• Parent volunteers save public school $140k,Jill Alexander

    Parent volunteers save public school $140k

    Thanks to a dedicated mom and interior designer, McKinley Elementary School’s library in North Park looks new again – for way less money than projected.Heather Vitti Pruett, allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers, helped to complete a 4,000-square-foot pro-bono library renovatio

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  • Florida Canyon offers a wealth of hiking and nature experiences,Cynthia Robertson

    Florida Canyon offers a wealth of hiking and nature experiences

    For exploring San Diego’s urban trails, keep in mind Florida Canyon, one of the largest trail systems within the city. Consisting of 150 acres of coastal sage scrub, the trails provide habitats for native chaparral plants, birds and animals. Actually an extension of Balboa Park, interconnecting trai

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  • Recipes from the most elevated country in the world,Frank Sabatini

    Recipes from the most elevated country in the world

    (left to right) Owner Smita Giri and executive chef Sanjog Chaudhary.You don’t have to endure a 30-hour flight itinerary to Nepal to savor some of its traditional, homespun dishes.Amid the small number of Himalayan restaurants dotting our local landscape is Bhojan Griha, which is located only a few

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