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Thank You For Choosing Mission Hills
By J. Daniel Geddis, Mission Hills BID President and Owner Team D&B at One Mission Realty As I am writing this month’s column many of our businesses are again shut down under state and local mandates due to spikes in COVID-19 test results. Lax social distancing and lack of mask wearing have been mentioned as […]
Comic-Con@Home and San Diego Blood Bank sponsor annual Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive
San Diego, CA: For 43 years San Diego Comic-Con has held an annual blood drive honoring the legendary science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. Since 1976 more than 25,000 pints of blood have been donated by Con participants, impacting more than 75,000 lives. In spite of the cancellation of the in-person event, Comic-Con@Home, in conjunction […]
Gaslamp Quarter celebrates Padres’ home opener during “thoroughFARE”
(San Diego, CA) Although it comes nearly four months late, the San Diego Padres took on the Arizona Diamondbacks in an empty Petco Park for their home opener on Friday night, July 24. To celebrate the return of America’s Pastime, the Gaslamp District invited several chalk artists to create Padres-themed artwork along Fifth Avenue as […]
How to attend SDCC 2020 #ComicConatHome
Full daily schedules can be accessed through the Comic-Con@Home webpage at www.comic-con.org/cci/2020/athome.
San Diego to Read and Celebrate The Essential Emily Dickinson
Write Out Loud is a recipient of a grant of $15,000 to host the National Endowment (NEA) for the Arts Big Read in San Diego. An Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good […]
Construction Begins on First Elementary School in Mission Valley History
It is history in the making for Mission Valley, as years of planning come to life with the start of construction on the neighborhood’s first public elementary school. Located at the corner of Via Alta and Civita Boulevard, a new preschool through fifth-grade campus will serve residents living in the Civita residential development, as well as […]
What Now?
Captain Kaplan, Sir! By Laura Walcher In 2018, attorney Michael A. Kaplan, Esq. received the Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rating award for his Personal Injury services. Annually, to the present, San Diego Magazine has noted brother Michael Kaplan as a “Top Attorney” in Personal Injury Law. As a captain in the U.S. Army, doing duty in Viet […]
Father Joe’s Villages Offers First-Glance Tours of Affordable Housing Project
In January, Father Joe’s Villages broke ground for its first affordable housing project of 2020, Benson Place. Representatives for the organization announced that Benson Place will be completed and move-in ready in August 2020. The South San Diego housing community will be the first of Father Joe’s Villages’ Turning the Key initiative to house people […]
Circus Celebrates Summer Meals at 26 Meal-Distribution Sites
The Fern Street Circus brought cheer to Clark Middle School late this past June to promote San Diego Unified School District’s summer meals program, which will continue at all 26 food distribution sites through the summer. Dressed in masks and circus costumes, acrobats and jugglers greeted families and students in City Heights as they picked up […]
Professional Interior Design Advice Goes Virtual
If you’re going stir-crazy observing all the flaws in your home or business during the pandemic, the American Society of Interior Designers’ (ASID) San Diego Chapter has a solution. During the month of July members of the prestigious organization will conduct virtual appointments to discuss design dilemmas and offer advice during ASID’s first-ever Summer Fresh Up […]
