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And, The 2013 One Book Selection Is…
- May 14
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The verdict is in. The new One Book, One San Diego selection has been chosen. Starting in October, this will be the book that the entire community will come together to read for one extraordinary purpose—to enrich our lives through reading, and discover new worlds while sharing a common experience.
Interpreter's Career Rises, Then Falls, Amidst Tehran-Washington Standoff
- March 25
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A San Diego man who makes a living interpreting for others may now be facing a forced career change.
Marcela Zhou: Face of the Young Undocumented
- March 6
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Marcela Zhou, an engaging young woman, is a recent graduate from UCSD, who earned her B.S. in Human Biology in just three years. Soft spoken and polite, she smiles brightly when she thinks about all she has been able to achieve.
Tom K. Wong on Life as an Undocumented Youth
- Jan. 9
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Tom K. Wong is haunted by a childhood memory. It is of being awakened in the middle of the night by his mother, and being taken into the hallway, along with his older brother. There, she held them both tightly and sobbed while helicopters hovered overhead.
San Diego Cooks: ‘Mexillent’ Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
- Jan. 2
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Margo Porras is on a health mission, of sorts. As a San Diego-based blogger, she wants Latinos, particularly those of Mexican descent, like her, to eat healthier.
San Diego Cooks: Orange Stuffing
- Dec. 20
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I didn’t know stuffing was “supposed” to be brown until I was 8-or 9 years-old and realized the bready, lumpy dish on my paternal grandmother’s Christmas table was ALSO stuffing. I say “also” because until that point, to me, stuffing had only been one color…an earthy shade of orange.
Happy Birthday, El Cajon
- Dec. 12
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The children waited patiently for the recreation leader to announce the next activity. He pulled out two brightly colored, round parachutes. Once untied, each one billowed, revealing colors of red, green, yellow and blue. There were not enough handles on the parachutes for every child, but that didn’t matter. They listened carefully to the leader’s instructions. It was apparent in their faces of anticipation that they all knew exactly what to do.
San Diego Cooks: Sharing Family Recipes
- Dec. 4
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When my mother left Venezuela to follow my father to this country, she was a young woman, barely 24. She couldn’t understand English, let alone speak it. But that didn’t stop someone from giving her a copy of the New Settlement Cookbook.
Rites of Passage—A Community Exhibit
- Nov. 28
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Imagine if you were handed the keys to a museum and told you could plan an exhibit. What would it be? How would you fill it? And, how exciting to be faced with that challenge?
