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UC San Diego Embraces Student Wellness, Raises Awareness of Mental Health

For the past five years, UC San Diego students and staff have participated in the annual “Out of the Darkness Walk,” organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This year, UC San Diego had the largest turn-out for the parade than ever before. The University of California, San Diego has a message for its [...]

Lincoln Acres Library Hosts Annual ‘Celebration of Life’ in Honor of Staff Member

November 8, 2012 Lincoln Acres Library staff member José Luis Rodriguez was murdered on November 23, 2007, just minutes before his eighteenth birthday. The community of Lincoln Acres and the Lincoln Acres Library staff honor his memory each year at the Celebration of Life. The Celebration is taking place on Saturday, December 8 from 1-3 [...]

El Cajon Library to Host ‘Seed Library’ for Gardeners

November 8, 2012 This November 17 at 1 p.m., the El Cajon Branch Library, 201 E. Douglas Ave, will debut a “seed library” that will allow local gardeners to swap saved and unused seeds. Master Gardener Joyce Gemmell will provide a talk on growing flowers and vegetables from seeds, and attendees will have the chance [...]

Vista Library Hosts ‘View Point’ Photo Exhibit and Reception

October 30, 2012 The Vista Library, 700 Eucalyptus Ave, is hosting a photography exhibit featuring the work of Arthur Lavine, free-lance photographer and army veteran. The exhibit will be available for viewing November 4 through January 6, with a reception being held on Sunday, December 9 at 1 p.m. Lavine, who will be 90-years-old in [...]

Ramona Library Hosts Award-Winning Foreclosure Clinic to Help Community Save Homes

October 26, 2012 The San Diego County Library is partnering with the Housing Opportunities Collaborative to offer free housing help and foreclosure prevention at monthly HOME Clinics throughout the year. The next HOME Clinic is taking place on Saturday, November 3 at the Ramona Library, 1275 Main St, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

La Mesa Library to Host Visit with Local Internment Camp Survivors

October 24, 2012 This November, the La Mesa Library, 8074 Allison Ave, will be hosting Memories of Japanese Internment with Yukio and Mitsuko Kawamoto, internment camp survivors and San Diego natives. This program is being held through a California Reads grant, which encourages programming related to the classic memoir Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki [...]

Encinitas Library Hosts ‘YA in the Sun’ Literature Festival with Eighteen Young Adult Fiction Authors

October 23, 2012 Young Adult literature is popular among readers of all ages, and eighteen local authors are coming together this fall to bring the “YA in the Sun” literature festival to the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr. The event is taking place on Saturday, November 10 from 2-4:30 p.m. and is free to the [...]

Political Scientist Sam Popkin to Speak Nov. 1 on the Race to Win the White House

Timely behind-the-scenes insights into the current presidential campaign and those of past challengers will be offered by Samuel Popkin, noted political scientist and author, during a free lecture at noon, Nov. 1, in the Geisel Library at UC San Diego. Popkin, a professor of political science at UC San Diego, is the author of the [...]

San Marcos Library Hosts Award-Winning Foreclosure Clinic and Family Resource Fair

October 16, 2012 The San Diego County Library is partnering with the Housing Opportunities Collaborative to offer free housing help and foreclosure prevention at monthly HOME Clinics throughout the year. The next HOME Clinic is taking place on Saturday, October 27 at the San Marcos Community Center (across from the San Marcos Library), 3 Civic [...]

Virtuoso jazz guitarist Peter Sprague to Perform at El Cajon Library

October 9, 2012 Internationally renowned jazz guitarist Peter Sprague will perform at the El Cajon Library, 201 E. Douglas Av, Sunday, October 21, at 2 p.m. Back by popular demand, his free concert is part of the San Diego County Library Acoustic Showcase series, and is sponsored by the Friends of the El Cajon Library.

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