Canyon Crest Academy showcased students’ art Jan. 8 during the school’s third annual Festival of the Arts. On display was a variety of works from CCA’s visual, performing and digital arts. (Photos/Jon Clark)
Longtime Solana Beach resident and co-owner of Baker Iron Works Robert F. Bruun lost an unexpected 19-day-long battle with inoperable cancer Nov. 19, 2010. Robert Bruun was a 1959 graduate of San Dieguito High School and a charter member of “The Juggs” Car Club in Del Mar
According to a preliminary valuation by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), the Del Mar Fairgrounds is worth at least $250 million — an amount that is $130 million more than the $120 price tag the state put on it and what Del Mar will pay for the property, if the state Senate OKs the deal
The Del Mar Union School District held another meeting this week to finalize details on its new district office. On Dec. 29, the district closed escrow on the purchase of the $4,326,435 building at 11232 El Camino Real in Carmel Valley
Seeking a local organization, “where I could see the work, know the people, and see the results,” Clint McClellan discovered the Foundation of the Children of the Californias, which established a unique outpatient pediatric medical specialty clinic, Hospital Infantil de las Californias, a half mile from the border in Mesa de Otay, Tijuana
Members of the public may soon have the opportunity to comment on an environmental impact report for a proposed mixed-use development at the corner of El Camino Real and Del Mar Heights in Carmel Valley that would include office buildings, shops, restaurants, a hotel, a movie theater and homes
Solana Beach’s Civic and Historical Society is collecting pictures for the City’s 25th Anniversary celebration. It’s looking for photos that show the community of yesteryear all the way up to the present, particularly during the formation of the city and the past 25 years
In water and on dry land, Brendan Santana is almost always first to the finish line. At only 11 years old, the double-threat Carmel Del Mar sixth-grader is blazing a trail and leaving a wicked wake in the competitive running and swimming worlds
Only 1 percent of youths ages 2 to 19 meet the FDA’s food pyramid recommendations, according to National Health Examination Surveys. Del Mar resident and pediatrician Christine Wood hopes to change that with her book “How to Get Kids to Eat Great & Love It!”
After more than 30 years in Solana Beach, Mayor Lesa Heebner still fondly recalls the “era of the Roller Rink,” the “days of incorporation” and “the arrival of our train station.” She’s now using that longtime knowledge of the neighborhood, and her seven years on the city council, to lead Solana Beach into the future as its new mayor.
