Local News
Save Our Bees!
I have attended three lectures on bees since I began writing this column. Years ago, a speaker gave an anecdotal talk to Mission Hills Garden Club about how she and her sister took over their father’s hives after his death. A few years later, at the San Diego Horticultural Society a speaker from UCSD brought […]
Tell Us How You Really Feel
Current Library Re-Use Opportunities’ Survey by Mission Hills Business Improvement District A new 15,000-square-foot new Mission Hills Hillcrest Branch Library will replace the current 3,850-square-foot Mission Hills Branch Library located at 925 West Washington Street and built in 1961. The San Diego Architectural firm Mosher Drew designed the project schematic, which was further developed by […]
Mission Hills Residents Speak Up on Behalf of Presidio Park
This past month, a large group of Mission Hills’ residents who live in the Presidio Hills area went before the Mission Hills Town Council trustees to voice their serious concerns regarding the physical condition of the park and the increasing number of homeless encampments that are becoming a common problem. They also shared the fact […]
Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom’s 18th Annual 4th of July Celebration
Southern California’s largest fireworks show will illuminate the skies over San Diego Bay for the 18th annual Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Starting at 9 p.m., some of the most technically advanced fireworks, in an array of shapes and colors, will launch simultaneously from four barges placed strategically […]
Jazz Icon Gilbert Castellanos to perform with the San Diego Children’s Choir
The San Diego Children’s Choir and jazz icon and award-winning trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos will showcase “An American Tapestry,” a performance of the musical history of our nation at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 2 at Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall at 750 B Street in downtown San Diego. Choristers ages four to 18 will take […]
Vincent Herring Performs on June 16 at the Athenaeum
There’s no avoiding the hard times. Every human being that’s walked this earth has had his or her share of the blues, from the personal to the political, the local to the global. Vincent Herring doesn’t have the answers to those issues any more than the rest of us. What he can offer is a […]
Home of Guiding Hands’ 44th Annual Gala
Home of Guiding Hands (HGH) will hold SuperHero Soiree, its 44th annual fundraising gala, on Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the U.S. Grant Hotel, which will benefit more than 2,500 individuals with developmental disabilities that HGH supports annually. The event will feature a cocktail reception, a three-course meal with […]
The 10th Annual Taste of Little Italy
On Wednesday, June 13, restaurants of San Diego’s top eatery hub will open their doors for the 10th annual Taste of Little Italy, in San Diego’s Little Italy from 5 to 9 p.m. Food lovers can walk along Little Italy’s picturesque sidewalks enjoying live music on the street corners and tasting bites from some of […]
Monzu Fresh Pasta Opens in East Village on May 22
Six months after first announcing plans to enter San Diego’s East Village, new restaurant and retail concept Monzu Fresh Pasta opened on Tuesday, May 22, followed by a public Grand Opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, June 2. Located at 455 Tenth Avenue, the eatery will serve authentic fresh pasta among other […]
Ambrogio15 Imports Executive Chef Daniele Piazza from Italy
Ambrogio15, the modern and authentically Milan-style pizzeria with a flagship location in North Pacific Beach and a second location soon to open in the Little Italy Food Hall, has hired new Executive Chef and “dough master” Daniele Piazza from Italy to oversee the restaurant’s dough production and future recipes. Chef Daniele becomes Ambrogio15’s first official […]
