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Curebound and San Diego Padres Come Together for Padres Pedal the Cause
Curebound, a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) philanthropic organization that raises and invests strategic funding in translational cancer research projects, will host its signature event, Padres Pedal the Cause, on Saturday, April 9. The community is invited to come together in the fight against cancer for one of southern California’s largest stand-alone cancer fundraising events. Operated in […]
Uptown For All: Candidates for Uptown Planners
Uptown Planners is the local Community Planning Group which serves in an advisory role to the city. This board consist of 17 citizens elected by the residents and business owners of Uptown, which includes Hillcrest, Bankers Hill, University Heights, Mission Hills, Middletown, the Medical Complex, and Marston Hills. Upcoming Election Three excellent candidates have come […]
Valentine’s Day Six-Course Prix Fixe Dinner
University Heights’ new absinthe bar and “bistronomie,” Wormwood, will open at 5 p.m. on Monday, February 14 to offer an exclusive, six-course prix fixe dinner experience in its Parisian-style dining room and outdoor garden patio. Priced at $100 per person, the night’s special menu will include Bahia Falsa oysters with champagne and caviar; Baja striped bass crudo […]
Annual Coronado Flower Show Commemorates 100 Years
Let’s put the “petal” to the metal! Celebrating 100 years of growth, beauty and tradition, the Coronado Flower Show, a co-production of the Coronado Floral Association (CFA) and City of Coronado will return Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24, 2022, the weekend after Earth Day. Flower Show organizers are looking for passionate volunteers to assist with […]
Local Nonprofit Earns 2022 Kaleidoscope Award for Good Governance
During the 18th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium at the University of San Diego, it was announced that Just in Time for Foster Youth (JIT) was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Kaleidoscope Award for Good Governance presented by The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego. JIT won in the mid-size category for organizations that have an operating budget […]
Downtown Organization 100 Years of Service to San Diego
The Downtown San Diego Lions Club is celebrating 100 years of service to the San Diego region. What started at a lunch meeting in 1921 at the US Grant Hotel with 12 influential local businessmen, who were convinced San Diego needed an organization to serve the community, has now grown to over 120 members and […]
Wildfire Risks Raise Concerns for Urban Communities
Neighborhoods in urban San Diego are posed for serious wildfire concerns due to the recent rains, which help bring new growth to the canyons and open park areas, including Presidio Park which is adjacent to Old Town and Mission Hills. After voicing their concerns with elected officials and local community groups for upward of two […]
No Trees, No Parking, No Set-Backs, and No Affordable Rental Units
by Paul Krueger, Talmadge resident and volunteer with Neighbors For A Better San Diego Is this $2.4 million residential “compound” a poster-child for all that’s wrong with San Diego’s housing and development policies? The listing boasts of the “incredible income opportunity for an investor” on a “tree lined street in the historic district of Talmadge” […]