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Balboa Park is more than 100 years old and so is some of its plumbing, and that has some folks who work in the park worried.

The freshly inaugurated San Diego City Council took its first official action Monday in electing Myrtle Cole as council president. She beat out David Alvarez, who has had a more combative relationship with the mayor.

In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, Balboa Park will host a fair to showcase the work of inventors in San Diego and Tijuana.

Belle Benchley, the first female zoo director and Bertha Pendleton, the first woman and first African American San Diego school superintendent, are among the 28 women whose stories are told.

Throughout his career, Gilbert Castellanos said, he's been inspired to be a “jazz messenger” for the next generation of musicians. He is now molding young musical minds as the artistic director for the non-profit International Academy of Jazz, an after school program.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled to begin today for a man accused of killing his toddler stepson who went missing from a Balboa Park-area playground more than 14 years ago.

We found one of the best dogs we have ever had, Roscoe, at an adoption event in Balboa Park. Roscoe loved Balboa Park's dog parks, joined us for organ concerts and most of all, he loved to wade in the fountain by the (Reuben H.) Fleet theater.

There's unhappiness in the air. The Feds are not happy with the way the North County Transit District administers contracts and grants. People who love Balboa Park are not happy with its condition. Tijuanans are unhappy about renewed drug violence. Baja California farmworkers, however, are happier than they were Thursday.

Not going to December Nights? Here are some other weekend options.

The exhibit "Cannibals: Myth & Reality" at the San Diego Museum of Man will give visitors an inside look at the history and taboos associated with cannibalism.