Video: Trail Talk-The Crossings
January 18, 2012 By
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Offers half-off admission to San Diego county residents
January 10, 2012 By
SAN DIEGO–To mark 20 years at its current location along Expedition Way in La Jolla, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, is offering San Diego County residents half-off admission on the 20th of every month through the aquarium’s anniversary month of September 2012. The special deal is valid for residents [...]
Renovations complete for popular recreation center
December 26, 2011 By
SAN DIEGO–Renette Park Community Center has a brand new look. Recently renovated with Community Development Block Grant Funds, the 40-year-old facility has been recently remodeled to include a new HVAC system; ADA accessible spaces and an overall new look for the community to enjoy. For a nominal fee, the public can rent spaces for club [...]
Gray Whale season surfaces at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
December 17, 2011 By
LA JOLLA–Live a whale tale this winter and experience the annual epic journey of gray whales with Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Enjoy daily local whale-watching cruises featuring aquarium naturalists as well as whale-watching expeditions to Baja California, Mexico. Witness the longest mammal migration in the world, when approximately 20,000 [...]
Vivid Sydney lights up the sky this summer
December 16, 2011 By
SYDNEY–(PRNewswire)–Vivid Sydney, Australia, the largest celebration of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere, will once again transform Sydney’s harbor city after dark from the May 25 to June 11, 2012. Sydney’s world famous Harbour Foreshore, Circular Quay and The Rocks will become the ultimate outdoor stage for over 50 light art sculptures, large [...]
Declining winter snow pack may not impact upland ecosystems
December 16, 2011 By
(Newswise)–Two studies by Boise State University geoscientists provide new information about how snowmelt is stored and used in mountain environments. Global warming is reducing snowpacks across the western United States, with potentially far-reaching implications for downstream water resources. In the studies, Boise State researchers wanted to know how changing snowpacks will impact upland ecosystems in [...]
Acid rain poses a previously unrecognized threat to Great Lakes Sugar Maples
December 16, 2011 By
A stand of Michigan sugar maples. (Newswise)–ANN ARBOR, Mich.–The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized threat from a familiar enemy: acid rain. Over the past four decades, sugar maple abundance has [...]
AAA: 91.9 million Americans will travel during year-end holidays
December 16, 2011 By
ORLANDO, Fla.–(USNewswire)– AAA forecasts 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-12 Year-End holiday travel season, a 1.4 percent increase over the 90.7 million people who traveled one year ago. This year’s expected Year-End holiday travel volume is the second highest in the past decade and represents 30 percent [...]
Passports now available for holiday travel
November 7, 2011 By
SAN DIEGO–With the holidays just around the corner, many families are planning to visit relatives or splurge on exotic vacations. If you hope to travel outside the country, now is the time to apply for a passport or bring your current one up to date. “It can take a few weeks to get a passport. [...]
