Education
Top Tech Awards
Eleven of San Diego County’s technology innovators were recognized at the 14th annual Top Tech Awards, which honors the region’s “unsung heroes” of information technology in the areas of business, education, government and nonprofit organizations. Cox Business Vice President Duane Cameron and Director, Enterprise Sales Tiffany Markus delivered opening remarks for the virtual event. They were […]
Warner-Carrillo Stagecoach Rides Relive an Historic Experience
Save Our Heritage Organisation presents the Warner-Carrillo Ranch House stagecoach rides. The annual fundraiser is back this year from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 14 at Warner-Carrillo Ranch House, located at 29181 San Felipe Road, Warner Springs CA 92086, at the S2, a half mile east of the 79 junction. Tickets are $35 for the […]
Mission Hills Heritage 2021 Walking Tour
Saturday, November 13, 2021 “Mission Hills – Heart and Soul,” Mission Hills Heritage’s 2020 annual walking tour that was cancelled because of the pandemic, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 13 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The guided walking tour will focus on the original subdivision known as “Mission Hills” mapped out […]
Ghost Ship Experience for a Family Friendly Halloween Weekend
Maritime Museum of San Diego embraces the profound and puzzling mystery behind the 282-ton brigantine MaryCeleste, famed as the ghost ship abandoned in 1872 – leaving researchers and maritime history buffs unable to solve how the vessel’s captain and crew went missing, with no signs of fire, explosion or other incidents. Theories as to why the ship was abandoned range […]
San Diego Student Receives International Young Eco-Hero Award
Kyle Tianshi, a 14-year-old from San Diego, is one of 25 young environmental activists from across the globe honored by Action For Nature (AFN) as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, an award that recognizes eco-conscious youth ages 8 to 16 who are taking crucial steps to solve tough environmental problems. Kyle won the Innovator Award […]
Home Start to Hold 14th Annual Hallo-Wine Fall Festival
Home Start, Inc., a nonprofit child abuse prevention and treatment agency that has strengthened and developed San Diego’s families and communities since 1972, will hold its 14th Annual Hallo-Wine Fall Festival from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, October 23, 2021. The event will once again take place outdoors on the grounds of the Historic Burnham House in Balboa Park, located at 3565 Seventh […]
Mechanical Figures Come to Life at the Fleet Science Center
The Fleet Science Center is pleased to announce the opening of Mechanics Alive, featuring exhibits from the Cabaret Mechanical Theater. The engaging traveling exhibition gives visitors an up?close look at a collection of wonderful automata. It opens October 9, 2021, at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park and will be on view through January 17, 2022. This exhibition is […]
Propagation of Bougainvillea
Some of you know that October is my birthday month. And, since we didn’t meet over the summer season, I decided to use this article to chat about what is currently of importance to me. In the late 1960s, San Diego State had climbing bougainvillea cascading down a hill to the parking lot just off […]
The San Diego International Film Festival Runs Through October 2021
The 2021 San Diego International Film Festival runs from Thursday, October 14 through Sunday, October 24, and is produced by the San Diego Film Foundation. The film slate for their 20th Anniversary screens the top anticipated films of the year. Festival attendees are able to enjoy a hybrid of in-person and virtual events. In-person festival […]
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Raises Rare Egyptian Vulture
After more than four decades of successfully breeding, rearing and introducing California condors and other vultures back into their native habitats, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is ushering in a new era of vulture conservation. Wildlife care specialists at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have begun hatching and raising the Western Egyptian vulture, a […]
