SANTEE–The American Home Show will make its West Coast debut at Town Center Community Park in Santee. The three-day event will showcase companies whose products are designed, manufactured or assembled in the USA. The show will feature a wide selection of home improvement products, including doors, windows, lawn care equipment, appliances, and items for both [...]

CARLSBAD–A heroic new attraction is arriving to Legoland California Resort as Lego Legends of Chima is brought to life in an exclusive 4D movie x-perience. The new 12 minute animated 4-D film, complete with high-impact special effects, will immerse audiences in the fantastical Lego world of Chima where tribes of animal warriors compete in epic battles for “CHI” [...]

CARLSBAD–The city showcase its local teen talent at the 10th annual Teen Scene event next Saturday at Calavara Hills Community Park. Local bands, filmmakers and artists ages 13 to 19 will showcase their talents and compete for opportunities and prizes. As part of Teen Scene, eleven teen bands will battle it out for the title [...]

OCEANSIDE–Chinese New Year is upon us, a reminder of the wealth of Chinese culture to be explored, and Professor Aubrey Kuan Roderick is just the person to introduce the fascinating tradition of Chinese storytelling. She will present an intriguing and informative program on this topic at the Oceanside Public Library, Civic Center, on Saturday, January [...]

SAN DIEGO–Darius Rucker is in the holiday spirit.  He partnered with Eventful, the leading digital media company connecting consumers to entertainment and special events, to give music fans the chance to “Demand” his sleigh full of $10,000 worth of toys stops in their city. On Dec. 10, Eventful announced Rucker’s sleigh will land in Lindenhurst, N.Y., [...]

OCEANSIDE–The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library will host its annual Holiday Home Tour on December 9. This year’s event will feature five Oceanside homes festively decorated for the holidays. The highlight will be two Roberts Cottages at one destination location. Tour participants are invited to stop at the Civic Center Library, located at 330 [...]

By Gina Yarbrough CARLSBAD—Actor Thomas Gibson, star of CBS television “Criminal Minds,” made a guest appearance Tuesday at Legoland California Resort. Gibson, along with his wife, Christina, and children James,13, Travis, 10, and Agatha, 8, joined hundreds of park visitors in celebrating the kick-off of the holiday season with the lighting of the park’s 30-foot [...]

NEW YORK–Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, will launch “Sound Off For Autism Speaks,” a fundraiser that will give fans the opportunity to order a limited number of custom-recorded messages from actors Ed Asner, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Derek Jeter, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and [...]

ESCONDIDO–The California Center for the Arts, Escondido campus comes alive at the 8th annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Winter Wonderland slated this Saturday. The free family-friendly event will kick-off December 1 from 3 to 8 p.m. with art activities for kids, a mini-mountain of snow, carolers, performances by the Center Chorale and Children’s Choirs, Mexican [...]