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Reptile Super Show
If you are in downtown San Diego the weekend of June 30-July 1 and are a fan of creepy crawly critters, come visit the San Diego Concourse/Civic Center at 202 C St for the Reptile Super Show.   This is a public reptile sale featuring numerous frogs, snakes, lizards, and turtles.  ...Continue reading »
USS San Diego (LPD-22) open for tours; commissioning set for May 19, 2012
 

 
The USS San Diego (LPD-22), an amphibious transport dock ship, arrived in San Diego on April 6, 2012. It will be open for tours on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 15-17, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. each day. It will be ...Continue reading »
Mission Federal ArtWalk, April 28 & 29, 2012
 
 
 
This weekend, April 28 & 29, Mission Federal ArtWalk, San Diego’s original fine art festival, celebrates its twenty-eighth year as the largest art event in the region.
ArtWalk takes over eighteen blocks of downtown San Diego in the historic and eclectic Little Italy community. ...Continue reading »
Run/walk across the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge in U.S. Navy’s 26th Bay Bridge Run/Walk on May 20

 
The United States Navy’s 26th Bay Bridge Run/Walk is coming up on Sunday, May 20. This is the public’s only chance each year to walk (or run) across the magnificent San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge:

 
Event starts at 8:00 a.m. at ...Continue reading »
For the most spectacular views of San Diego: Cabrillo National Monument. It’s free this week only.
When you come to San Diego, there are three places you should go to see the gorgeous panoramic views of San Diego County:


Mount Helix in La Mesa — Mount Helix has a private park with a large cross at the top. Great sunsets because you’re far enough ...Continue reading »
CPSC and Viking Range announce dishwasher recall due to fire hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Viking Range announced a voluntary recall of about 2,000 Viking dishwashers. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product, which means it might be illegal to sell ...Continue reading »
“Humphreys Concerts by the Bay” season starts April 16

 
It’s always easy to determine when summer arrives in San Diego because the San Diego Padres attempt to play professional baseball in beautiful Petco Park, and the “Humphreys Concerts by the Bay” season gets into full swing, to use a baseball term.
Humphreys is an ...Continue reading »
Butterfly Jungle at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park is open through April 15, 2012

 
Butterfly Jungle, one of the most popular and fascinating exhibits at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park is now open through April 15, 2012.

 

 

 

 
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The 2012 San Diego Crew Classic: Rowing season starts here!

 
The 39th Annual San Diego Crew Classic is this weekend, March 31 and April 1, on the waters of Mission Bay at Crown Point Shores.
Comprising more than one hundred races, the Crew Classic is always a crowd pleaser as thousands of spectators cheer over ...Continue reading »
Carlsbad Flower Fields now open

 
There are 50 acres of blooming flowers overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Carlsbad, California. Known as the Carlsbad Flower Fields (or something just “the flower fields” to locals), they are located at 5704 Paseo Del Norte:

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