Karen Billing

Del Mar Highlands Town Center has announced a handful of new boutique, bakery and lifestyle offerings that will be added to the center this fall.

Canyon Crest Academy math teacher Brian Shay was recognized as one of the outstanding 107 recipients of the 2019 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

The San Dieguito Union High School District board will see a shakeup this November as longtime board members Joyce Dalessandro and Beth Hergesheimer will not seek re-election.

The new Torrey Meadows Bridge over SR-56 is on pace to finish two months ahead of schedule, now about 70% complete.

Olivia Yang, a rising senior at Canyon Crest Academy, was selected to participate in Bank of America’s Student Leaders program, a program that offers students who are engaged community citizens the opportunity to build their workforce and leadership skills through a paid summer internship at a local nonprofit.

Demolition of Del Mar Heights School was expected to begin in July but it has now been delayed to September pending a coastal development permit.

Back in May, the Carmel Valley Community Planning board unanimously approved The Grove office project on the condition that the developers make an effort to minimize the impact of the parking garage on El Camino Real.

The Del Mar Union School District is taking steps toward building a more inclusive and racially-sensitive environment at its schools, through training that equips children and adults to confront prejudice and discrimination.

The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board July 23 approved a two-step process to install a stop sign at the Solana Highlands neighborhood intersection of High Bluff Drive and Lady Hill Road and requested that the city conduct a traffic study for a pedestrian-activated lighted crosswalk as a potential long-term solution.

Carmel Valley siblings Jacqueline and Justin Fisher are using their Whimsical Finds Shop on Etsy as an outlet to spread happiness and positivity in time where there is a lot of uncertainty.

Carmel Valley cartoonist and illustrator Deana Sobel Lederman has published her debut picture books, three stories that help children understand what they are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new Richard Walker’s Pancake House is now fulfilling breakfast cravings at Flower Hill Promenade in Del Mar.