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Back-to-School Backpack Drive to Benefit Struggling Families in San Diego County 

| July 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
Back-to-School Backpack Drive to Benefit Struggling Families in San Diego County 

For struggling families, school supplies can be difficult to access. Home Start, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to child abuse prevention and providing evidence-based family-strengthening services, is collecting donations throughout the month of July for its annual Back-to-School Backpack Drive. The donated supplies will benefit children served by Home Start.  The agency will be collecting a variety of supplies, including filled backpacks ready to […]

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Three Bat-eared Fox Kits

| July 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Three Bat-eared Fox Kits

Three young bat-eared foxes, recently born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, are now venturing out of the den and into their habitat. The kits are spending more time outside of the den with their mother, Winter—a first-time mom. They enjoy wrestling with one another and playing with mom’s big ears. Their current daily […]

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Designation of Old Mission Hills Branch Library Upheld, Redevelopment Allowed

| July 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
Designation of Old Mission Hills Branch Library Upheld, Redevelopment Allowed

By Jennifer Machian On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the San Diego City Council voted 5 to 3 to uphold the historic designation of the old Mission Hills Branch Library, ending a long-simmering debate over the fate of the building. The Library’s historical designation originated from a 2019 nomination by Mission Hills Heritage (MHH), a preservation […]

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Arts District Liberty Station Offers Vitamin D and Entertainment Galore

| June 8, 2023 | 0 Comments
Arts District Liberty Station Offers Vitamin D and Entertainment Galore

Arts District Liberty Station is the perfect place to get your daily dose of Vitamin D all while enjoying some of the best local talent. Embrace the start of summer by perusing art outdoors, participating in various dance workshops and enjoying live music performances from local Apt 4 Music musicians. With something for everyone, San […]

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Bo Makes San Diego His New Home

| June 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Bo Makes San Diego His New Home</strong>

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has welcomed a new lion to the pride: Bo, a seven-year-old male African lion. Earlier today, Bo curiously explored his new home at the Lion Camp habitat, showing confidence as he became comfortable in his new surroundings. Bo will eventually lead his own pride when he is introduced to the three female lions who reside […]

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New Innovative Mission Control Mobile Classroom

| June 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>New Innovative Mission Control Mobile Classroom</strong>

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is unveiling a new innovative and groundbreaking Mission Control mobile classroom which will dramatically increase the Museum’s STEM outreach and programming and bring education to where the need is most critical in our local communities. “The San Diego Air & Space Museum has provided STEM-focused youth educational programming in the […]

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Win Prizes for Summer Reading – and More

| June 4, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Win Prizes for Summer Reading – and More</strong>

By Elaine Kalin and Mary Rose Mueller, Friends of the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library Sign up now for the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is Find Your Voice, highlighting how our voices have power and influence, and can help us impact the world. The Summer Reading Program encourages people to keep […]

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Honoring the Contributions of William Templeton Johnson

| April 4, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Honoring the Contributions of William Templeton Johnson</strong>

Mission Hills is a distinctive and unique community with an impressive history, rich with stories of those who contributed immensely to San Diego’s character and personality. Sidewheel ferryboat steamship captain, Henry James Johnston operating frequently between San Francisco and San Diego in the 1860s purchased the first homesite in Mission Hills on Orizaba Street.  By […]

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Two Educators – and Dads – Share Their Blueprint for Education and Parenting – Influenced by Mister Rogers

| April 3, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Two Educators – and Dads – Share Their Blueprint for Education and Parenting – Influenced by Mister Rogers</strong>

 In 1989, Fred Rogers, of the “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” show, visited the San Diego Zoo, where he got to see giraffes up close. That visit became one of the most beloved episodes of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”of all time, sparking children’s wonder about animals and the natural world.  According to two authors who are scheduled to share […]

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SCI-FI – What Else Might There Be?

| April 3, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>SCI-FI – What Else Might There Be?</strong>

Write Out Loud – an organization with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience to continue their 16th Season of Story Concerts with “SCI-FI What Else Might There Be?” At 7 p.m., Monday, April 10 at the Old Town Theatre, located at 4040 Twiggs Street in […]

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