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Nov. 28 – Dec. 26, 2025 Lakehouse Resort’s lakeside festival returns with family-friendly programming, igloo reservations, seasonal attractions, and a Candy Cane Cruise on Lake San Marcos. Winter Wonderland at Lakehouse blends classic holiday fare with activities for all ages. Tickets: events.thelakehouseresort.com/e/winter-wonderland-at-lakehouse-resort-2025 Admission and offers: • Early bird general admission (ages 10+): $7 through November 26. Standard pricing after November 26: $10. Kids under 10 are free. • Attraction tickets are available a la carte. Most activities are 4 tickets each; the boat ride is 8 tickets. Single ticket value: $1. • Ticket bundles and attraction plus build-a-buddy bundles available. Igloo experiences: • Standard Igloo Reservation (up to 8 guests) — $250. Includes private space, private fire pit, s’mores kits, and six GA tickets. Book by November 27 and receive 40 complimentary attraction tickets. • Complete Igloo Experience (up to 8 guests) — $450. Includes charcuterie, wine and drink tickets, private fire pit, s’mores kits, and six GA tickets. Early booking bonus applies. • Grand Igloo Dining Experience (up to 12 guests) — $1,500. Includes chef’s family style dinner, curated boards, four bottles of wine, and GA admission for 12. Early booking bonus applies. Festival attractions include: train rides, bounce houses, pop-a-shot, Build-a-Buddy station, seasonal food and beverage stations, and the Candy Cane Cruise.

What: Join hundreds of firefighters, public safety officers, military personnel, and civilians in the region's only memorial stair-climb event. In tribute to the 403 fallen 9/11 heroes—343 FDNY, 23 NYPD, and 37 Port Authority—participants climb 110 flights of stairs, the same number as in the Twin Towers, each bearing the name of an Emergency Responder lost on that day. Set against the stunning waterfront backdrop of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, proud hosting sponsor, the event offers a moving space for reflection and remembrance. After the climb, participants are invited to recoup, recharge, and relax together at the resort, enjoying bites, beverages, and camaraderie. Why It Matters: This commemorative event brings together the community in remembrance, while raising funds for Fire Fighter Aid, a local 501(c)(3) supporting firefighters and families affected by line-of-duty injuries and tragedies. Register & Donate: Registration is open—participants of all ages are welcome, with pricing tiers and fundraising goals in place. Plus, volunteer opportunities are available to help make this moving event possible. San Diego 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Facebook

Spreckels Organ Society will host a Holiday Celebration & Annual Holiday Sing at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in the heart of Balboa Park. Starting at 1:30 p.m. there will be an Educational Workshop, with Raul Prieto Ramírez, San Diego’s Civic Organist and the Society’s Artistic Director, will invite kids and families to join him on-stage to build a little mechanic pipe organ, assisted by docents. While the kits are being built on stage, Ramírez will perform some fun holiday music for the audience. Once the little pipe organs are set and ready to play, Ramírez will have the kids play together with the Spreckels Organ. There will be a Concert & Annual Sing-Along following the educational workshop, at approximately 2:15 p.m. Ramírez will play a few magnificent pieces by great composers, serving as an interlude before the audience is invited on stage (approximately 2:45 p.m.) to participate in the annual sing-along of Christmas carols and popular holiday songs. “Hallelujah” by G.F.Haendel will be sung by the entire audience, while performed on the Spreckels Organ by Ramírez; this serves as the golden closure for the annual Holiday Celebration Event. For more information about the Spreckels Organ Society, visit www.SpreckelsOrgan.org. Spreckels Organ Society on Facebook / Instagram

In the 9th century, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.

Join St. Peter's by the Sea Lutheran Church and All Soul's Episcopal Church for an unforgettable week of VBS day camp on Sunset Cliffs Blvd for a week of games, crafts, music, and learning what it means to rise from the ashes - living with hope and resilience in the face of the challenges our kiddos face. This camp is for kids entering kindergarten through fifth grade. The program will be staffed by the amazing, high energy, counselors from Luther Glen Farm Camp in the San Bernardino Mountains. This camp is welcoming of all children, no matter your faith background!

A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.

Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College. He later said it's "most likely to be a hotel."

After years of community planning, organizing, fundraising and build-out, Suncoast Market Co-op will celebrate the grand opening of its full-service, community-owned grocery store with a Grand Opening Celebration and Ribbon Cutting! Created by and for South County residents, Suncoast Market Co-op is a community-owned grocery store. They are opening with a “hybrid” store model, intentionally combining natural, organic, local, and specialty foods with mainstream, value-priced staples and culturally specific products from many traditions. SunCoast will also offer great fresh produce, bulk, bakery, deli grab and go items, a hot food bar and salad bar. The festivities will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; speakers and ribbon cutting are scheduled for 9-9:30 a.m. Grand Opening Celebration highlights include: - Guest speakers, including County of San Diego Supervisor Paloma Aguirre and City of Imperial Beach Mayor Pro Tem, Jack Fisher - Giveaways - Delicious food samples - Music by radio personality and DJ Xavier “The X-Man®” Unlike conventional grocery stores, co-ops are owned by the community they serve. Members have a voice in how the store operates, profits are reinvested locally, and decisions are guided by shared values rather than distant shareholders. Food co-ops often prioritize local farmers and producers, fair wages and ethical sourcing, environmental responsibility, inclusive access to healthy food, democratic ownership, and transparency. Suncoast Market Co-op is open to everyone to shop, and community members may choose to become member-owners to help shape the co-op’s future. SunCoast Market on Instagram

The growing popularity of fast fiction – short stories under 1,000 words in length and sometimes drastically shorter than that – can be attributed to more than the digitalization of content and the shortening of attention spans. In truth, writers and readers alike are discovering that short fiction need not be lesser fiction. The flash-fiction form allows writers to not only be concise but to be creative in ways they perhaps hadn’t thought possible. This course is a guide to that form and its possibilities. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram