Local News
Help Bicycle Warehouse Reach Goal to Send 500 Bikes to Africa
Join owners Mike and Debbe Simmons of Bicycle Warehouse to reach their goal to send 500 bikes to Africa by Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mike and Debbe learned about the “Africa Bike Drive & Sister Shop Program,” started by Mike’s Bikes in San Francisco, and immediately wanted to be a part of it. They have […]
SANDAG and Community in Serious Disagreement
Over the last couple of months I have been hearing from disgruntled Mission Hills’ business owners and residents, as well as others from Hillcrest and Old Town about a proposed bike lane project that would impact these three communities. The proposed project involves significant modifications to traffic flow, parking and traffic lanes on Washington Street, […]
Of Politics & Poetry
In writing against an early deadline and lacking the gift of prophecy I do not know whether Bob Filner is still mayor, but if he is every day he remains in office compounds the city’s untenable situation. If he’s gone than God bless him for going and finally doing the right thing, but if not […]
14th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival
The Southern California Plumeria Society will host the 14th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival in Balboa Park’s Casa Del Prado rooms 101 and 104 from Saturday, August 31 through Sunday, September 1. Live Hawaiian dance and music entertainment will be in the Patio A courtyard both days. The flower show will be in Casa Del […]
“Drive for Success” Campaign to Help Homeless Kids Across the Region
Approximately 17,400 school-aged children in San Diego County identified their family as being homeless during the 2011-12 school year. To assist students in this predicament, the San Diego Office of Education (SDCOE) has partnered with local businesses and government agencies for the Drive for Success campaign to provide over 4,500 homeless children across the […]
Francis Parker Graduate Receives Degree from Northwestern University
Joseph Celentino, of Mission Hills, has received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Northwestern University School of Communication. Celentino, a graduate of Francis Parker School, was a Communication Studies major. He received Communication Studies Departmental Honors, was a Dean’s List student and School of Communication Century Scholar and was a member of Lambda Pi […]
Intergenerational Daycare Program Connects Seniors with Children
St. Paul’s Senior Homes & Services, located at 328 Maple Street, between Hillcrest and downtown San Diego, offers one of the first intergenerational daycare programs in Southern California. Started in 1997, the intergenerational daycare program brings together children and seniors to benefit the lives of both. St. Paul’s Intergenerational Program has a daily connection […]
GOT MILK? Teaches Easy Garden-To-Table Summer Cooking
The California Milk Processor Board, creators of GOT MILK?, conducted a free and interactive garden event and cooking demo for children of the Bayside Community Center as part of its Real & Simple Summer campaign. Accompanying GOT MILK? for this event was renown children’s culinary expert, Chef Gino Campagna, master chef at Piccolo Chef […]
Broken Yolk Café – Breakfast Is The…
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” my mother often intoned. Her second frequent message about how to lead my life was, “focus on what you’re doing!” John Gelastopoulos must have been hiding behind the door because he certainly applied both messages to the way he built his business. Gelastopoulos founded Broken Yolk […]
Little Known Secrets of Lantana
Like the potato, tomato, chile pepper and pinto bean, Lantana is a native of the Americas that has found its way around the world and into the common use in many cultures. Lantana, a relative of Verbena, is native to the more tropical areas of the American continents, especially the Caribbean islands, Mexico, Ecuador […]
