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Local Communications Firm Named “Employer of the Year” by Business for Good San Diego
J. Walcher Communications (JWC), a San Diego public relations and marketing agency, and President Jean Walcher has been named “Employer of the Year” by Business for Good San Diego (BFG), a nonprofit association of values-driven local business owners. The BFG Employer of the Year award is given to a business owner who consistently works to find every possible way to […]
Mission Hills Artists Win “Best” For Their Entries
Mission Hills artist Ann Slater has won the Best of Miniatures award in the highly competitive December Members Show “Do you Hear What I Hear…” on display in the San Diego Watercolor Society gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego. Ann’s painting entitled “A Calm Moment” was selected by nationally known juror […]
Scripps Ranch Theatre Presents “Lucky Stiff”
Scripps Ranch Theatre continues its 43rd Season with its musical production of “Lucky Stiff” by Ahrens and Flaherty, running at their theatre on the campus of Alliant International University, located at 9783 Avenue of Nations, San Diego, CA 9213. Directed by San Diego veteran director, Kathy Brombacher. “Lucky Stiff” previews at Scripps Ranch Theatre on […]
San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie”
San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Edgar Allan Poe’s Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie, which will run from Thursday, January 13 through Saturday, January 22 and is recommended for ages 10 years old and up. All Junior Theatre productions are performed in Balboa Park’s […]
10th AnnualTea by the Sea Takes Place at the Marine Room
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center (SMSC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will host its 10th annual Tea by the Sea event on Saturday, January 21, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the elegant Marine Room in La Jolla (2000 Spindrift Drive). Guests are encouraged to dress in their favorite tea-time […]
Kick Off the New Year with Fitness Palooza for Local Older Adults
As the holiday season comes to a close, many of us are now preparing our resolutions, intentions, and goals for the new year. From learning new hobbies to eliminating bad habits, New Year’s resolutions can help start the year off right. To jump-start health and fitness goals in 2023, San Diego Oasis is hosting its […]
Thank you, Mission Hills!
By Dixie Hall, President Mission Hills Business Improvement District On behalf of the Mission Hills Business Improvement District (BID), it is fitting to start 2023 with a hearty thank you to our local businesses for all you did during the holidays and continue to do throughout the year. You set the bar for small businesses […]
The Last of my Musings…for Now
On October 4, 2022, I fell from my cantering lesson horse, Dolly. It was totally my fault; I was concentrating on giving her a jab with my right leg (which she did not need),when she saw something terrifying—a man with an enormous, coiled hose. As I had my right leg in the air off her […]
San Diego Yoga Studio Celebrates 20 Years of Enhancing Well-Being
Yoga One, a prominent family and female/minority owned yoga and wellness studio in San Diego, recently celebrated 20 years of helping San Diego residents and visitors enjoy happier and healthier lives. To mark the occasion, co-founders and husband and wife team Amy and Michael Caldwell are releasing a photo booklet that chronicles their personal journey […]
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Wins Animation Award in 2023 Rose Parade presented by Honda
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance—an international conservation organization with “two front doors”: the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park—participated in the 134th Rose Parade® presented by Honda, with a float celebrating the Safari Park’s 50th anniversary. With its theme “Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation,” the float depicted rhinos, giraffes and the Safari Park’s iconic Wildlife […]
