Tag: mission hills
Small Business Owners Meet with Congresswoman Davis

Last month I was fortunate to attend a breakfast/coffee session with the board of the Mission Hills Business Improvement District (BID), which was held at the Red Door Restaurant on Washington Street in Mission Hills. When I arrived at the session, there was already a healthy conversation occurring. BID board members were seated around Congresswoman […]
NCEA Honor Recognizes Excellence in Catholic Education

Cheryl Mitchell Guess, seventh- and eighth-grade language arts, social studies and literature teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Mission Hills, has earned the 2012 Distinguished Teacher Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Guess will be honored at an awards ceremony during the association’s annual convention April 11–13 in Boston, Mass. “I […]
The 10 Commandments for Losing Weight…and Keeping it Off!
Success breeds success. What exactly, in terms of lifestyle changes, do people who have been highly successful at both losing weight and keeping it off over the long term do? That’s just what researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado set out to determine when they began their on-going study called […]
Uptown Planners’ New Board Member Grateful for Leadership Role

This past month, the Uptown Planners held its annual election of board members. One of the individuals elected is Mission Hills’ resident, Joe Naskar, who was also recently elected to the Mission Hills Town Council and is serving as secretary. Naskar and I spoke briefly about his newest roles in the community and what it […]
New Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons Is Open for Business

Grand Opening with Fundraiser Benefitting Mama’s Kitchen After 11 months of construction, the new Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons at 515 West Washington Street is open for business, following a 3 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 29, 2012. Safeway, the parent company of Vons, has owned and operated a 12,000 square foot store at this […]
New Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons Set to Open This Week

San Diego Celebrates Grand Opening with Wine Tasting to Benefit Mama’s Kitchen After 11 months of construction, the new Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons at 515 West Washington Street is set to open for business next Thursday afternoon, March 29, following a 3 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. Safeway, the parent company of Vons, has owned and operated […]
Constantly Reinventing Herself

It was a little over six years ago when I first got the opportunity to meet a San Diego based artist who impressed me in several ways. At the time of our meeting, Kirby Jean Kendrick of Mission Hills shared with me that she was a cancer survivor who developed an appreciation for art while […]
Our Neighbor Eugene
This past month an icon from our Mission Hills community was getting ready to celebrate his 100th birthday. Unfortunately, Eugene Price didn’t make it to the February 10, 2012 celebratory date. I was informed us his birthday and passing by neighbors who reminded me that the Mission Hills News, which preceded the Presidio Sentinel, had […]
Vons Opens for Business

Grand Opening and Special Events Planned Dating back to being in the Mission Hills and Hillcrest community since August 1958, Vons on Washington Street reopens for business on Thursday, March 29 with a grand opening event. Prior to the grand opening, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 28 Vons will host a free […]