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New San Diego Civic Organist is from Barcelona

“Hamilton” Offering— The Hottest Tickets in Town

San Diego Hardware Celebrates 125 Years

NYC’s The Standard Hotel Chef Takes the Helm

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Rodney the Reindeer Enjoys Snow at the San Diego Zoo

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Coll aborative Groups File a Lawsuit to End Fluoride-Treated Tap Water EPA Being Challenged About the Health Effects of Fluoride By Patty Ducey-Brooks Fluoride Action Network (FAN), together with a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups, collectively known as the “petitioners,” served the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a petition calling on the Agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain. The Petition was submitted under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) because it authorizes the EPA to prohibit the “particular use” of a chemical that presents an unreasonable risk to the general public or susceptible subpopulations. TSCA also gives EPA the authority to prohibit drinking water additives. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Michael Connett, JD, recently offered this statement, “Judge just handed down his ruling—he has denied EPA’s motion to dismiss!” He added, “A federal judge has ruled in our favor, to allow our lawsuit against the EPA to continue to move forward.” According to Marjorie Shapiro, board member of Moms Against Fluoridation, “This collaborative effort is a sign of a growing commitment of concerned citizens, medical professionals and scientists working together to really bring this important issue to court.” She added, “This really is a landmark case because its purpose is to end an antiquated and harmful policy, and it also addresses how the Citizens Petition, which is part of the new (Congressionally approved) Toxic Substance Control Act, is to be interpreted by the EPA. This opinion from the Ninth Circuit Federal Court came out today and is a huge victory for all citizens because it means we can raise our voices about exposures to dangerous substances.” The plantiffs allege that fluoridation chemicals (specifically, hydrofluorosilicic acid, sodium silicofluoride, and sodium fluoride) are added to public water supplies across the United States in an attempt to reduce tooth decay. The practice began in the 1940s “on the mistaken premise that fluoride’s primary benefit to teeth comes from ingestion.” More recent research, they argue, demonstrates that fluoride’s “primary benefit comes from topical application” and therefore, ingestion is unnecessary to prevent tooth decay. Though water fluoridation has been “rejected or discontinued by the vast majority of European countries,” it continues in the United States. The plaintiffs allege that the risks of fluoridation include a higher risk of deleterious effects on the brain, including cognitive impairments (i.e. lowered IQ) and neurotoxicity. This includes concern for fetal brain exposure from ingesting fluoride. Some of the collaborative organizations that are plantiffs on this case include Fluoride Action Network, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Food & Water Watch, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Moms Against Fluoridation and Organic Consumers Association. To learn more about this national effort, visit www.momsagainstfluoridation.org.•

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Organist is from Barcelona Uptown Planners Address City Issues

Beginning in 2018, Raúl Prieto Ramírez will be San Diego Civic organist and artistic director of the Spreckels Organ Society. A search committee of some of San Diego’s top musical leaders, as well as representatives of the Spreckels Organ Society Board of Trustees and the City of San Diego, worked through 2017 to select Prieto Ramírez from a field of outstanding applicants from all over the world. He follows Dr. Carol Williams, San Diego Civic Organist Emerita, who served on the bench from 2001-2016. “Out of a large number of internationally based applicants, the Search Committee unanimously chose Raúl to be the next Civic Organist,” says Jack Lasher, president of the Spreckels Organ Society. “He is obviously an outstanding organist, but he also embodies the charisma and personality that we felt were equally important. We are proud of our decision and thrilled to present him to San Diego.” Prieto Ramírez is artistic director and founder of the Barcelona Summer Organ Festival and Academy, where he has attracted audiences by the thousands. His joy is making great music exciting and accessible for everyone—especially kids—and he is well known for being one of the few concert organists who performs from memory. His powerful personality, passionate expressiveness, gift for communication and outstanding technique make him shine in a wide range of repertoire and styles. Spreckels Organ Society audiences loved him best in evaluations collected during late summer/early fall audition concerts. Critics have praised his performances at major venues all over the world as “simply awe-inspiring.” Prieto Ramírez has been invited to serve as a jury member at international organ competitions to judge the works of rising stars, and records for the Brilliant Classics label. He teaches master classes at universities around the world from Indiana University to Baylor, and Austria to Moscow, and before joining the Spreckels Organ Society he founded the Sursa American Organ Competition in partnership with the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. Ramírez’s role as artistic director of the Spreckels Organ Society is already underway as he takes over the planning and scheduling of all Spreckels organ concerts. In addition to year-round Sunday organ concerts at 2 p.m., and the 10-concert Monday night International Summer Organ Festival, he is calling the shots for all upcoming concerts at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. “As I became aware of my talent at age 15, I felt the impulse to serve this world making music come alive and shine in the spirit of every human being. As I embraced such a commitment, I never could have dreamed of a better place and better people to share my art with than those of San Diego,” says Prieto Ramírez. Ramírez will be only the eighth person in history to have held the position of San Diego Civic Organist. His predecessor, San Diego Civic Organist Emerita Dr. Carol Williams, held the position for 15 years before moving to Virginia in 2017 to reside nearer to family.•

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DecoBike Station & Homeless One of Many Concerns

By Patty Ducey-Brooks At the November meeting of Uptown Planners, representatives from the city said they were listening to the comments and feedback from the Uptown community regarding the placement of the proposed DecoBike stations. Yet, according to representatives from the Uptown Planners, even after strong community opposition to the placement of a station at Nutmeg Street and Sixth Avenue, this is exactly where it was placed. Frustrated residents and business owners expressed concern with its visual impact due to advertising banners and disrupting the park view shed. They feel strongly that the city isn’t listening to the local community. Leo Wilson, who has been on the board of Uptown Planners, and is a longstanding resident of Bankers Hill/Park West, said he is hearing increased dissatisfaction from current Uptown residents who say they want to move out of the community. Wilson stated, “Along the Sixth Avenue neighborhood I live in, which is adjacent to Balboa Park, we are dealing with increased crime; a massive homeless problem — some of whom exhibit threatening behavior and damage property; a hepatitis A outbreak; and special events that blast ear-piercing noise throughout the local area.” He added, “What we are experiencing is a failure of the ‘smart’ part of smart growth; and until the city is willing to listen to and work with the local communities in Uptown to correct this, things will only get worse.”•

A DecoBike Station was placed at Nutmeg Street and Sixth Avenue, following opposition from local residents and business owners.

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Am I a Christian? By George Mitrovich

On the day before Christmas, Nicholas Kristoff’s column in The New York Times was entitled, “Cardinal, am I a Christian?” To haters of The Times, who believe it inherently and disgustingly liberal, Mr. Kristoff’s column may seem odd, but it shouldn’t, as the question of Mr. Kristoff’s “Christian standing” is one he has addressed before. In one column the Pulitzer Prize winner put the question to Tim Keller, the former senior minister of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a church he founded in 1989, and whose membership grew from a few dozen to more than 5,000, and whose book, “The Reason for God and The Prodigal Son,” made The Times’ best seller list, selling more than one million copies. Former President Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist layman and Sunday school teacher, was also asked by Mr. Kristoff if he, The Times columnist, is a Christian? Because Kristoff denies the Virgin Birth and any physical resurrection of Jesus—and one assumes the miracles as well—Reverend Keller told him he wasn’t; President Carter said he is. Which brings me his column, “Cardinal, Am I a Christian?” That question and others were put to Cardinal James Tobin of the Catholic Archdioceses of Newark, New Jersey, who was named to the College of Cardinals by his Holiness, Pope Francis, and shares many of the Pope’s “progressive” views. On the question of whether he’s a Christian? the Cardinal told Kristoff he’s “in the tent,” which is clever, but lacks the specificity of Reverend Keller’s and President Carter’s answer, but seemed to satisfy Mr. Kristoff. I do not know Nicholas Kristoff and have had no personal contact with him, save for one brief telephone conversation. But through his writings one understands his values, so clearly reflected in the causes he has undertaken in behalf of the world’s outcasts (no hyperbole intended). Time after time, in Africa, Asia, and Central America, he has held its governments morally accountable for their pogroms of genocide; confronting them though his columns in The Times when our own government was shamefully silent. Men and women of like conscience and morality owe Mr. Kristoff a debt of gratitude for his courage in confronting these despotic governments; not, as it were, from some distant and airy loft in Manhattan, but up close and personal. He has been, and remains, a force for good in our world – in ways beyond our understanding. But my intent here is not to praise Nickolas Kristoff, he doesn’t need it and would likely reject it, but rather to answer his question – “Am I a Christian?” When you’ve been to church 10,000 times and heard 10,000 sermons; participated in Billy Graham crusades and meetings of Youth For Christ, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Crusade for Christ, and Navigators; heard hundreds and hundreds of sermons

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on the radio and watched hundreds more on television and YouTube; when you’ve served as president of an ecumenical council of 125 Christian churches, and, finally, when you’ve preached as a layman from some of America’s leading Protestant pulpits, including Washington’s National Cathedral, it’s conceivable, conceivable, you’re qualified to answer Mr. Kristoff’s question. When Reverend Keller told Mr. Kristoff he’s not a Christian because the columnist rejects Jesus’ Virgin Birth and Resurrection, he wasn’t wrong, but I’m certain he did it with grace and gentility. Because the answer given by Reverend Keller is consistent with the creedal statements of virtually every Protestant communion; and, more importantly, is affirmed in the ninth verse of chapter 10 of the book Romans in the New Testament, which reads, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (The answer President Carter gave, doctrinally, is in error, but reflects the president’s generous spirit.) In his column, Mr. Kristoff began by telling Cardinal Tobin, “I revere Jesus’ teachings, but I have trouble with the miracles—including, since this is Christmas, the virgin birth. In Jesus’ time people believed that Athena was born from Zeus’ head, so it seemed natural to accept a great man walking on water or multiplying loaves and fishes; in 2017, not so much. Can’t we take the Sermon on the Mount but leave the supernatural?” The answer: No. Not if one believes what St. Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 15, verses 12-17: “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ…If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” In admiring Jesus Christ as a teacher, philosopher, and moralist, in believing he lived a wholly exemplary life, hardly makes Nicholas Kristoff unique. Since the inception of the church and its teachings, millions have believed in the Jesus of history, while, like Mr. Kristoff, rejecting the Christ of faith. It becomes an intellectual conundrum, recognizing and admiring the uniqueness of Jesus but restrained by reason from embracing him as the “only Begotten Son” (as the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 16, puts it). Mr. Kristoff suffers from Thomas Jefferson’s problem. Remember, Mr. Jefferson wrote his own version of the New Testament, including everything but the miracles. The great man couldn’t get his great mind around it. But to explain 2,000 years of church history absent belief in the Virgin Birth, in the Resurrection, in the miracles, is a test history I don’t believe anyone can pass. In the twenty plus millenniums since his birth, hundreds of millions of people have believed that Jesus is who He said He is – the Son of God. They confessed their faith in Him, accepted Him as their savior, believed their sins were forgiven; believed, in the deepest recesses of their hearts, they’re a child of God and that God loves them as they are – and one day, some day, in God’s own time, they’ll be heaven bound. If you think you can explain the story of the Christian faith on the basis that Jesus was a great teacher, but only that, then you err – and the measure of your intellectual hubris is monumental. But to return to Mr. Kristoff’s question, “Am I a Christian?” I can’t answer. I don’t get to make that determination. Neither do I believe Reverend Keller, President Carter, Cardinal Tobin, nor any other person or authority gets to make that call. It’s God’s – and God’s alone. But if one insist upon calling one’s self a “Christian,” I’m good with that. It can’t hurt, and it might help.•

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Welcoming

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By Ilene Hubbs Saying goodbye to 2017, I realize, invokes very mixed feelings. There were some good times and some sad times. It is the first full year without my oldest son and every little celebration brought his absence to the forefront. It is never easy, we will always miss him, but it truly does ease up with the passage of time. We all have losses at one time or another and in moving on we can try to keep the memory alive while also keeping the sadness in check. It was the year that brought us the knowledge that life under Mr. Trump is, to say the least, different. Labeling 2017 as the “year of the tweeting president” is my bi-partisan way of keeping my judgement to myself. Discussing politics has become a minefield, so I keep it to a minimum. Then toward the end of the year we were bombarded with a tidal wave of allegations of sexual misconduct about men many of us were shocked and saddened to hear named. Plus, I had a short, new relationship with a man that was not to be, and 2017 saw that end too.

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We Americans are resilient people. I find my resilience in finding a positive amongst all the negative. We lost a family member in 2016 and we gained a new one in 2017. My sister became a grandmother in September and this beautiful, healthy little baby is the perfect evidence that life really does go on. We are not at war. We have not yet felt the repercussions of new bills being passed. We are living our lives right now, and right now is all we have. So far, we live no differently today than we did before this unusual man took the helm. Tomorrow may be another story, but tomorrow is not here yet. I, for one, am anxious to see what lies ahead, but I have learned not to think of that too much. As my mom used to say, “Tomorrow I could be hit by a car and killed”. Some of her advice I have thrown to the wind… this gem I am keeping. 2017 was the year I had several pieces I wrote published, allowing myself to proclaim I am a writer. This was the year I had a milestone birthday. This birthday I felt the significance of aging. I am at a stage that when someone hears a person died at my age, they

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no longer say, “Oh, she was so young.” But I feel the power that comes with my age, the power to let things go that are not important and concentrate on what brings me joy. This coming year I plan to write more, go to more classes and lectures, do what I need to do to stay healthy, and find joy in being with family and friends. I look to 2018 as the year I let go of worry. There is no benefit to worrying about what might come. New years are fresh starts. No one knows that better than exercise gyms, weight loss programs, and housecleaning services. Out with the old and on with the new. I have plenty I could worry about. My sister’s health is not good and some of my family have money problems, but none of that is in my power to fix. A therapist once told me the secret to a happy life is knowing the difference between what you have power over and what you do not. In 2018 I plan to choose what to worry about, fix the things I can, and let go of worries over things I cannot. I am in the third act of my life. I will make it a good year. Can’t wait to see what happens.•

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The 83 bus that runs through Mission Hills is slated to change its route January 29, 2018. Instead of dead ending in North Mission Hills, as it has for years, it will extend along Sunset and Juan Streets to connect the Old Town Transit Center down the hill. This will open up a lot of new possibilities for Mission Hills residents. Students who attend High Tech High School in Liberty Station can transfer to the 28 bus at Old Town to get to school. SDSU students can take the Green Line trolley to school, and we can all take the trolley to the Convention Center for Comic-Con, When the Blue Line is finished, everyone will be able to take it north. The new route will still stop on West Lewis Street, then it will shift to Sunset and stop at St. James and Sunset, Witherby and Sunset, and then the Old Town Transit Center. The south end of the route will still run through South Mission Hills on Reynard Way to the America Plaza Downtown. The good news is that the hours of operation won’t be reduced in January as originally planned. If the hourly ridership increases because of the new route, the hours aren’t likely to be reduced in the future.

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The difficulty is that to improve reliability, the new route will need to run every 70 minutes rather than the current schedule of every 60 minutes. Those who use the bus regularly or occasionally now, will want to look at the new schedule when it is posted at the stops or handed out on the bus to plan their trips. A good way to see how these changes might benefit you and your family is to look at transit maps on the MTS website or click on the trip planner option to see which routes

connect to the Old Town Transit Center. After the change in January, you can use the Trip Planner to work out your trips. The Mission Hills bus is a neighborhood amenity that is used by residents who don’t drive, can’t drive, or don’t want to drive; by students, and by people who work in Mission Hills. It’s an amentiy we want to keep. After the route changes, we encourage you to try it out, take the bus to Old Town.•

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Two-year-old Rodney the reindeer was filled with holiday excitement this past December, as he pranced, jumped, and pawed this way through 16 tons of fresh, powdery snow that blanketed his habitat at the San Diego Zoo. The snow was part of a special activity for the reindeer that helps keep them stimulated and allows them to use their natural behaviors. The snow was made possible due to generous donors who contributed to the Zoo’s online Animal Care Wish List. The Wish List is sort of like an online gift registry for animals at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It is updated monthly and can be found at sandiegozoo.org/wishlist.•

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Rodney the reindeer enjoys prancing through snow. Photo is courtesy of Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo.

help us find a home In addition to his adorably caddywhompus ears, adorable Albly is maybe the cutest doggie ever. He is an 11-month old, Jack Russell Terrier and Parson Russell Terrier mix. He is a little shy at first, but once he’s comfortable, he reveals his sweet and playful side. We are working on potty-training with this little cutie, and he will need a patient family who is committed to helping him hone his potty-etiquette skills. Al’s adoption fee includes his neuter, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, waived enrollment fee for medical insurance from TruPanion, and a license if residing in Escondido, San Marcos, Poway, Oceanside, and Vista. Albly is residing at the Escondido Campus of the San Diego Humane Society, located at 3450 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027. For more information, call 760.888.2275 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

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Midnight is really something special. Beautiful and sweet, this kitty loves spending time with her favorite humans. So much so, in fact, that we’ve come to discover that she prefers to eat while in the company of people. Shelter life can be particularly hard on a sweetie like this, and while our smitten staff do their best to shower this girl with as much attention as possible and make certain that she is eating, we can’t wait for Midnight to find a loving home of her very own where she can really thrive. Midnight is spayed and has current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, 30 days of worryfree medical insurance from Trupanion Insurance, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and a license if residing in Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, San Marcos or Poway. She is residing at the San Diego Campus of the San Diego Humane Society, which is located at 5500 Gaines Street. For information, call 619.299.7012 or visit www.sdhumane.org. PresidioSentinel.com •

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Successfully Get Started on Your Quest to Fitness & Health

By Blake Beckcom

You know that you want to be _____ (enter any number of positive adjectives that are plaguing your mind at the moment—healthy, fit, strong, confident, muscular, thinner), but it can be so hard to get started. How many cycles of “tomorrow’s the day” or “I’ll start on Monday” or “next month when things aren’t so stressful” have you gone through with your get-healthy goals? If the number is uncomfortably high, you’re not alone. We’ve all heard the adage that it takes 21 days to start a new habit, right? Well, according to a study completed at University College London of 96 habit-hopefuls who wanted to add a new healthy routine such as running every night after dinner, including fruit with their lunches, or doing 50 crunches every morning after breakfast, it wasn’t that easy. While some more feasible habits, such as drinking a glass of water in the morning, did seem to get established after 20 days, the average habit-forming time span was 66 days, with some folks in the study still trying for habit status after the better part of a year. Yikes! Before you throw in the gym towel and decide that you’re doomed, we do have some tips for how to successfully get started on your own quest to health.

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Start, and continue, with an attitude of self-compassion. Aside from sounding very gentle and sweet, there is actually scientific backing to this. If you exercise or diet from a place of guilt, or from a fixed mentality, then every time you slip up (which we all do, many times) you’ll view it as a character flaw. Whereas an attitude of selfcompassion will help you to think of your diet changes and exercise attempts with a growth mentality, or something you can improve. Remember that every positive decision you make is a gain, but you have to keep going. One long walk isn’t going to fulfill your requirements for a week. Just like one super food salad isn’t going to “carry” you through the next five meals. The long walk and salad are, however, great steps in getting you to where you want to be. Want to know the very best exercise for you, the one to guarantee results? It’s the one you like, and the one you’ll want to do. Aim to do this exercise, or another enjoyable one, for around 30 minutes, most days of the week. The good news is that exercise can take many forms, from dancing, to swimming, to aggressive house cleaning. And remember that every time you choose activity and health

over poorer choices is a gain for your wellness. Slow and steady wins the race, and meets your goals. Over exuberance in the beginning is a great way to sabotage you. Either you get burnt out mentally, or your body gives out because it’s not used to doing what you’re asking it to. Start slow, and celebrate each gradual gain. Try a little of everything. The exciting thing about beginning a physical health routine is that there are so many choices and options to sample. You never know what might strike your fancy and find a permanent place in your regiment. Under the instruction of your trainer, give weight training a try, as well as biking, yoga, stretching, and jogging. Many people just getting started enjoy walking or using the elliptical machine. The choices are yours—just get out there and try it! In the end, decide that you want to change for the right reasons.

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Focusing on the scale, or your pant size, or your appearance may motivate you temporarily, but that fuel will often burn out, and cause damaging self-reproach. Instead, decide that you want to be healthier because you love and respect yourself, and deserve to be the best you can be. This resultant feeling of the chip away: one work out, one meal, one day at a time, approach, resonates through all aspects of your life in balancing the mind, body, and spirit connections.•

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Worrying About The Right Things?

By Rick Brooks

As we close out 2017 and start looking into the new year, several themes have been pervasive in our public discourse. As an investor, it’s important to look not just at the market results (which have been spectacular), but also the challenges facing us in the years to come. One thing that has struck me is how much time and energy we’ve all spent debating what may turn out to be the wrong problems. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. The 2016 presidential election and much of 2017 has been about “how do we create more jobs.” At 4.1 percent, unemployment is near multi-decade lows. In fact, the more important number is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) survey showing roughly six million unfilled jobs in October. We don’t have a job problem, we have a worker problem: there aren’t enough qualified workers for the jobs that are available. Reducing immigration will only result in more unfilled jobs. Tax Rates. An often-cited (and thoroughly de-bunked) statistic is that the United States is the most-taxed country in the developed world. What we do have is one of the most complicated tax systems in the developed world with high marginal tax rates and numerous loopholes for corporations and wealthy individuals to hide income and assets. This creates massive inefficiencies in our economy, and the recent tax bill will make the tax code significantly more complex while encouraging business owners to get very creative to reclassify income. Congress has wasted an opportunity to streamline the tax code, and most of the sweeteners for low-and middle-income workers will disappear in seven years, resulting in tax increases across the board. Health Care Spending. The great debate today is over how we pay for healthcare in the U.S., whether it’s through private insurance or some public health system. Conservatives don’t want the government to pay the cost, but don’t want to force the public to pick it up either (and appear happy to let unfunded treatment bankrupt those who can’t afford insurance). Progressives talk about single-payer systems but are unwilling to admit that those systems work largely due to cost controls that limit the supply of health services. Forgotten in this debate is the fact at 18 percent of the economy, health care spending in the U.S. is almost twice

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as high as any other developed country, with no appreciable improvement in public health outcomes to show for the higher spending. The problem isn’t how we’re paying; it should be “what are we paying for?” Government Debt. Over the past seven years, there has been much angst and complaining about ballooning government debt. But the U.S. isn’t anywhere near the levels of some other developed nations, and the numbers that are discussed aren’t even the big numbers. More importantly, focusing on current liabilities has limited discussion of much needed investments in infrastructure, while ignoring long-term unfunded liabilities like Medicare and Social Security. As the Baby Boom generation has begun to retire, these payments are about to get very, very large. Cutting taxes won’t solve these challenges, either. Business Investment. The argument for reducing corporate tax rates has been that it will spur investment by businesses, which will in turn stimulate economic growth. However, after-tax profits are already near record highs and corporate cash assets are also near multi-decade records while factory utilization is around 75 percent. Businesses have idle capacity so it isn’t a lack of cash that’s holding back investment, and there is very little evidence that cutting business tax rates will spur new investments by businesses anyway. What is missing is a lack of public investment in infrastructure, research and education – the kinds of things that will provide powerful long-term economic growth and encourage businesses to invest in the future. Housing Costs. In California, the public discourse focuses on the high cost of housing and the lack of affordable housing. The economy is booming and California’s workforce is still growing. The fact of the matter is, there is a shortage of housing supply, causing higher prices, and little public discussion about density, mass transit or serious urban planning. We can’t pave over open space forever and still love living in the Golden State.• This column is prepared by Rick Brooks, CFA®, CFP®. Brooks is director/chief investment officer with Blankinship & Foster, LLC, a wealth advisory firm specializing in comprehensive financial planning and investment management. Brooks can be reached at 858.755.5166, or by email at brooks@bfadvisors.com. Brooks and his family live in Mission Hills.

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Designing with

Succulents

By Barb Strona

Debra Lee Baldwin frequently gives talks to garden clubs. Her most recent talk at the San Diego Horticultural Society gave highlights from her latest book, “Designing with Succulents.” Probably the greatest motivation for planting succulents in San Diego County is fire protection. During the wildfires many people said, “Succulents saved our house.” Baldwin showed us photographs of gardens right after the fire. The homes with succulent gardens fared far better than the average house surrounded by English cottage gardens. Baldwin said, “Succulents cook, not burn.” Another motivation for planting succulents is financial (not that protecting your house from fire isn’t also a financial benefit). Succulents use less water than do lawns and typical cottage garden plantings. This is an ecological benefit as well since we have a definite water issue on this planet. Succulents do not require heavy fertilizers and pesticides which also means they cause little pollution to our ground water. For many years Baldwin has been teaching the world about the beauty of succulents. In her book and her talk, Baldwin showed the difference between a well-designed garden and one without design. She illustrated these differences using her own garden and others.’ Since Baldwin’s gardens include many container gardens, she also discussed pot and plant pairings.

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If you have a container you really love, try to find plants that reflect one or more elements of the pot’s design. Perhaps there is a hint of a color you really like. Look for a succulent that has that particular shade which will make that color stand out more in the pot. You also could duplicate its shape or line with the plant you choose. The plants should reflect aspects of their containers.

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Baldwin also spoke about the tools she uses. She keeps a spray bottle filled with 70 percent Isotopic alcohol. She has a tweezer for “protection against vicious” plants. A steak knife is handy for dividing plants, and the push of a chopstick or pencil can create a hole for a tiny plant or root. Baldwin advocates adhering to elements of good design and common sense. Repetition of shapes massed together gives the eye a resting place. These can be strung out to guide the eye to another point creating a sense of motion. Contrast is another element of design that is important. Even the contrast between older and newer leaves adds interest to the design. Leaf shapes, overall plant shape, and color can augment both repetition and contrast. Barrel cactus make nice contrast to tall aloe reno folium. The spears look striking against a background of pudgy barrel cactus. Boulders, rocks, and gravel are other elements that can help create your design. However, Baldwin has a few words of caution. Creek beds (faux creek beds) are never above the ground. They would be found in gullies, and that’s where they belong in your garden. You can create your own. Another factor to consider is the size or the multiplication factor. Century plants “multiply like rabbits,” says Baldwin. They are hard to dig out. Know your plant’s propagation pattern and also its rate of growth. You should be aware that euphorbia and many other plants have a toxic sap. Ornamental

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grasses may be hard to control. Most succulents fare well with maintenance from two to four times a year. If you go on line, Baldwin has videos about everything from fertilizing to propagating. She does caution against using commercial fertilizers. If you use them, dilute them to half strength. Personally, I have more and more succulents; they look great and have yet to be fertilized or bug sprayed. Because succulents are easy to grow, exchanging cuttings is common. This leads to another benefit of planting succulents: friendship. Whenever you see a plant that has grown from a friend’s cutting, you think of that person. I have cuttings from friends whom I always remember when I look at the plant. Dick Disraeli gave me some cuttings when he pruned his plumeria a few years ago. I now have a magnificent array of plumeria, both pink and yellow, in a pot in my front yard. I think of him every time I approach my house or go out my front door. I have euphorbia in various locations, each from a different person whom I remember when I see the plants. Baldwin’s talks are always interesting, and her photographs are outstanding. I have grown to like succulents from necessity; but if you’ll pardon the pun, they do grow on you. Our next meeting will feature a demonstration of rose and fruit tree pruning at the Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton, on Wednesday, January 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Members are free, and guests pay $10.•

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10 Local News A Publication of Presidio Communications • January 2018 Felice Anno Nuovo + Happy New Year + Feliz Año Nuevo + Bonne Année ©

By Krista Lombardi, President, Mission Hills Business Improvement District Realtor, Lombardi Team at Scott & Quinn Real Estate

Auguri per un felice 2018! Lucky me to be both Italian and American with a history of welcoming the New Year in celebration and with delicious cuisine. As is my family’s tradition, this year we celebrated New Year’s Eve with cenone, a big feast, and lots of Proseco. Since childhood, and now with my husband, I enjoy this family time and cannot recall a celebratory meal I have not thoroughly embraced. Mission Hills is the best ever neighborhood for delicious bites and beverages. Keeping it local with friends, over the holidays we discovered a couple new-to-us dining spots. And, speaking of new spots, the new owner of The Red Door and Bar by Red Door, Italian chef Luciano Cibelli, is from Milan, Italy and recently moved his residence to Mission Hills as well. Please join with me in welcoming Chef Cibelli to our neighborhood. We wish longtime Mission Hills BID board member and eight-year owner of The Red Door and Bar by Red Door, Trish Watlington, a fond farewell as she moves on to her Farm to Fork ventures. The BID offered her an eternal key and looks forward to welcoming her back to enjoy all our community has to offer. With Trish’s departure, the BID will be welcoming new faces onto our board of directors. Look for their announcements in my February column. San Diego City Councilmember Chris Ward and his daughter are holiday shopping If you live in the village of Mission Hills, I hope you had the at Maison en Provence in support of shopping small and local. opportunity to attend Holiday in the Hills. This annual block Please visit the Mission Hills Business Improvement District’s website party is hosted by the West Lewis Shopping District. The business owners who organize this and other events during the year dedicate a lot of work, time, and at www.MissionHillsBID.com and consider how you might become more involved in 2018. money to bring about a community feeling in this charming place. I am excited to have been re-elected president of the Mission Hills BID and A January column would not be complete without a little reflection and some plans for the new year. I am so very grateful to the five hundred look forward to the BID’s work in 2018. Won’t you join us?• businesses whose owners have chosen to locate in the Mission Hills Business Improvement District. These businesses are complementary to our adjacent residential community and unique and interesting in a top-notch way which draws regional patronage. To the BID’s board of directors and its committees’ chairpersons, thank you for your ongoing commitment to making Mission Hills business neighborhoods all they can be. From International Restaurant Row to West Lewis, Ft. Stockton to Goldfinch, along Reynard Way and West Washington and points in between, the BID stands strong in its commitment Aspiration Realization to provide promotions, design, and economic development ideas and support. As a reminder, the Mission Hills BID board meets on the second and third Wednesdays of each month at 3 p.m. The meetings take place at Mission The New Year is an excellent time to set short Hills United Methodist Church; the BID’s website is the best way to locate the term goals or resolutions—subtle changes or small most accurate and up-to-date information. On the second Wednesday, we “tweaks” to your daily routine (decrease chocolate conduct our committee meetings, including promotions, design, economic intake, increase exercise, read more books, watch less TV, etc). But why not take this opportunity development, and Mission Hills Parking Advisory committees. The Executive to set your sights on a greater horizon—This January, ask yourself— Committee meets immediately following to consider financial matters of What is my Ten Year Plan? the BID and determine the matters from committee which are ready to be placed on the board agenda. The third Wednesday is the meeting of the full Many 10 Year Plans focus on important subjects such as health, travel, board of directors where items are voted on and decisions are reached that retirement planning, and investments. Defining your financial resolutions, impact the BID membership. making an action plan, and setting that action plan into motion is at the core of most long term planning strategies.

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Two-time GRAMMY® Nominee Tommy Emmanuel, whose five-decade career has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide, will be bringing his passionate and infectious live show to the Balboa Theatre, located at 686 Fourth Avenue and E Street in downtown San Diego. He performs at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 19. Emmanuel has been voted Favorite Acoustic Guitarist in both Guitar Player Magazine and Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s reader polls, and is a YouTube sensation. His videos have over 29,000,000 views and have led to sold out shows in new markets all over the US. Emmanuel has also been seen all over the United States in his Public Television pledge specials “Center Stage” and “Tommy Emmanuel and Friends.” Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. A household name in his native Australia, Emmanuel has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. His unique style—he calls it simply “finger style”—is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Rather than using a whole band for melody, rhythm, bass, and drum parts, Emmanuel plays all that—and more—on one guitar. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this “fingerpicker” style as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. Tommy Emmanuel is an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a CGP (Certified Guitar Player—a title given by Chet Atkins to only five guitarists in the world), an Order of Australia Medalist (AM) and the holder of both an honorary Master’s Degree (MA) and more recently an honorary Doctor of Arts (DR) from Charles Sturt University in Australia in recognition of his commitment to rural Australia and his contribution to music education.•

Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians with a professional career that spans five decades.

FRESH One of the nicest things about a new year is the sense of a New Beginning. No matter how hard we work, we can always use one of those! And this element is equally valuable when you are selling a home. The market demonstrates with every sale that the primary element of value today is condition. And since buyers cannot initially know all about condition, they make their judgments on appearance. Decluttering, new paint, gleaming hardware, crisp front door and entry landscape, and so forth all adds up to “Fresh,” the impression a savvy seller wants to make. As a buyer, being willing to purchase a property that is NOT fresh generally means a dollar savings beyond the cost and effort of doing this sparkle. The old conundrum: Time –vs- Money. __________________________________________________________

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“Hamilton” Offering The Hottest Tickets in Town Benefit Two Non-Profit Organizations Just in time for end of the year charitable giving, Jewish Family Service and the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus are teaming up to offer the ultimate holiday gift for theater lovers. On Saturday, January 13, 2018, participants can attend a performance of “Hamilton” from the very best seats in the house at the San Diego Civic Theatre, located at 1100 Third Avenue in downtown San Diego, followed by a private meet-and-greet dessert reception with members of the cast. This exclusive “Hamilton” experience is made possible by the generosity of event chairs, Liz Nederlander Coden, a realtor with Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, and Daniel Coden, M.D. an eye surgeon in private practice at Scripps Memorial. A lifelong theater fan, Liz dreamed of raising money for charity around a performance of “Hamilton.” Liz and Dan made this dream a reality with the full support and enthusiasm of the theater and the “Hamilton” producers. “I have been a board member at the JCC for the past six years and involved at Jewish Family Service as well. I have been extremely impressed with the outstanding work done by both organizations to help change the lives of people in need from all backgrounds. The funds raised from this event will go to help programs from each organization including scholarship programs, refugee programs, and programs giving food, shelter and guidance to homeless families, just to name a few. Dan and I are thrilled with how the event is coming together and are excited to share this incredible evening with all of the donors,” shared Liz Nederlander Coden. While some packages are sold out for the event, there are still excellent tickets available, from $ 1,500 to $2,500. For tickets and information, visit www.yourshotinjanuary.org or contact Liz and Dan (back row) are shown with their children (left to right): Lauren, Ben and Jacqueline. Dana Levin at 858.637.3013, danal@jfssd.org or Paige Pick at 858.362.1355, paigep@lfjcc.org.•

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2018 Event Highlights Culture & Cocktails

The San Diego Museum of Art’s Culture & Cocktails, returns Thursday, January 25 and it’s shaping up to be quite the fiesta. The theme will be tied to the Museum’s popular fall exhibition Modern Masters from Latin America and the interactive exhibition Frida and Me. In addition to signature cocktails, viewing artwork and dancing to Latin beats all night long, party goes can look forward to: • A Pico Duarte signature cocktail made with rum, freshly squeezed lime juice, maple syrup, and a lemon twist • A sampling of beer from Southnorte Beer Co.’s cross-cultural cervecería • Performances by Alma Latina Dance Company highlighting dance from different regions of Latin America • Live music from DJ Marc Tosino • Make your own Piñata activity • Frida’s Cucina food truck and gourmet popsicles from Viva Pops • Photo Booth and other art-making activities

Pre-sale e-tickets are $5 for members/$35 for nonmembers when bought in advance online. Online ticketing closes at 2 p.m. on the day of the event. Pending availability, tickets will be available for purchase for $15 for members/$35 for nonmembers at the door starting at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the event.•

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San Diego Junior Theatre is presenting a San Diego Junior Theatre premiere of “Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon,” directed by Randall Eames. The production will showcase the work of 20 San Diego Junior Theatre youth performers and 10 youth technicians, ranging in age from 8 to18. It runs from Friday, January 5 through Sunday, January 21 at the Casa del Prado Theatre in Balboa Park. Performances are Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. “Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon Kids” is an adaptation of Mary Pope Osborne’s adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series. This time around, Jack and Annie’s treehouse takes them to an exotic island with pirates, where the two discover the power of friendship and the simple pleasures in everyday life. The two siblings return to visit the magic tree house on a dreary, rainy day. They find a book where the sun is shining and the waves are crashing, so they wish to travel to this tropical place. They realize that they are in the eighteenth-century Caribbean, the time of pirates. The siblings meet Captain Bones, a mean old pirate who captures the two and forces them to help him find buried treasure. It’s up to Jack and Annie to find their way back to the tree house and make their way home. The cast of 20 is comprised of the following young San Diego performers: Jackson Allen, Connor Bradshaw, Zoe Carnot, Gabriel Gerson, Lian Gilor, Tristan Heil, Sydney Kroonen, Graham Kroonen, Annabella Leos, Sophie Maretz, Finley McIntyre, Zoey Mendenhall, Richie Lynn Nguyen, Audie O’Neal, Ezra Ramirez, Luke Renner, Julia Van Skike, Joee Verdin, Soshian Wisner and Paulina Zepida. The production is technically supported by a crew of youth technicians learning all of the backstage components of producing a show. The student technicians include Fiona Byrne, Riley Cox, Imahni King, Marlee Koury, Lily Mirgoli, Victoria Porras, Emma Ragen, Alice Redhead, Elizabeth Wheeler and Cathleen Wyse. For questions and tickets, contact the box office at 619.239.8355 or online at www.juniortheatre.com.•

Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed

woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. “Phantom Thread” is rated R and is one hour and thirty minutes long. It opens Friday, January 12 at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas, located at 3965 5th Avenue. For information and times, call 619.819.0236, or visit www. landmarkTheatres.com. Film times and dates are subject to change.

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San Diego Hardware Celebrates 125 Years in Business San Diego Hardware, offering the largest selection of decorative hardware in San Diego, recently celebrated 125 years in business with a ceremony, a party for the public and recognition from the Mayor and city officials who declared this “San Diego Hardware Day.” Founded in 1892 on Dec. 8 in San Diego, the company is still owned by one of the original founding families and has evolved over the decades to keep current with a booming Internet business and busy Kearny Mesa showroom. Leading up to the anniversary, San Diego Hardware conducted a search for the identity of the original “Hardware Lady” that appeared in the store’s advertisements. With the help of the public, the owners learned the woman was Fanny Sherman Sloane from a pioneering San Diego family. At the celebration event, a model posed for photos in a gown identical to the one in the photo. The gown will remain on display in the store. Left to right are Councilmember Chris Cate, Hannah Fleming (daughter co-owner Rip Fleming), “We’re excited to have deep roots in San Diego Bryan Haynsworth (son of current co-owner Bill), Bill Haynsworth, current co-owner; Donald Deroy Haynsworth, with now the fifth generation of family working past owner; Eric Young, community representative Mayor’s office and model Kelly Zive, at the store,” said co-owner Bill Haynsworth. the Hardware Lady, pose at the 125th Anniversary Celebration for San Diego Hardware. “125 years in business can only be achieved through our wonderful San Diego customers.” Haynsworth’s son Bryan currently works at the the second floor offers a plumbing showroom Fanny Sherman Sloane, according to our store, making him the fifth generation to help with sinks, faucets and other kitchen and bath sources, was born in 1871 and was the daughter with the business. Daughter of store co-owner products. Contractors, interior designers, and of Captain Matthew Sherman and Augusta Barrett, Rip Fleming, Hannah Fleming, also works at the homeowners can see and try the actual hardware both prominent citizens. Captain Sherman was store as marketing manager. in a setting that is comfortable and accented with Mayor of San Diego from 1891 to 1893. She Over the years, the store sold many different historic details from the original store. was in her early twenties when she posed for the items from pots and pans to Winchester rifles, Not shy to embrace technology, the owners of photograph and no doubt, her father knew the cast iron stoves and iceboxes until Haynsworth San Diego Hardware run a separate and prolific original founders and Fleming focused their core products on online business —HardwareSource.com, offering of the company: Fred Gazlay, John M. Wood, decorative hardware. more than 4,000 hinges for everything from George M. Hawley and George T. Hawley, who Located downtown for more than a century, 3,000-pound doors to jewelry boxes. purchased the retail store of Todd & Hawley, 658 in 2006 the company moved to Kearny Mesa to “We keep evolving to meet the times and Fifth Street, and changed the name to San Diego better serve its customers with a larger space, will continue to meet the needs of today’s Hardware & Company. freeway access and convenient parking. The customer,” said Haynsworth. “We’ll be Current co-owner Bill Haynsworth is the current showroom is 15,000 square feet and launching a new e-commerce website soon for great nephew of Fred Gazlay. Bill Haynsworth features interactive product displays with more San Diego Hardware.” bought the business, together with co-owner than 7,000 door knobs and pulls, 4,000 hinges For more information on San Diego Hardware Rip Fleming, in 1983 from Haynsworth’s father. and 1,000 door locks on display. In addition, visit www.sandiegohardware.com.•

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“Resolutionary”

By Laura Walcher

“Screw it, just do it!” We could take lessons from Richard Branson, the Virgin Atlantic entrepreneur. This has been, he says, his philosophy for just moving ahead, undeterred by the usually myriad questions that accompany—and often slow down–one’s plan, one’s dream, i.e.: do you have time, funding,

talent, etc.? Well, I’m very inspired by Mr. Branson, even though he can well afford to fail—as many of us cannot. I’ve been in “failed” mode for the past several months, as week-by-week I’ve written numerous brilliant—deliciously vicious—diatribes about the deluge of formerly admired or respected men who have turned out to be abusers, beginning, of course, with President Trump (who, states one wag, “Is no Weinstein.” Debatable.) The problem’s been—too many writers have beaten me to the punch. Would that the Presidio Sentinel go daily! Who can keep up? So, in this new year, I hereby resolve to bag discussions of sexual predators. Save our Trump, who infuriates, yet inspires me even more than the other men-are-pigs crowd, and, as a true American patriot, about whom I’m actually obliged to write. Maybe it’s his age. He is the oldest president we’ve ever experienced. Research has shown that “mental agility, executive function, and creativity” all decline with age, defined as 70-plus. I’m absolutely resolved to help save our country. And, I offer my help to the big guys. Consider:

Ross Douthat, columnist for the New York Times, “ … he (Trump) is clearly impaired, gravely deficient somewhere at the intersection of reason and judgment and conscience and self control!” Sigh. Could I say it better? Or, the ongoing rants and raves of Charles Blow, even if he takes a detour now and then. He continues to win the prize for his appalling descriptions of the President: i.e. “venal,” and “vulgar.” Sigh. The man’s been through the alphabet. Even Billy Bush had to jump in, correctly accusing the President of “Engaging in some revisionist history,” and disproving Trump’s denial of his lewd “grabbing pussy” comments that by now we all know—but wish we didn’t know—by heart. Even our humorists—Joel Stein, Gail Collins, are having a hard time being funny. Yet I’m resolved to resist ranting on about President Trump, and consider the numerous issues that also boggle my mind: exactly what is “bitcoin?” (A “cryptocurrency?”—yes, thanks.) What are “SMBs?” What is “them.” (A full-page ad reads, “Them. Are You One of Us? Join the Movement.” C’mon. We’re busy people). And, why do we have a deluge of new books determined to teach us good manners? (Oh! Those must be Trump-inspired, too. I won’t spend time on research. ) Supposedly, Lyft and Edibles for Pets, are among a short list of businesses supposedly expecting a good year. I don’t think Trump has anything to do with them. I’m guessing

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What’s Your Dream? by Cath DeStefano

I remember one of the closing scenes in the movie “Pretty Woman.” A man is doing a slow stroll down the sidewalk, saying loudly and more than once to all who would hear: “What’s your dream?” It’s that time of year again. Dreamin’ time. It’s a new year after all and a fresh—start time if ever there was one…and although I refuse to participate in the “resolutions—that—don’t—make—it— past—late—January” ritual of this time of year, I do participate in dreamin’. I dream of driving unrutted streets here in San Diego. Once in a while, I hit a stretch of freshly—paved road and admit to giving a small sigh. Thanks to the roadbuilders. Dream come true? Paved streets. I dream of a Congress that works to our combined highest good. I don’t hold my breath but I do continue to wish all well. And really, thanks for slogging through. Dream come true? More women arrive with our cooperation genes to add to the mix. I dream of a long, loving relationship with the love of my life and that we continue to do good together. A recent life—threatening scare brought this all home. Yikes. We have long worked to learn how to work well together and now it seems we have more work to do. Good! Dream come true? With love’s support and through my speaking, writing and creations, we do so much good we get tired of doing good. Ha! What dream will you be sending on a note to your subconscious this year? Why dream? It adds to our world which is shaping and changing every day according to who is dreaming what… This is my wish for you: may what you dream happen. Dream your dreams. As my friend Danial said to me once and now I say to you, “May all your dreams turn to embrace you.” Cath DeStefano, Keynote Speaker, Author, Artist Human TuneUp Company www.humantuneup.com • HumanTuneUp@Live.com

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they work hard, but then, like Branson has proven can work, maybe they “Just do it!” Of course, given our complex lives, we can’t all embrace the Branson philosophy, especially the president. Yet, I fear that as President Trump continues to degrade the office, “Screw it. Just do it!” might, terrifyingly, be his formula, too.•

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NYC’s The Standard Hotel Chef Takes the Helm at

San Diego’s Latest Hot Spot

In the late 1800s, the most influential man in San Diego’s Chinatown, Tom Ah Quin, ran Monkey King, an illegal lottery house where politicians and San Diego’s elite could go to dine, drink and gamble late into the night. Now, the King has returned. Located in the same location where the original establishment once was, the new Monkey King restaurant pays homage to the Gaslamp Quarter’s Chinatown and its Prohibition-era past. Monkey King has secured Executive Chef Brendan Mica at its helm to develop authentic Chinese cuisine with a modern flare in celebration of the building’s rich history. Mica comes to San Diego from New York City, where he was most recently the chef de cuisine at The Standard High Line in Manhattan. “I have always had a love for Asian cuisine, its balance, complexity and deep flavor profiles,” said Mica. “The Monkey King menu will have no tricks. We’re crafting recipes inspired by true Chinese cooking, driven by ingredients from our local farming community.” His menu is composed of share friendly items such as Drunken Lobster Hong Kong style—a whole 1-pound lobster served with grilled scallions and a classic red chili sauce—and traditional house made dim sum; though it also caters to those less eager to share with dishes like Peking duck chow fun’ Executive Chef Brendan Mica has developed and a 12-ounce prime NY authentic Chinese cuisine with a modern flare strip served with a black in celebration of the building’s rich history. pepper Sichuan sauce. Photo courtesy of Jim Sullivan Photography.

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Drunken lobster Hong Kong style is offered at Monkey King. Photo courtesy of Jim Sullivan Photography.

To further elevate their experience, patrons can indulge in the restaurant’s cocktail menu, which marries handcrafted cocktails with an Asian focus while also serving up large format drinks in punch bowls such as the scorpion king—vodka, gin, light and dark rum, and a medley of fresh juices. The restaurant features a new outdoor double patio, open-air lounge, and an authentic dim sum table imported from China that seats up to eight people. Its exposed brick and garden walls surrounded by modern gold elements, and a butterfly motif, create a modern and eclectic, yet warm, atmosphere. “Just like the Monkey King of old, this restaurant will be the most happening destination to enjoy food, drinks and conversation into the late evening hours—with a lively, contemporary vibe,” said Co-owner Matt Gerold. Monkey King is open daily from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, with the dining menu available until midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends. To make reservations or learn more, visit www.monkeykingsd.com or call 619.359.8897.•

Offer Modern Italian Dining in Early 2018

Future Italian eatery Maestoso announces it will open in The Hub Hillcrest Market at 1040 University Avenue, in place of the former Napizza pizzeria, as early as February 2018. The restaurant is the project of Chef-Owner Marco Maestoso, who has found success around the world while cooking for names like former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Donatella Versace. Having graduated from the prestigious culinary school Gambero Rosso in Rome, Marco has worked alongside multiple The kitchen and dining area are shown in this rendering of the Maestoso’s restaurant. Michelin starred chefs. While living in New York City in 2013, he was lauded by national media for launching a series of sold out pop-up dinners served in his own small apartment, and in 2015 he opened his first restaurant, Casa Maestoso, which spent more than five months as Trip Advisor’s number one restaurant in Rome, topping a list of thousands of eateries. “I’m excited to open this new restaurant, Maestoso, in such a vibrant area of San Diego, and am looking forward to being able to share our Roman roots with the locals while using my culinary creativity to put San Diego on every foodie’s map,” said Marco. Maestoso’s menu will debut novel concepts alongside comfort food favorites in a four-part menu comprised of (1) pinsa, the Roman ancestor of pizza made with a blend of rice and wheat flour (2) build-your-own fresh pastas like pappardelle, rigatoni and lasagna (3) house favorites such as pork tenderloin in dark cherry sauce and seared butternut squash “steak” with ginger beet puree, and perhaps most notably (4) passaggi, an Italian term meaning “to pass by” and equating to daily chef’s whims offered directly by the chefs to guests’ tables. In particular, the passaggi will round out Marco’s ambitions for a true chef-to-table dining concept, complimented by Italian and California wines and local craft beers. Maestoso’s 2,000+ square foot interior will be centrally anchored by an open kitchen where Marco and fellow chefs will create each night’s fresh fare in view of guests. An industrial chic design will be seen throughout the indoor dining room, which will seat up to sixty guests. Outside, a wraparound patio will provide seating for up to thirty guests. Follow along at @Maestoso on www.instagram.com/maestoso.• Marco Maestoso graduated from the prestigious culinary school Gambero Rosso in Rome.

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January 2018 Thru January 28

n SDSU Downtown Gallery at 725 W Broadway, San Diego from Thursday through Monday 11 a.m.—4 p.m. Spaces From Yesterday: This is an exhibition of artwork and installations created collaboratively between San Francisco Bay Area artist, Amy M. Ho, and incarcerated artists, Bobby Dean Evans, Jr., Dennis Crookes, and Chanthon Bun, from San Quentin Prison. For this project, Ho asked the inmates to recall a place of personal significance from memory. The exhibition includes Ho’s interpretations of these memories, realized as large-scale rooms with projections, paired with inmate paintings or models of these spaces. Admission is free.

Thru March 11

n The San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Brenda Biondo: Play. Colorado–based photographer is best known for her images focusing on constructed abstractions, conservation and land-based issues. The first series, Playground, is a collection of contemporary photographs of children’s playgrounds from the 1920s to the 1970s. The second series, Paper Skies, includes carefully crafted, abstract images of the sky printed onto aluminum panels. These images are created by printing photographs of blue sky, gray clouds and warm sunsets, and cutting, folding, and rephotographing them against the sky. The results are beautifully complex shapes and angles that appear almost digitally created. For information, visit www.sdmart.org.

Thru April 15 n African-American Fine Art Exhibition debuts at San Diego History Center located at Casa De Balboa in Balboa Park, 1649 El Prado, Suite # 3, San Diego. For decades African American artists from or with strong ties to San Diego have had limited opportunities for the community to experience their exceptional talent. Many have made significant contributions to the cultural fabric of our city, yet the great multitudes of visiting tourists rarely encounter these works. Legacy in Black, a new exhibition highlights the art work of eight African American artists with noteworthy influence on the African American fine art scene in San Diego. These artists are Manuelita Brown, Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr., Jean Cornwell Wheat, Albert Fennell, Kadir Nelson, Faith Ringgold, Charles Rucker and Rossie Wade. For more information, visit www.sandiegohistory.org.

Thru June n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, offers Canyoneer Hikes. Free and open to the public, dogs or other pets are not permitted on the walks, as they interfere with observing wildlife. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. You can get complete hiking information on directions by logging into www.sdnat.org/canyoneers, for all other hikes for the month.

January 2

n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, offers residents free days on the first Tuesday of each month. The Balboa Park organizations offers free admission (special exhibitions and films are not included) to San Diego City and County residents (with ID), active military, and their dependents on selected days for one day each month. On Residents Free Day, please enter at the south side of the building near the fountain. All guests will exit at the north side of the building near the big fig tree. Tickets to films are available for $5 per person at the Admission Desk. Strollers are not allowed inside the Museum on resident free days. Park strollers in the designated area outside the north entrance near the Moreton Bay Fig tree. For information, visit www.sdnhm.org.

January 3 & 20 n The San Diego Humane Society Pet Loss Support Group provides an environment where thoughts

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and emotions can be shared and feelings of grief are understood and validated. They take place at the San Diego Campus, located at 5500 Gaines Street in San Diego. The Pet Loss Support Group is open to everyone ages 10 and up and is appropriate for those who have recently lost a pet, are still morning an old loss, are anticipating the death of a pet or are preparing for euthanasia. For information, visit www.sdhumane.org/whatwe-do/programs/pet-loss-support/.

January 4 thru 28

n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is providing informal learning experiences that support and enhance exploration, create excitement and facilitate scientific, discoveries. Session 4: Kid Chemistry. Topics include: Kitchen Capers, Mixtures, Cooking, and Radical Reactions. This program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 years with an accompanying adult. Classes meet from 9 to 10 a.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Call the client services department at 619.238.1233, ext 806 or visit wwwrhfleet.org/ events/young-scientists. Prices are $75 per session for members and $85 per session for non-members.

January 7

n After an extensive, world-wide search, the Spreckels Organ Society, City of San Diego, and San Diego Park and Recreation Department have announced Spanish organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez is the next San Diego Civic organist and artistic director of the Spreckels Organ Society. His first concert will be at 2 p.m. His joy is making great music exciting and accessible for everyone— especially kids—and he is well known for being one of the few concert organists who performs from memory. Prieto Ramirez will be only the eighth person in history to have held the position of San Diego Civic organist.

January 8 n The Maritime Museum, located on the North Embarcadero in downtown San Diego at 1492 North Harbor Drive, invites you to become a docent at the Maritime Museum. This is your opportunity to become a docent volunteer at the top-ranked maritime museum in North America. As a docent you will engage with museum visitors, fielding their questions and sharing your knowledge to enrich their experience. Training is carried out in a series of lectures, suggested readings and walking tours. To obtain more information about the Docent Training Program, contact training coordinator Jim Cassidy at 661.406.0605 or at jimdcass@aol.com. Membership in the Maritime Museum is required to be a docent.

January 9

n Breakthrough Workshop Theatre (now in its 6th Season) presents The Miscast Revue 2018 at Martini’s Above Fourth, located at 3940 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Hillcrest. It’s an exciting night of musical theatre performed by a dynamic lineup of up-and-coming performers. For information, call 619.400.4500.

January 11 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Nature & Me Storytime at 10:15 a.m. Open to all ages with a parent or guardian (recommended for ages one to five-years old). The program is free with Museum admission. This Months theme is Whales. Visit www.sdnat.org for ticket information.

n Paws and Paperbacks is offered to children ages 6 to 11 years old. Students can practice their reading skills in a fun and non-judgmental atmosphere while giving our ambassador animals the chance to get exercise and socialization. For more information visit www.support.sdhumane. org. Sessions are from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the San Diego Campus, located at 5500 Gaines Street in San Diego.

n Cheryl Bentyne, nine-time Grammy winning soprano from The Manhattan Transfer and 2015 Downbeat Rising Male Jazz Star Mark Winkler share the stage together and separately at Martini’s Above Fourth, located at 3940 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Hillcrest. Cheryl will be doing songs from her recent chart-topping CDs on Cole Porter and George Gershwin and

Mark will be sharing songs from his last few platters featuring the work of Laura Nyro, Paul Simon and Bobby Troup. They perform at 8 p.m. For information, call 619.400.4500.

The session takes place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the San Diego Campus, located at 5500 Gaines Street in San Diego. For information, visit www.support.sdhumane.org.

January 12 n AMSD concerts has a performance at 7:30 p.m.

January 25 n Junior Pocket Protectors is for youth ages 12 to 17

Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Peter Rowan perform in concert at Sweetwater Union High School at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. Great American musical treasures, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot who has led a rich and storied life, performs with Peter Rowan, who is a Grammy-award winning musician whose career has spanned to numerous solo and ensemble projects. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com

years old who want to help socialize with rabbits, guinea pigs and fancy rats, which are available for adoption. The session takes place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the San Diego Campus, located at 5500 Gaines Street in San Diego. Participants provide them with valuable enrichment during their shelter stay. For information, visit www.support.sdhumane.org.

January 13

n Balboa Park, at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Laurel Street, hosts the Fifth Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Rally to Spotlight Local Problems at 1 p.m. Marchers will bring attention to approximately 5,000 trafficking victims countywide. Junior League of San Diego will teach crowd how to spot the signs of sex and labor trafficking. Human trafficking involves exploration in many forms, from forcing people into prostitution to subjecting them to slavery or involuntary servitude. Speakers include San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, Assemblymember Brian Maienshein, Free to Thrive President and Managing Attorney Jamie Quient, and Saved in America Executive Director and Private Investigation Manager Joseph Travers. Each of these leaders empower survivors of human trafficking and will prove insight on the issue in the San Diego and beyond. This is a free event.

n AMSD concerts will have a performance at 7:30 p.m. by The Subdudes. The concert takes place at Sweetwater Union High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. Over the course of 25 years and ten albums, the Subdudes have quietly become one of America’s national music treasures. The New Orleans formed group is a living encapsulation of America Music. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com.

January 13 & 14

n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is holding a Saturday and Sunday Science Club for girls in grades fifth through eighth. This month we will discuss The Science of Sound. Take a closer look at the science behind your favorite instruments and even design your own noisemaker to take home. Members pay $13, non-members pay $15 per person. To participate, parents must pre-register by calling 619.238.1233 x806.

n San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Culture & Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. The theme will be tied to the Museum’s popular fall exhibition Modern Masters from Latin America and the interactive exhibition Frida and Me. In addition to signature cocktails, viewing artwork and dancing to Latin beats all night long, party goes can look forward to: A Pico Duarte Signature cocktail, a sampling of beer from Southnorte Beer Co’s cross-cultural cerveceria, along with other entertainments for the evening. For ticket prices and information, visit www.SDMart.com.

January 25 thru 28

n The 28th year annual San Diego Sunroad Boat Show is back by popular demand from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. hosted by the Sunroad Resort Marina, located downtown at 955 Harbor Island. It expanded this year with the addition of more floating docks to moor several larger vessels. In addition to the tremendous boats, there will also be a plethora of marine vendors and electronics with the latest nautical products and services, boating seminars, free boat rides, as well as food and beverages—making a great time for all to enjoy a day on the San Diego Bay. Entrance fees are $13 for adults; children under 12 are free. Military, EMTs, Police and Fire personnel are free with ID on Thursday and Friday. For information, call 619.497.5254 or visit www.bigbayboatshow.com.

January 26 thru February 25

n Gallery 21/Spanish Village Art Center, located at 1770 Village Place in Balboa Park, will again hold the 43rd Annual Small Image Show. Attention Artists: Art Delivery for Show is on Friday, January 12 from 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, January 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show provides a unique challenge for artists by utilizing a small image concept in the widest range of visual expression. For information, visit www.spanishvillageart.com.

January 15

January 27

n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum,

n AMSD concerts has a 7:30 p.m. performance

located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, hosts Whale of a Time Family Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Every year from December through April, magnificent gray whales pass through San Diego’s coastal waters on their way to and from their breeding grounds. The gray whale makes the longest migration of any mammal on earth traveling 10,000 to 12,000 miles each year. Learn more about these fascinating mammals and join us in whale-inspired activities and make a craft to take home. For information, visit www.sdnat.org.

by Dave Stamey at Sweetwater Union High School at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. Stamey has been a cowboy, a mule packer, a dude wrangler, and is now one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. He’s delighted audiences in twenty- three states, and finds that he prefers this to being stamped by angry horses. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com.

January 16

n San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents residence free day at 10 a.m. The Balboa Park organizations offer free admission (special exhibitions and films are not included) to San Diego City and County residents (with ID), active military, and their dependents on selected days for one day each month.

January 18

n American Idol Star and pop/soul singing sensation Rayon Owen returns to Martini’s Above Fourth, located at 3940 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Hillcrest. Influenced by artists such as Lionel Richie, John Legend, Troye Sivan and Stevie Wonder, he performs at 8 p.m. For more information, call 619.400.4500.

January 19

n Pet Pals: Children can join us one Friday a month to meet and learn about our animals.

January 28

n San Diego History Center, located at 1649 El Prado #3 at Casa De Balboa in Balboa Park, is hosting a recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day from 1:30 to 4 p.m. This timely and family-oriented event will include: Film Screening of “NOT the Last Butterfly” (film is suitable for fifth grade and older). A special presentation is from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m., “Our Families: Stories of Survival” from The Butterfly Project Education Team. The event fee is $5 for all participants. Those interested in seeing the film should register to ensure seating. Registration available: www.sandiegohistory.org/event/butterfly-project.

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Ethiopian Storytime Jan. 5 at 10:30 a.m.

Children are invited to a special storytime about Ethiopia. Learn about Ethiopian customs, language, dress, and food with fun stories.

Children’s Craft Time

Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27 (Every Saturday) at 10:30 a.m.

Kids can develop their artistic skills while enjoying a fun craft time.

Read to a Therapy Dog

Jan. 6 and 20 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Kids can improve their reading skills by reading aloud to a therapy dog.

Signing Storytime

Jan. 8, 22 and 29 (Every Monday) from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Find out what’s going on in your baby’s mind, strengthen your bond with your baby, and lessen frustration brought on by miscommunication. Interactive presentation led by Jennifer Duncan also includes sing-alongs and bubble time ending with Q&A period. Recommended for children from birth to four-years old.

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Jan. 4 from 10 to 11 a.m.

The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. New members are always welcome to participate. Please read the book beforehand. Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Jan. 11 at 10:30 a.m.

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Enjoy a storytime especially for babies and toddlers, followed by a playtime.

Art Instruction with Joe Nyiri Jan. 11 at 3:30 p.m.

Local artist (and former art instructor at Grant K-8) Joe Nyiri help kids develop their skills while creating artwork.

Preschool Storytime

Jan. 12, 19 and 26 (Every Friday) from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

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Children are invited to a fun storytime.

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Jan. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to noon

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The Friends of the Mission Hills Branch Library will hold a book sale. Stock up on books while supporting your Library.

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Kadampa Meditation Center 3125 Rosecrans Street, Bldg. B 619.230.5852

Meditation Classes most Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. & Saturday at 4 p.m. Kids & Families Sundays at 9 a.m. Prayers for World Peace Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Simply Meditate MWF 12 to 12:45;TT 12:15 to 12:45 p.m

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Jiwan Kohli and Feifei Gao from the SDSU Brain Development Imaging Labs will present a workshop on what happens to your brain as you age. Learn about how normal aging affects thinking and memory and what factors contribute to or help prevent cognitive decline.

Meet the Author/Mystery Book Club Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.

The Mission Hills Mystery Book Club will host a free discussion with mystery author Ona Russell about her novel “The Rule of Capture,” a historical mystery involving the oil industry in 1920s’ Los Angeles. Books are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Genealogy: Be an Ancestor Detective Jan. 27 at 5 p.m.

In this Oasis class, you will learn how to begin finding out about your ancestors: where they lived, how they lived, how they came to the U.S., and lots more.

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Hillcrest

1st Tuesday

Uptown Planners Joyce Beers Hall in Uptown Mall. 6:30 p.m.

1st Thursday

Uptown Partnership 3101 Fifth Ave. Call 619.298.2541. 4:30 p.m.

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San Diego Uptown Rotary Club The Uptown Rotary Club has moved to their new home at Jimmy Carter’s Mexican Cafe, 3172 Spruce at the corner of 5th. Breakfast meetings are held every Thursday 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting to learn how to become part of this dynamic organization and see why their motto is “Service Above Self.” For information, visit www. sdurotary.org or call 619.894.0140.

Kensington-Talmadge 2nd Wednesday

Kensington-Talmadge Planning Committee Kensington Community Church. 6:30 p.m. For information, call 619.284.0551

Linda Vista

2nd Monday

LVCPC Agenda– Linda Vista Community Planning Committee Agenda Linda Vista Library meeting room. Contact Jeff Perwin at 619.806.9559 for details 6 pm.

3rd Tuesday

Tech Committee–Technology Committee Bayside Community Center. Contact Xiogh Thao for detail at 858.278.0771 or email xthao@baysidecc. org or Info@lindavistaSD.org or visit our website www.lindavistaSD.org.

3rd Wednesday

LV Historical– Linda Vista Historical Committee Bayside Community Center. This committee is collecting historical photos, documents and memories of Linda Vista’s past. For more information, contact Eleanor Frances Sennet at 858.277.3817. 4 p.m. LVCollab– Linda Vista Collaborative Bayside Community Center at 3pm. Contact Monica Fernandez at 858.278.0771 or mfernandez@baysidecc.org. For details visit www.facebook.com/LVCollaborative

3rd Wednesday (Odd Months)

TCCAC– Tecolote Canyon Citizen’s Advisory Committee Tecolote Nature Center. Contact Eloise Battle for details. 7 p.m.

3rd Thursday

Linda Vista Town Council Baha’i Faith Center Alcala Knoll Drive Contact Thomas Kaye 858.277.6793 at 6:30 p.m.

4th Monday

LVCPC– Linda Vista Community Planning Committee Linda Vista Library Meeting Room. Contact Ed Cramer at 619.222.2047 for details. 7:00 p.m.

4th Wednesday

LVPC– Linda Vista Planning Committee Monthly Meeting Linda Vista Library Meeting Room at 6 pm. Contact Jeff Perwin 619.806.9559 for details, minutes and agenda at www.LindaVistaSD.com. Linda Vista View Linda Vista Town Council Community Newsletter Contact Thomas Kaye at 858.278.6973

Various Wednesdays

LVNewsletter– Linda Vista View Civic Association Community Newsletter. Bayside Community Center. Contact Sarah Granby at 858.405.7135 or email sgranby@lvca-sd.org. 2:00 p.m.

Mission Hills

January 24, 2018

Mission Hills Garden Club This meeting will feature a demonstration of rose and fruit tree pruning at the Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton, on Wednesday, January 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Members are free; guests pay $ 10, which becomes part of the membership fee if they join that evening. For more information, visit www.missionhillsgardenclub.org.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Planning Board Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave. Call 619.523.1700. 7–9:30 p.m.

4th Wednesday

Ocean Beach Town Council Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue. Call Jere Battan at 619.515.4400 for information. 7 p.m.

Point Loma

January 10, 2018

The program for January is the Art of Floral Design by Carlos Franco, and a five-minute design presentation (Lemoncello) by Valerie Bronson. The program is from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings take place at Portuguese Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal, San Diego, CA 92106. More information is available at www.plgc.org.

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775,000

3,195/month

3570 1st Ave #5

375 Distinctive Drive

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1,980,000

165 6th Avenue #2203

Coveted Lucent community in Civita. 2 bed, 2 full bath + office with AMAZING VIEWS! Gourmet kitchen, custom motorized blinds, custom cabinetry, epoxy flooring in 2 car attached garage. Too many options and upgrades to list.

Available Immediately! West-facing 2/2 unit has been meticulously remodeled to perfection! Open kitchen with top of the line stainless appliances and 30-bottle wine fridge. Bedrooms boast California Closets and mirrored closet doors. Superior Cat E wiring throughout, and 4K 50'' television above fireplace will remain for new resident’s use. 2 gated parking spaces, pool, spa, BBQ area, more—in a great neighborhood close to all!

Alta is a stylish and modern luxury tower located where East Village and the historic Gaslamp district meet. Its prime location offers the best in downtown living, and its amenities are a perfect addition to your active lifestyle. 2/2 with spectacular 17th floor south west views of bay, ocean, and city lights.

Rarely available 2/3 1880 sq. ft. 22nd floor unit in the Metropolitan—East Village’s most prestigious address. Spectacular views and exceptional amenities.

Maureen and Antoinette

619.800.1103

Mt Helix w/Vineyard

Mission Hills & Beyond

North Mission Hills

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

La Mesa

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763,900-$783,900

1,649,000.00

Mid Century time capsule with exquisite original details. 4/3 and 2385 esf. with flagstone entry, beamed ceilings, open fireplace, original light fixtures, private yard, and pool. Walking distance to the village of La Mesa.

This enchanting estate has been completely remodeled to perfection and offers the epitome of privacy. The 1.39 acre lot provides the perfect setting for this 2 story Mt Helix beauty which boasts 4 bedrooms, 5 baths, 4,850 esf. Gorgeous pool and outdoor entertaining spaces, 300 vine vineyard. Feels like a resort!

5241 Alzeda Place

Your Property to Sell Let us put our marketing plan and negotiation skills into motion to help you receive maximum value for your property. Anywhere in the county, any size, any condition!

Maureen and Antoinette

619.800.1103

North Mission Hills

Mission Hills

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

1,250,000

Charming one-level 1920 Craftsman home on a 7,148 square foot flat lot with alley access. Historical status in place, taxes were only $2533 per year last year! Beautiful natural gumwood in the front rooms—the breakfront is really special. Remodeled kitchen and bathrooms. Sunny bonus room. Hardwood floors, new paint, and newer roof as well. Gracious front porch artfully framed by trees and shrubs. Perfect property for adding on a second story or expanding the home into the spacious back yard.

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399,000

Highly upgraded spacious Mission Hills 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath. The exceptional materials and exquisite taste of the previous extensive renovation have proved to be timeless and classic. Top floor condo features an open, flowing floorplan, a cathedral wood-beamed ceiling, and a beautifully built-in office area. Wood burning fireplace with tumbled marble face and handcarved stone mantle. French doors open to a covered balcony with a slate deck for a continuous flow from the living room.

1,025,000

3535 Jackdaw Street

Bright and sunny Craftsman located on a quiet and PREMIUM South Mission Hills location. Clean and updated—ready for move-in. Fenced yard and 1 1/2 car garage and stucco shed in the back along with a large deck. Optional bedroom upstairs(no closet). Some nice tree-top views. Huge family room in the front of the house with vaulted ceiling. Charming Craftsman clinker brick fireplace and shining hardwood floors everywhere. Lots of vintage touches throughout this home that is well suited for modern living.

Call Rocky Rockhill, Agent CalBRE #01197738 at 619.972.3033

Call Jim Scott, Broker CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511

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3,125,000

5033 Windsor Drive

Unobstructable panoramic ocean, bay, beach, and city views. Private, gated, pristine modern Mediterranean estate in a luxurious North Pacific Beach neighborhood with views from La Jolla to the downtown skyline. Truly one of the best sites in San Diego. Beautiful 4600 sq. ft. 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home with walls of glass, dramatic soaring high ceilings, huge master suite, travertine flooring, outdoor kitchen, solar, an elevator, and a 3 car garage on a 20,000 sq. ft. lot. A luxury dream home come to life.

Call Rocky Rockhill, Agent CalBRE #01197738 at 619.972.3033

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3939 Eagle Street Unit 305

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North Mission Hills

North Pacific Beach

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2147 Fort Stockton Drive

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Gracious traditional home. Mills Act savings taxes less that $4100 per year. Reputed to be builder Nathan Rigdon’s own home. Traditional Craftsman floor plan and touches such as box-beamed ceilings and a bay window in the dining room. Large family room added in the back of the property. Full basement, never seen in Mission Hills. Two AC systems. Large fenced yard and alley access. Breezy front porch. Enclosed sun porch in the front of the home and another one upstairs off of one of the bedrooms.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

1,250,000

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8522 Boulder Drive

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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995,000

4276 Jackdaw Street

First time on market since 1966. Dream fixer property on a spectacular North Mission Hills cul-de-sac. 6800 square foot lot. Nice period detailing; coved ceilings, gumwood built-ins, and Batchelder fireplace tile. Views to Mission Valley. Mature trees and pleasant front yard. There is a huge basement that has a former maid’s quarters with an abandoned bathroom, excellent opportunity. Driveway is owned by adjacent property. There is an easement in favor of 4276 Jackdaw.

975,000

4195 Arden Way

Charming Spanish home on a premier street. Unique location with tree-top views and privacy. Large outdoor fireplace and view deck compliments this urban jewel. Workshop or artist studio along with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Sunny and spacious kitchen. Large outdoor garden space.

Call Jim Scott, Broker CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511

Real Estate

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839,000

3178 Levante Street

Sunlit 4 bedroom/3 bath home. Great location near award winning schools, walking distance to shopping/dining. Gourmet chef’s kitchen with large center island, stainless appliances, open floor plan, high ceilings, breakfast room, formal dining room, with plantation shutters throughout. 1 bedroom and full bath on entry level. No yard to maintain, family room opens to private courtyard perfect for entertaining or al fresco dining.

Call Rocky Rockhill, Agent CalBRE #01197738 at 619.972.3033

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Winners & Losers There is a new tax code in town. It redistributes and, in invested in job-creation enterprises. They argue the windfall some cases, reduces Federal tax burdens among regions, will go to executive bonuses, stock-buy-backs, business debt market sectors, and individual taxpayers. The bill reduces the reduction, and offshore accounts. I could not help but note value of long-standing tax preferences for most homeowners in that AT&T raised their dividend within days of this bill being expensive real estate markets. Perhaps more damaging to the passed, even though analysts noted the corporation’s earnings State’s economy, the new rules reduce or even eliminate the did not justify the increase. deduction for state income taxes. To add further insult, Congress Never fight the tape; there are some things you could do. reduced the maximum mortgage amount on which interest can First, I am moving equity from my investment real estate be deducted to $750,000. portfolio into stocks. In my There is no good news opinion, all of this new cash 4040 Miller Str eet for Californians who live in floating in the hands of our $ North Mission Hills • 3,495,000 neighborhoods with above economic betters has to land MLS #170053066 average housing prices. I think somewhere. Bond yields are most credible economists very low and appreciation would argue the nation’s tax prospects poor. The bull market burden has been shifted from in commercial real estate is poor states to rich states. About long in the tooth and what is for 25 percent of taxpayers will sale is quite pricey. Interest rates have a tax increase next year paid by banks will increase next and I suspect that percentage year but not by a meaningful will be far higher in San Diego’s amount. That leaves stocks as pricey metro neighborhoods. the best option, Wall Street is As an offset, Congress raised going to have a very good year. the income threshold of the Second, If you a looking to buy dreaded Alternative Minimum an expensive home this year, you Tax and lowered individual should have a easier time of it. In imply stunning. An art work. Down-to-the-studs tax rates. Unfortunately for my opinion, there will be some remodel in 2010, designed by architect Mark Tarasuck. the coastal elites, the value of weakness in the market for homes Panoramic water and city views. Custom wrought iron these two tax reductions will be priced over $1,000,000. There and glass entry door, heated marble floors, Venetian plaster will be fewer buyers financially swamped by the loss of the state walls, central entertainment system, marble kitchen with able to purchase properties in and local tax deductions. The net onyx barrel ceiling, Venini Italian light fixtures, marble zerothat price segment even though losers will be people making over edge pool and spa with projection TV for watching movies $ 200,000 a year with a home in home inventories will remain on outdoors, and more. Every design decision was made and executed with the utmost integrity. the coastal belt. the low side. The party in power argues Third, the additional value Call Jim Scott • 619.920.9511 lower corporate, personal, and of Mills Act status will rise Broker • CalBRE # 830226 business taxes will spur enough dramatically in 2018; having economic growth to offset the negative effects of these selective artificially low property taxes will negate some of the (and targeted) tax increases. Whether or not you agree with the ill effects of the new tax code. Those with Proposition ‘trickle down’ school of economics, there are strategies one can 13 taxes may postpone trading up and decide to wait follow to limit the damage if you find yourself on the wrong until they reach their 55th birthday, exacerbating the side of this new tax code. (First a disclaimer; I am not giving supply problem. any financial advice in this column, consult the appropriate Last, the price of mortgage money will continue to increase professional for tax and investing advice.) as the economy is running at close to full capacity. If the This is the third major tax cut in recent memory and the GOP’s rosy view of future economic growth does not pan past can provide some useful guidance. In 1981 and 2001 out, Federal borrowing will put increased pressure on interest rates were lowered, particularly benefiting those in high tax rates in 2019 and after. brackets. No credible economist believes the two experiments To conclude, certain real estate market segments will not have worked in the long term, money did not find its way down the a prosperous 2018, but overall I think prices will moderately economic food chain. The only tangible result was a swollen appreciate. The new tax laws will affect everyone differently national debt; it was 1/20th the size of today’s debt in 1980. and the sky is not going to fall. Best to think of it as a game of Critics of tax reform say the corporate tax savings will not be financial paintball, be ready to duck.

Scott & Quinn has two offices, in Mission Hills at 1111 Fort Stockton Drive, in South Park at 2973 Beech Street, and has sixteen agents. The company also features Scott & Quinn Property Management. Founded in 1982, Scott & Quinn is the oldest full service real estate firm in Mission Hills and is still locally owned and operated. Jim has been a homeowner in Mission Hills since 1976.

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