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U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion to Perform in San Diego
Jamie Laval has recorded numerous movie and television sound track recordings, including the solo for Emmy-nominated theme song “Everwood,” which aired for two years on Warner Bros. Television. At 2 p.m., Sunday, July 24, the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jamie Laval will perform at Museum of Making Music, located at 5790 Armand Drive […]
Local Organization Earns Nationwide Grant
Horses of Tir Na Nog is thrilled to announce that it was one of eleven winners of the third annual ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) Help a Horse Day contest. Help a Horse Day is a nationwide grant competition for equine rescues and sanctuaries to raise awareness about the year-round work […]
San Diego Women’s Foundation Grants $184,000
The San Diego Women’s Foundation’s (SDWF) Annual Grants Celebration was one of the most inspirational nights of the year. Over 220 people came together for the event, which was held at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall and celebrated the newest Developing Employment Readiness Community Partners, as well as SDWF surpassing $3 million in total granting […]
San Diego Community to Clean-Up Starlight Bowl
All Ages Invited to Save Starlight to Pull Weeds and Create a Video A new 501(c)3 non-profit community initiative—Save Starlight—kicks off a campaign to preserve, revive, and revitalize the Starlight Bowl, an abandoned open-air amphitheater located in historic Balboa Park. The mission is to revive the bowl as a viable community venue for performances and […]
Lawsuit Filed To Stop San Diego Unified School District
Neighbors of Point Loma High School have filed suit in Superior Court to stop the San Diego Unified School District from illegally lighting and commercializing the football field, invading their homes with light and noise pollution and clogging their residential streets with hundreds of cars seeking parking spaces that the School District declines to provide. […]
Luxury Farms Offers Tasting Events
Lucky Guest Wins Gifts Each month Luxury Farms tasting events get better and attract more attention, according to Melissa Scott- Clark, co-founder. She said that with the help from loyal partners and the community, upward of 75 residents attended and enjoyed the evening’s festivities. “We broke in our handmade JIA wok at last Friday’s summer […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Christy Turlington But we want it now! We want to lose 10 pounds by Friday. We want to rid ourselves of our worst habit by the end of this month. Why, oh why, does it take so long for what we genuinely want to have happen? When it’s time, it’s time, and when it isn’t, […]
Potential Historic Districts – What’s the Real Situation?
By Barry Hager, Deborah Pettry and Jim Reily A recent anonymous postcard received by many Mission Hills and other Uptown residents falsely announces “You Cannot Remodel Your Home” and “NO exterior remodeling may occur on properties” within potential historic districts. These cards are among efforts by opponents of historic districts who hope to mislead people […]
Please Consider Mission Hills, First!
Troy Curnett, Owner and Broker, One Mission Realty and President, Mission Hills BID This month marks the two year anniversary of the Mission Hills Business Improvement District (BID) column in the Presidio Sentinel. Thank you Patty Ducey-Brooks for providing space each month for a continuing business voice in our neighborhood. As I write this column […]
Welcome summer
by Troy Curnett, President MHBID and Owner/Broker One Mission Realty In Mission Hills, June kicks-off with multiple events including school graduations and promotions, the Town Council’s first in a series of Summer Concerts in Pioneer Park on Friday, June 17, and Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19. All of these events lend themselves to meals […]
