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Three local teens teamed up and won an international entrepreneurship competition and they’re celebrating their contributions to improving the workforce community.
San Diego-area environmentalists concerned about sea level rise and climate change have persuaded City officials to consider adding more than 200 acres of marshland to the northeast corner of Mission Bay.
With the world essentially on lock-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, PB Monthly reached out to Town Council president Brian White and City Council member Jennifer Campbell’s PB rep Jordan Beane to get the low-down on how our beach town is faring as we shelter-in-place.
Opinion: Pacific Beach residents speak out about helpful grocery workers, wearing masks, staying calm amid the pandemic and other local matters.
San Diego County resident Kathryn Muñoz has had her hands in a lot of service organizations: the women’s philanthropy group Las Patronas, and the mother-daughter philanthropy group National Charity League, to name a few. She is continuing her community service in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting area restaurants and frontline workers through a program called Feed the Fight SD, through which she raises funds to purchase meals from local eateries and deliver them to local medical facilities.
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La Jolla resident Scott Flavell was grappling with his own coronavirus-caused problem: laying off workers in his Kearny Mesa factory. It manufactured postural correction products for the chiropractic industry — not exactly an essential business. As Flavell left a local market and seeing grocery employees working closely with others, a simultaneous solution to both problems suddenly dawned on him. His factory would switch to manufacturing face masks and donate them to grocery stores. He shifted production and made 10,000 masks at an initial cost of $3,000, but offering them for free.
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Even with coronavirus upheaval, San Diego housing analysts have been bullish on the market because of low loan rates
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The Pacific Beach Woman’s Club made lemons into lemonade during its 125th anniversary celebration Sunday, March 15, when both rain and coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns kept some would-be attendees at bay.
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Here’s how to file for unemployment benefits in California if you’ve lost work because of the coronavirus outbreak. Read this explainer for eligibility requirements and how the program works.
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Multiple aid programs are being launched for restaurants, their employees, other businesses
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A one-year paid-parking pilot program proposed for Pacific Beach’s Garnet Avenue commercial district is gaining traction.
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San Diego officials want the area upgraded for RV campers while studies continue on long-term solutions.
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District officials say they want more positive interactions between students and school police.
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After 13 frustrating years, San Diego seems poised to adopt short-term vacation rental regulations.
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Denied its customary outlet at Crown Point Park in September because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 40th annual Police and Emergency Services Appreciation Night, or PAESAN, celebrating local emergency services personnel was held online during the Pacific Beach Town Council’s November meeting.
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District 2’s Campbell and District 4’s Montgomery Steppe seek the pivotal post as five new members prepare to join the council.
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The district will open limited in-person appointments to middle and high school students Dec. 7.
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The median price in the county did not increase in October — a rare occurrence in 2020.
San Diego region’s median home price was up 7 percent in a year in February
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Children’s health experts warn against too much screen time, encourage setting a daily routine
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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will present “Raphael,” a five-week lecture series by art historian Victoria Martino, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. Lectures begin 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March 31, April 7, 14, 21 and 28, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Martino, is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and the University of California. She will provide an in-depth look at the life, work and legacy of the great Renaissance master whose far-reaching influence on art and aesthetics still makes itself felt.
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Against the novel coronavirus called COVID-19, no one is immune, a UCSD medical professor explains. “Everyone can get sick and everyone can spread the disease.”
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From schools and entertainment to sports and conventions, here’s a roundup of what has been affected
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Lower loan rates may make the monthly price of a San Diego home a bit easier for some buyers
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On most days, you can catch Carlsbad-turned-Pacific-Beach local Jeff Raney teaching art classes at Pinot’s Palette in Liberty Station, but on days when wind speeds reach 15 mph or more, you can find him out on the open ocean soaring above the waves on his kiteboard, taking in the sights.
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In Good Taste: Beach Bumzz Baja Fusion may seem like a mouthful to utter to a hungry friend when considering where to go for dinner in Pacific Beach, but the name was meant to conjure up a vision, more than roll off the tongue easily.
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Alan Alda appeared in the auditorium at Scripps Research in La Jolla on Jan. 16 to announce a partnership that will teach scientists how to communicate more effectively to the public and to other scientists. The Emmy-winning actor is making Scripps the West Coast home of Alda Communication Training, a Long Island-based program that sharpens the communication skills of people who spend much of their days staring at computer screens and microscope slides and speaking in the language of their academic papers.
