Business
Sharp Rees-Stealy Opens State-of-the-Art “Green” Downtown Medical Center
Sharp Rees-Stealy Downtown opened its first “green” medical center. Doctors and services from the Sharp Rees-Stealy Downtown Fourth Avenue location moved to the beautiful, new 66,365-square-foot medical office building across the street at 300 Fir Street, San Diego, CA 92101. The multi-specialty medical center offers a vast range of services to patients. The first floor […]
Custom Vintage Masterpiece Furnishings Receives Honors
The American Society of Interior Designers, San Diego Chapter, (ASID) has honored fine artist Concetta K. Antico as the 2012 Award Winner for her Best Use Of Textiles for her “Vintage Masterpiece Furnishings.” Antico has developed a unique technique of reclaiming period furnishings and reusing and repurposing them by re-upholstery with cotton duck canvas fabric and […]
Oakley Introduces New Concept Store at UTC
Oakley Inc., the world’s leading sport performance eyewear brand, opened its latest concept store, located at the University Town Center mall in San Diego at 4485 La Jolla Village Drive. The new location is a modern retail museum celebrating the brand’s 37-year heritage. In-store displays feature iconic advertising campaigns and products introduced since the launch […]
Baci Ristorante – An Unforgettable Old Friend
New Year’s celebrations have come and gone. The haunting strains of “Auld Lang Syne” have faded from hearing. By now, the year’s business has begun in earnest. “In with the new, out with the old” is a common theme, coupled with resolutions to do better, to be better. The New Year, to many, begins exciting […]
Dementia: More Than Just a Family Matter
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.4 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia. This includes 5.2 million people over age 65, most of whom are women. That’s roughly one in eight older Americans, and about one half of all those over age 85. I’m not trying to scare you, but […]
The Fiscal Cliff. Hype or Hysteria?
Last month I tried to show how Americans are both unclear and conflicted about what our federal government spends its revenues on and how much ought to be spent on those things. I tried to show that We The People want our government to spend more money on security and services than we are willing […]
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are Front and Center
San Diego Science Alliance Executive Director Receives Honors Nancy Taylor, executive director of the San Diego Science Alliance was recently honored as one of a handful of California’s “Leading Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)” for her achievements in advocating for stronger public-private partnerships and investment in STEM education. The award ceremony occurred […]
PRSA Recognizes J. Walcher Communications with Top Industry Awards
San Diego-based PR agency J. Walcher Communications (JWC) has received four Edward L. Bernays Awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter. Laura Walcher of JWC also received The Eva Irving Community Service Award. The JWC team received two Silver Mark of Excellence awards for “Events & Observances Seven Days […]
Books and Collectibles and More
Mission Hills’ Residents Opens New Business There’s an exciting new addition to Mission Hills, thanks to Stephen and Donna Schultz and their son Jim. The sign at the entrance says, Mission Hills Books & Collectibles. What it doesn’t state is that there’s a lot of history to the books that line the shelves, and that […]
Taxes, Spending and the Federal Debt
I’ll warn you, this is kind of wonky, but it’s a national conversation that is LONG overdue. Here are two tables excerpted from a 2011 CNN poll of American voters: Share of the Federal Budget What We Think Actual 2010 Budget Keep Same or Increase Military 30% 19.3% 63% Medicare 20% 13.1% 87% […]
