San Ysidro Health Center’s Healthy Steps is hosting a series of parent from 6 to 8 p.m. March 24 at Lincoln High School in the Parent Center, Room 601. The interactive sessions will provide information along with effective discipline and communication skills for parents to develop and promote healthy family lifestyles. Topics include communication, stages [...]
MiraCosta College film series celebrates Chinese New Year
February 16, 2010 By
OCEANSIDE–To celebrate the Chinese New Year, MiraCosta College’s Associated Student Government and International Film Series will show the film “Forever Enthralled,” a film about Chinese opera performer Mei Lanfang. Three screenings of the film begins February 19 at 10 a.m. at the MirCosta College Community Learning Center, 1831 Mission Ave., in Oceanside; at 1 p.m.; [...]
Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7 series
February 16, 2010 By
BARCELONA, Spain–(FirstCall)–Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows® Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the [...]
Cincinnati firm fined at conclusion of worksite investigation
February 16, 2010 By
CINCINNATI–Koch Foods of Cincinnati, LLC paid a $536,046 fine for administrative violations of U.S. immigration laws, says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The ICE Office of Investigations in Cincinnati conducted a worksite investigation of Koch Foods after receiving information from a concerned citizen alleging that the company was employing more than 100 illegal workers at [...]
Man pleads guilty to false tax refund conspiracy
February 13, 2010 By
WASHINGTON, DC–Ather Ali of Diamond Bar, Calif., pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to defraud the United States. In December 2008, Ali and Haroon Amin of Upland were indicted by a federal grand jury in Riverside, Calif., on charges of engaging in a scheme to file false returns with the IRS using the names and Social Security [...]
Cygnet presents San Diego Black Theatre Collective
February 12, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–Cygnet and the San Diego Black Theatre Collective – including Common Ground Theatre, the Ira Aldridge Repertory Players, the San Diego Black Ensemble and the Vagabond Theatre Project – are uniting to cross market their separate productions and encourage San Diego audiences to see a variety of powerful works written by African American playwrights [...]
Viacom reports full-year and fourth quarter 2009 results
February 12, 2010 By
NEW YORK–(FirstCall)–Viacom Inc., today reported strong double-digit growth in its fourth quarter 2009 adjusted operating income, adjusted net earnings from continuing operations and adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), reflecting an outstanding performance in its Filmed Entertainment segment and solid growth in Media Networks. Revenues in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 declined 3% [...]
CA Recovery Task Force: $110 million in Recovery Act awards for solar projects
February 12, 2010 By
SACRAMENTO–The California Recovery Task Force announced the largest amount of State Energy Program (SEP) funds awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) for energy efficiency and solar projects. Aimed at promoting statewide economic vitality and building a clean energy workforce, the SEP Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit and Municipal Financing Programs will provide [...]
Palomar Pomerado Health to host health education workshop
February 12, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–Palomar Pomerado Health will host a variety of free and low-cost health education classes and screenings led by physicians and other professionals during the month of February. The “Mind Body Medicine” workshop is a three-week series beginning from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesdays, February 16, March 2 and 9. The goal of the workshop [...]
County offers five more H1N1 vaccination events
February 12, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO COUNTY–The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) will hold five more H1N1 vaccination events for San Diego County residents in the upcoming weeks. The first is Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Drive in Oceanside. The other events will [...]
