Archive for April, 2025
The Water and Salt Plan for the Salton Sea
By Jim Bates The Salton Sea has fallen on hard times. Once a vacation playground, now a dried up wasteland, the Salton Sea has too much salt, and not enough water. The Salton Sea Solutions, LLC has a plan to reduce the salt and increase the water. It starts with a small demonstration plant to […]
Libraries: The Great Equalizer
By Elaine Kalin, board member of Friends of the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library A library patron stopped at our display table highlighting National Friends of Libraries Week to tell us that she loves the library because it is an equalizer. When asked why she felt that way, she replied that it’s the only place in a […]
Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder Allows Visitors to Step into the Whoniverse
An adventure is awaiting behind Comic-Con Museum’s doors–and it’s bigger on the inside. A grand exploration of time and space began in San Diego as the U.S. premiere of the Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction exhibit debuted at Comic-Con Museum. “We’ve brought one of the largest exhibits in the Museum’s history to fans, members, […]
An Opportunity to Be a Part of a Cause that Serves Taxpayers
Throughout my life of being a board member of over 25 nonprofit organizations in San Diego, including the Union of Pan Asian Communities and Nonprofit Solutions, I’ve always felt that I was fortunate to be gifted with knowledge, experience and the desire to help others. Currently, I “serve” on three boards. I emphasize serve because […]
Worth Calendaring in April
Jamaal Jackson, President, Mission Hills BID and Assistant Vice President | Branch Manager US Bank Mission Hills Whether you find hoaxes and pranks to be hilarious or rude, we all have a tale about “April Fools!” being shouted on the first of April. There is ambiguity about its origin though some say in 1392 Chaucer […]
