San Diego Balboa Park

Imaging Healthcare Specialists Teams Up for Breast Cancer Awareness at Komen San Diego Race for the Cure

On Sunday, November 4th, Imaging Healthcare Specialists participated in the Komen San Diego Race for the Cure in Balboa Park to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research and local patient programs. As part of their continued commitment to women’s health, Imaging Healthcare Specialists partnered with the Council of Community Clinics, bringing together a team of [...]

The Courtyard San Diego Downtown to Begin Major Interior Upgrades

The Courtyard San Diego Downtown hotel is now giving tours of their remodeled guest rooms, like the one pictured. The Courtyard San Diego Downtown hotel, located on 530 Broadway Street, recently released photos of an upcoming hotel-wide renovation that will change the interior space of the guest rooms, meeting space and lobby, while still maintaining [...]

Shakespeare Meets Mann Middle School Students

Mann Middle School seventh and eighth grade theater students performed in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with Annielene Contreras taking home the Gold Medal for Festival Outstanding Actor, as the students participated in the annual Student Shakespeare Festival. The annual Balboa Park event brings together kids from all over San Diego to celebrate “The Bard.” In addition [...]

Historic San Diego Hotel Was Previously a Bank in the 1920s

Standing boldly near San Diego’s vibrant downtown and vivacious Gaslamp Quarter, one of the premier historic San Diego hotels welcomes travelers with modern conveniences splashed with reminders of days past. Transformed into an impressive choice among hotels near Balboa Park and other popular San Diego attractions, the Courtyard San Diego Downtown hotel, once home to [...]

Award Winning Mission Comes from Barnard Elementary

Ashlee Alaoan, fourth grader in Ms. Cornell’s class at Barnard Mandarin Chinese Magnet School, has received the top prize from the San Diego History Center’s Fourth Grade Mission Construction Contest. Ashlee’s construction consisted of plastic foam blocks, cat litter, string, cardboard and painted toothpicks. She modeled the Mission Santa Barbara. The contest is designed to [...]

Excite Kids’ Minds During San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering Week March 17-24

The San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering (formerly known as the San Diego Science Festival) kicks off Saturday, March 17 with events at eight different locations across San Diego, including San Diego State University, Balboa Park and California State University San Marcos. The Festival, which runs through March 24, features a week of interactive [...]

Sempra Generation Receives 2011 POWER Magazine Renewable Top Plant Award

Download image SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — This weekend marks the final weekend of the year for San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) customers to exchange old incandescent holiday light strands for complimentary light-emitting diode bulbs (LED) strands at SDG&E’s LED holiday lighting exchanges throughout San Diego County.  The final exchanges of the [...]

Jeffrey Demunn, Star of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Takes on Willy Loman in the Old Globe’s Revival of Death of a Salesman

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the casting of Tony and Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn as Willy Loman in the Globe’s upcoming revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. DeMunn currently stars as Dale in the hit AMC TV series “The Walking Dead” and was nominated for a Tony Award for his harrowing [...]

Tickets on Sale for the Old Globe’s “Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid”

Tickets are now available for The Old Globe Theatre‘s production of “Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid.” The production runs from Nov. 27 – Dec. 26, 2010, at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. “Plaid Tidings” continues the story of the singing group whose lives were lost in an accident involving [...]

Tickets on Sale for The Old Globe’s “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

Jeff Skowron will return as the Grinch in the Globe’s 13th annual production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Skowron made his Globe debut as the Grinch in last season’s production. The annual holiday musical, directed by James Vasquez with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason and music by Mel Marvin, will run [...]

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