In 2004, a woman from Laguna was hiking in Nepal and discovered there were thousands of impoverished children working in the fields there, many displaced by traffickers or orphaned due to the Maoist insurrection of the 1990s.
The Solana Beach School District will offer Transitional Kindergarten beginning in the 2012-13 school year.

The concert will feature pianist Stephen Ai, violinist Shirley Wu, and cellist Meagan Wu. These Canyon Crest Academy sophomores formed Trio con Brio in April of 2011 to spread their love of chamber music to the community.
More than 300 people showed up to the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board meeting on May 24 as the board members discussed the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the One Paseo project.
Carmel Valley resident Sean Rones has invented a product he hopes will provide a sleek and chic alternative for storing single cup coffee maker K-Cup packs. Named Coffique, the product is a stylish counter-top holder that sits directly under a Kuerig K-Cup machine.
Del Mar Union School District parents have again stepped up to the challenge and raised close to $600,000 in the final five weeks of fundraising, bringing the total to $1.25 million.

District 3 Supervisor candidate aims to be familiar face in community

When former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy was charged with driving while intoxicated on Capitol Hill in 2006, he said he was told not to talk about it.

San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) student Melissa Fagan received first place May 18 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Penn. Seven million students compete annually to receive an invitation to Intel as it is considered the top high school science competition in the world.

Seven free parking lots, a double-decker shuttle bus and inexpensive pedi-cabs are just a few measures added to Fiesta Del Sol to make the 2012 celebration more accommodating than ever, organizers say.