CARLSBAD–The Carlsbad Senior Center will offer a free instructional seminar on how to safely back up and protect your computer files on May 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. for adults ages 50 and over. One of the best ways to protect your data is to do routine backups and archive your backups in an organized [...]

SAN DIEGO–San Diego Unified received $530 million on April 30 after selling a portion of its $2.8 billion in General Obligation (GO) Bonds for Prop. Z, the bond measure approved by nearly 62 percent of the San Diego voters on Nov. 6, 2012. The bond funds will be used to continue repairing, renovating and revitalizing [...]

LA JOLLA–The University of California, San Diego will present an evening with Robert E. Price on May 6 at 4 p.m., including a talk and book-signing by the international businessman, philanthropist and author of the book, “Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator.” Price will share personal reflections about the business success, personal life and [...]

WASHINGTON–Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris today said the availability of $474.5 million to create and expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to educate and train workers with the skills employers need. This third round of funding since 2009 under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grants program brings [...]

SAN DIEGO–The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual list of “Best High Schools” today. The school is also ranked [...]

ESCONDIDO–California Center for the Arts, Escondido has a hidden treasure that local schools have discovered – a three month long education program called My Story: Literacy Through the Arts, that works with fourth and fifth grade classes to support their art education and literacy needs. This innovative school outreach program engages students in lessons about [...]

SAN DIEGO–Scripps Ranch High School Foundation’s Grad Nite Committee, and Recycle San Diego have partnered to host an eWaste event next Saturday. Computer processing power doubles approximately every two years, rendering many models ‘obsolete’ in a relatively short period of time.  Only 15% of these computers get recycled, which means 85% of them end up in [...]

CHULA VISTA–In addition to being the largest elementary school district in the state and home to nine California Distinguished Schools, the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) can now also claim to be San Diego County’s first Live Well, San Diego! school district. On Wednesday, the County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) awarded the Chula Vista [...]

LA JOLLA–A record 24,792 freshmen have been admitted to the University of California, San Diego for the fall 2013 term. The number of admitted students is up by 1,856 students which is an 8.1 percent increase compared to last year. The new freshmen were selected from a record 67,392 applications. Of the admitted UC San [...]

LA JOLLA–The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego will host its first annual research review for current and prospective industrial partners and affiliates as part of a broader strategy to foster increased collaborations that may benefit from the center’s extensive research capabilities. The 2013 Industry Partner Program Research Review [...]