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Friends of Balboa Park Announces Annual Award Honorees
Friends of Balboa Park (FoBP), a nonprofit that preserves the legacy and beauty of the Park, this week celebrated the honorees of its 17th Annual Awards Luncheon. This year’s event, themed “Magical Menagerie,” commemorated the nonprofit’s recent acquisition of the historic Balboa Park Carousel. The event also recognized institutions and organizations throughout the Park that […]
World’s Second Oldest Gorilla Celebrates Her 60th Birthday
Gorilla birthdays are always a momentous occasion at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, but today’s (Oct. 24) festivities were especially significant. Vila (pronounced VEE-la), the world’s second oldest gorilla, celebrated her 60th birthday with a joyful party that included all nine members of her family at the Safari Park, including a second birthday girl—one-year […]
USO San Diego is Recipient for Holiday Season Events
This holiday season, USO San Diego encourages all San Diegans to stand together and support the sacrifice of our military service members and their families. This year, USO San Diego is the honored beneficiary of holiday events sponsored by the Hilton San Diego Bayfront and the Headquarters at Seaport Village. The season kicks off with […]
Longtime Advocate for Torture Survivors Receives 2017 Inspiration Award
Kathi Anderson, Survivors of Torture, International’s (SURVIVORS’) executive director, was selected among six remarkable finalists to receive The Wealth and Legacy Center’s prestigious 2017 Inspiration Award recently at the Sanford Consortium, La Jolla. Anderson was chosen because of her longtime dedication in working with an invisible population – torture survivors. In 1997, Anderson co-founded Survivors […]
Jingle Bell Bachelor Bash to Ring in the Holiday Season
Leading ladies to bid on memorable dates for a cause On December 2, hundreds of women will bid on dates with more than a dozen of San Diego’s most eligible bachelors to celebrate the holiday season and give back to their community. The Junior League of San Diego (JLSD) will host the highly anticipated 10th […]
Father Joe’s Villages Announces 16th Annual Thanksgiving Day 5K
Local tradition to provide one million meals to individuals and families who are homeless Before filling up on Thanksgiving dinner, more than 7,500 runners and walkers are expected to lace up their sneakers for San Diego’s original turkey trot: Father Joe’s Villages’ Thanksgiving Day 5K. As one of San Diego’s largest homeless services providers, Father […]
6th Annual Taste of Mission Hills
Dare to Indulge From worldly to local, twenty-four (24) participating purveyors of delicious tastes, including long established and very new arrivals in Mission Hills, will be featured at the 6th Annual Taste of Mission Hills happening on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Included in the price of each ticket is […]
Susan G. Komen® San Diego Announces 2017 Honorary Breast Cancer Survivor
Susan G. Komen® San Diego (Komen San Diego) announced Christine Trimble as the 2017 Race for the Cure® Honorary Breast Cancer Survivor. Trimble will be the organization’s spokesperson through the 21st Annual Race for the Cure on Sunday, Nov. 5. Trimble credits her survival to her annual mammogram and life changing medical care, including chemotherapy […]
The Other Life Changing Diabetes
By Dove Braunstein Recently I watched the documentary “What the Health” on Netflix. Being a self-proclaimed health nut (who, admittedly, doesn’t always practice what she preaches), I enjoyed the film and its general message. Processed food is killing us; eat less meat and dairy, and way, way more plants. Amen. But I had one huge […]
Modern Masters From Latin America to be Displayed Publicly for the First Time
The San Diego Museum of Art is pleased to present Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection, an exhibition showcasing 102 works of art by some of the greatest modern masters from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Drawn from one of the […]
