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Female-led Program Opens the 2023 Season Celebrating Three Innovative Female Choreographers 

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Female-led Program Opens the 2023 Season Celebrating Three Innovative Female Choreographers </strong>

The Rosin Box Project (TRBP), San Diego’s premier contemporary ballet company, is opening their 2023 season with “Empower,” a trailblazing female-led program coinciding with Women’s History Month featuring three new works choreographed by Resident Artists Lauren Flower, Bethany Green and Carly Topazio.   The program will be presented at The Light Box Theater in Liberty […]

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City of San Diego Receives Shipwreck Recognition for Removing Youth Sports Not Criminal Element

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>City of San Diego Receives Shipwreck Recognition for Removing Youth Sports Not Criminal Element</strong>

After parents installed lights at a city-owned park so their kids could play softball after dark, the City of San Diego informed them they could not use the lights, even though the parents covered all costs to improve the city’s asset. It appears the city is more focused on removing safe and healthy opportunities for […]

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$2.7 Million Research Grant to Develop Shoulder Tendon

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>$2.7 Million Research Grant to Develop Shoulder Tendon</strong>

Scripps Health has received a $2.7 million research grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to investigate the use of pluripotent stem cells to develop lab-grown tendon tissue for repairing rotator cuff injuries.  Funding will support the initiative’s discovery phase, to be conducted over the next three years at the Shiley Center for […]

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March Happenings and More!

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>March Happenings and More!</strong>

By J. Daniel Geddis, President, Mission Hills Business Improvement District Team D&B at One Mission Realty As I write this, it happens to be a rainy day and my mom just messaged a photo of me standing in the rain as a little guy to remind me, “If you go out, make sure you have […]

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25th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk scheduled for Mother’s Day Weekend

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>25th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk scheduled for Mother’s Day Weekend</strong>

The 2023 Mission Hills Garden Walk, a much-loved gardening tradition in this beautiful neighborhood, will be celebrating the 25th annual garden walk.  Each year has been a success offering a variety of gardens that will be sure to offer ideas for anyone thinking of making changes in their own gardens or to just stroll through […]

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Join the Kitten Shower to Help Save Lives

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Join the Kitten Shower to Help Save Lives<br><br></strong>

By Jackie Noble, Director of Nursery & Placement, San Diego Humane Society Spring in San Diego means many things: the blooming of flower fields in Carlsbad, fascinating “grunion runs” where the silvery fish take over beaches at night and—for San Diego Humane Society—the start of the busiest time of year: baby season. Kittens need an […]

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San Diego Automotive Museum Hosts Blood Drive

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>San Diego Automotive Museum Hosts Blood Drive</strong>

The San Diego Automotive Museum is once again teaming up with the San Diego Blood Bank for their annual blood drive. The drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 11 in the back lot of the San Diego Auto Museum known as “The Grove.” Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are […]

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Sustainable Development Areas (SDAs) – Not a good bargain for the City of San Diego

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Sustainable Development Areas (SDAs) – Not a good bargain for the City of San Diego</strong>

By Nico Calavita On February 14, the San Diego City Council voted on expanding two incentive programs, the Complete Communities Housing Solutions Program (CCHS) and the Accessory Dwelling Unit Affordable Density Bonus Program (ADUDB) to almost the entire city through the creation of a new geographic area — Sustainable Development Areas (SDAs) — in the […]

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Dilatory City Makes Fate of Old Mission Hills Library Uncertain, Appeal Pending

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Dilatory City Makes Fate of Old Mission Hills Library Uncertain, Appeal Pending</strong>

By Jennifer Machian   The old Mission Hills Library was once a vibrant community treasure.  Located at the western entrance of Mission Hills, the library enticed patrons of all ages, with its shiny wall of windows and iconic cantilevered roof.   Long-time Mission Hills resident, Caroline Ridout Stewart, who frequented the library as a sixth grader in the […]

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Completion of 26th Street Trail Restoration in Balboa Park

| February 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Completion of 26<sup>th</sup> Street Trail Restoration in Balboa Park</strong>

Balboa Park access in the Golden Hill area is much safer and easier thanks to a $380,000 project to restore the pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists along 26th Street. On January 31, 2023, city and project leaders officially cut the ribbon to mark completion of the months-long project carried out by the California Conservation Corps […]

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