.

“And a day after Mother’s Day.”

Most of them are from 2024, but the inciting event behind the filing appears to have been an alleged attack on Mother’s Day of this year.

During the holidays the bakery can feel even more cramped as it cranks out seasonal additions, such as 1,600 mini cupcakes and muffins for Easter and Mother’s Day brunch and hundreds of additional pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas.