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SAN DIEGO–Mayor Jerry Sanders recognized local companies and organizations for their commitment in protecting the environment and conserving natural resources at the 18th annual Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards at SeaWorld San Diego. The awards program, sponsored by the City’s Environmental Services Department, was led by Sanders, who presented commemorative plaques to representatives of each company [...]
CARLSBAD–City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation presents Wild West Fest on Saturday, May 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, 6200 Flying LC Lane in Carlsbad. Scheduled activities include a Wild West show, “jail and bail” activity, mechanical bull riding, trick rope demonstration, pony rides, souvenir photos, and live [...]
SAN DIEGO–The third-annual Aztec Invitational, a golf fundraising tournament supporting the athletic programs at San Diego State, will be held at Bernardo Heights Country Club in Rancho Bernardo on Monday, May 10. The event gives Aztec fans the opportunity to golf alongside Aztec legends and San Diego community celebrities, all the while supporting the 500 [...]
SAN DIEGO–This Friday, San Diego Padres players will tie on their aprons for the “Superheroes for Youth” 10th Annual Celebrity Waiter Luncheon, benefiting STAR/PAL. For the second year in a row, Padres pitcher Heath Bell will serve as Honorary Co-Chair of the event, along with San Diego Chargers Defensive End Luis Castillo. Bell will be [...]
San Diego Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith has promoted Travis Lash to Assistant-Player Personnel within the player personnel department. Lash joined the Chargers in 2006 as a scouting intern. Lash’s sports experience also includes two years as a staff assistant in the USD Athletic Department. Lash works with both the college and pro personnel departments [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.–AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP will pay $520 million to resolve allegations that AstraZeneca illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) announced today. [...]
CHICAGO–(PRNewswire)–Mintel’s recent Beauty Retailing report reveals that the female Baby Boomer population is more web-savvy than ever, and they could be wielding their digital dollars at online beauty sites if retailers play their cards right. One in ten respondents to a recent Mintel survey report using some type of online retailer to purchase cosmetics and [...]
NEW YORK–(PRNewswire)– Data through February 2010, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller (1) Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the annual rates of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved in February compared to January 2010. For the first time since December 2006, the annual [...]
SAN DIEGO–Dozens of high school students today learned how to eat healthy at home and “on-the-run” during the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency’s (HHSA) Healthy Counties Month event. The students also learned about the benefits of physical activity and the consequences of unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, drinking and other drug [...]
PASADENA–(Business Wire)–In partnership with local community health care agencies, three Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Centers, opened their doors this morning to perform a total of 67 outpatient surgeries as part of a region-wide Free Surgery Day. The Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, in partnership with East Valley Community Health Center, celebrated its first [...]
