‘Joy of Gift Giving’ at Del Mar Art Center

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.

San Diego’s first custom candle bar has opened in Encinitas, giving customers a unique hands-on experience to craft their own candle.

Del Mar winemaker Brian Schmaltz has completed his “opus”, eight years in the making.

Lucie Babcock, a freshman at Torrey Pines High School, collected donations from family to raise over $400 in support of the Community Resource Center’s 38th annual Holiday Baskets program.

Sage Canyon Elementary School’s PTA launched their Operation Gratitude initiative this month with a game/puzzle drive benefiting the Community Resource Center, a nonprofit that serves low-income families and domestic violence victims.

The Salk Institute has appointed molecular biologist Jesse Dixon, a Carmel Valley resident, to the rank of assistant professor for his significant work in uncovering how the human genome, the DNA blueprint for life, is organized in three-dimensional space inside of cells.

Kathryn Campion is co-founder and executive director of Positive Action Community Theatre, a nonprofit organization in Encinitas that uses dance and theater training to help people with autism connect with their peers, master social skills, and enjoy the arts