2nd Annual Solana Beach Neighborhood Block Party

Several local teenagers are looking for young athletes to play on the first Carmel Valley Select basketball teams.

The Carmel Valley Trail Race will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, racing through one of San Diego’s hidden gems, Gonzales Canyon.

SeaWeeders Garden Club members handed out free milkweed at the Boys & Girls Club on Lomas Santa Fe on Saturday, April 24, part of an effort to encourage residents to plant more pollinator habitat in their gardens to support monarch butterflies.

On Feb. 27 Del Mar teenager Tyden Chinowsky led a replanting effort at the Del Mar Bluffs at Anderson Canyon, an area that he had carefully restored and brought new life last year.

The San Diego Natural History Museum is crowdsourcing an effort to observe birds of prey that are nesting around the Batiquitos Lagoon, located between Carlsbad and Encinitas, particularly on private property that museum researchers can’t access.

The San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy (SDRVC) recently welcomed two new board members: Dan King of Carmel Valley and Gabriele Wienhausen of La Jolla.

The coastal communities of Solana Beach and Cardiff-by-the-Sea are now connected by bridges over the San Elijo Lagoon, enhancing the public’s opportunity to escape into nature and explore lagoon life.

The Newcomers Club of San Dieguito’s board-riding group has members ranging from their late 40s to 95