Local News
Mission Federal ArtWalk Celebrates 33 Years
Mission Federal ArtWalk will return to San Diego’s Little Italy from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30 to celebrate its 33rd year as San Diego’s premier arts and cultural event and the largest fine art festival in Southern California. The free weekend-long event attracts thousands of visitors each year […]
Ed Sheeran to Perform at Valley View Casino Center
Multiple Grammy® Award-winning global superstar Ed Sheeran has announced details for his North American arena tour. He will be in San Diego at Valley View Casino Center on Sunday, August 6. Tickets are available on AXS.com. The tour celebrates Sheeran’s landmark third studio album, “÷.” The album – pronounced “divide” – includes the universal hit […]
Explore Your Neighborhood Parks
This past month, a friend of mine who lives in Connecticut came to San Diego on a business trip. He commented on how lucky we are to live here. The weather, the environment, nature…all of the benefits of living in San Diego, and so close to the ocean, were just some of what he noticed. […]
Jewish Family Service Awarded $1.8 Million by SANDAG
Senior Transportation Service Provides Ridesharing and Group Shuttles Jewish Family Services (JFS) was awarded nearly $1.8 million from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to provide two years of funding for JFS’s On the Go senior transportation program. On the Go is the largest senior transportation program in San Diego County, serving seniors of […]
Write Out Loud Presents
A literature inspired arts competition for Students Write Out Loud – an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience – announces the 2017 Read – Imagine – Create awards ceremony. The event will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, April 10 […]
Craftsman: Then and Now
Mission Hills Heritage Spring Event An exciting new event sponsored by Mission Hills Heritage will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2017. The theme, “Craftsman, Then and Now, An Immersion Experience,” will establish a link between the original American Craftsman homes in the first quarter of the 20th century, remodels of originals, and late 20th, […]
A Time to Count Our Blessings
by Krista Lombardi, President, Mission Hills BID Lombardi Team at Scott & Quinn Real Estate In Italy the Monday after Easter is known as La Pasquetta. It is a national holiday and part of the Easter holiday celebrations. It is a popular time to spend in the countryside playing egg focused games and picnicking with […]
Friends of Balboa Park Completes Restoration
Structures Served As Ticket Booths During 1915 Panama-California Exposition Friends of Balboa Park have completed the restoration of the historic gate houses that welcome visitors into the Park on the west side of the Cabrillo Bridge. The Gate Houses are located at Balboa Drive and El Prado at the west entrance of the Cabrillo Bridge. […]
Home Sweet Rental
Lately, there have been a few homes in Mission Hills that have been listed on websites like VRBO.com, AirBNB, HomeAway and others. My family has used these websites to find great travel deals. But a recent article shared by one of my colleagues got me thinking: how do you insure something like that if you’re […]
What Now?
On the Bright Side…. If there’s some benefit to having tripped into a New York City sidewalk pothole, trashing my ticket to “Hamilton,” sending my lovin’ kin, as a result, into an unexpected adventure of ambulances, emergency rooms, changed schedules, and so on, it’s that now, in a technologically-impressive boot and armed with crutches and […]
