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Wildfire Risks Raise Concerns for Urban Communities
Neighborhoods in urban San Diego are posed for serious wildfire concerns due to the recent rains, which help bring new growth to the canyons and open park areas, including Presidio Park which is adjacent to Old Town and Mission Hills. After voicing their concerns with elected officials and local community groups for upward of two […]
No Trees, No Parking, No Set-Backs, and No Affordable Rental Units
by Paul Krueger, Talmadge resident and volunteer with Neighbors For A Better San Diego Is this $2.4 million residential “compound” a poster-child for all that’s wrong with San Diego’s housing and development policies? The listing boasts of the “incredible income opportunity for an investor” on a “tree lined street in the historic district of Talmadge” […]
San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “The Jungle Book”
San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, presents “The Jungle Book,” the third show of its 74th Season. Recommended for all ages, “The Jungle Book” will run from Friday, March 4 to Sunday, March 20, with an ASL-interpreted performance on Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m.. Mowgli is rambunctious and curious, scrappy […]
The Old Globe – El Borracho
The Old Globe presents the cast and creative team for the world premiere of “El Borracho” by Tony Meneses (“Guadalupe in the Guest Room”) and directed by Edward Torres (world premiere of the critically acclaimed The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity). The five-week limited engagement, which began rehearsals today, runs from February 17 to March 20, 2022, with the opening on Thursday, February 24. El Borracho will play in the Sheryl and […]
The San Diego Museum of Art Welcomes Monet to Matisse
Exhibition Features 60+ Works from Renowned The San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, announced its upcoming exhibition, Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation,opening spring 2022. Featuring masterpieces from some of the most significant names in European painting, the exhibition will be on view at the Museum […]
San Diego Museum of Art+ Romantic Artstops
See the famous balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” performed in the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) upper and lower rotunda from 1 p.m., to 1:45 p.m., and again from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., Sunday, February 13. Join San Diego Shakespeare Society actors for this special SDMA+ Romantic ArtStops performance. The program will […]
Sharing Heartfelt Messages from Mission Hills
By Dixie Hall, Mission Hills BID President and DixiePops Owner It’s that time of the year when thoughts turn to love and the days start getting longer. So, while it is easy to be pessimistic and lament that we are still dealing with COVID two years later, I prefer to be optimistic and focus on […]
What Shall I Do with my Poinsettias?
When I was a teenager, my parents bought a home in Brentwood, a Los Angeles neighborhood. I loved my bedroom. It was just big enough to put a twin bed on two opposite walls with a bookcase and planter between them. A high window was above the garage which shared the beds’ wall. On the […]
San Diego Zoo Celebrates the Birth of a Critically Endangered Sumatran Orangutan
A new year brings new beginnings—and that is especially true for Indah, a 35-year-old female Sumatran orangutan at the San Diego Zoo, who gave birth to her third infant earlier this month. The healthy two-week-old male was born on January 4, and has been named Kaja, after an island in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, […]
To Roll or Not to Roll; What to do With Your 401(k)
Every year, millions of Americans change jobs or retire and leave the workforce entirely. Most are faced with a seemingly inconsequential choice: what to do with your company 401k plan. Almost every financial advisor (including yours truly) will recommend rolling funds out of your company retirement plan and into a rollover IRA (that they can […]
