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Balboa Park Carousel Designated Historical Resource
The City of San Diego’s Historical Resources Board has unanimously voted to designate the Balboa Park Carousel and adjacent Kiddie Ride as Historical Resources. Currently operated by Forever Balboa Park, the Balboa Park Carousel has been ridden and enjoyed by countless San Diego residents and park visitors since it was first installed in Balboa Park nearly […]
Maritime Museum of San Diego Holds Tall Ship Sailor Training
Maritime Museum of San Diego is offering the first stage of 2022 curriculum to train individuals 18 years of age and older how to sail and maintain tall ships. Vessel training includes learning the skills to sail the 19th century Star of India, the world’s oldest active sailing tall ship, plus the official tall ship for the state Californian and […]
8th Annual Swing with Santa Golf Tournament
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center (SMSC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to realize their full potential, held its 8th Annual “Swing with Santa” Golf Tournament in memory of Don Parent this past year. This year’s event successfully raised over $27,000. Golfers joined SMSC at the Singing Hills Golf Resort Pine […]
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of California Expands Access
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of California recently announced a $1.5 million investment in community-based programs aimed to reduce health disparities and improve health equity in San Diego. The funding will support initiatives from 17 San Diego organizations, including community- and faith-based organizations, educational institutions, federally qualified health centers and nonprofits, to address specific health needs of […]
La Maestra Family Clinic, Inc. Receives Top Quality Recognition
La Maestra Family Clinic, Inc., doing business as La Maestra Community Health Centers, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides culturally and linguistically competent primary, specialty care, and social services to uninsured and underserved San Diegans, has earned Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges for its achievements in access to […]
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center to Host Annual Tea by the Sea
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center (SMSC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to realize their full potential, will host its annual Tea by the Sea event from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at the Marine Room in La Jolla, located at 2000 Spindrift Drive, La Jolla, […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Is Coming to San Diego
Media Arts Center San Diego’s Digital Gym Cinema and the Sundance FIlm Festival have partnered to bring selections from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival to San Diego, California as part of the Festival’s Satellite Screen program running Thursday, January 28 through Sunday, January 30. Local audiences will also be able to participate in the full […]
Kids of So-Cal End 2021 at a High Point
2021 was the year that Kids Fashion Week So-Cal was able to truly shine. We were able to do model workshops, model call, training, and produce our Fashion Week, and also hold the 2nd annual Lemon Grove Toy Drive and Giveaway. December was a truly quick moving month for the Kids of So-Cal Fashion Week. […]
Mission Hills: Abundantly Ours
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2022 By Dixie Hall, President Mission Hills BID and DixiePops Owner I am excited for the start of a brand-new year. It’s a clean slate and all things are possible, and spring will be here before we know it. I have been re-elected president of the Mission Hills […]
A Three-Week-Old Giraffe Calf Gets a Name at the San Diego Zoo
Just in time for the New Year, a newborn giraffe calf at the San Diego Zoo has received the perfect gift—a name. The three-week-old female calf will be called Mawe (pronounced “maw way”), meaning stone in Swahili. She was born to first-time mom Saba; and at birth, she weighed a little under 150 pounds and stood approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall. Mawe has […]
