Batiquitos Lagoon

Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland north of San Diego between the cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas. It is one of the few remaining tidal wetlands on the southern California coast of the United States.

The area is run by the California Department of Fish and Game as a nature reserve.

 

 

The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, enhancement and protection of Batiquitos Lagoon. The Foundation is involved in programs to educate the public in the values of this natural environment and the habitats it provides for birds, insects, plants, fish, mammals and benthic animals.

The Lagoon Foundation is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers. Please take a look around our website to find out more about the lagoon and the foundation.
 

Serenely nestled amidst Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, this premier San Diego resort destination seamlessly combines the old-world charm of a Mediterranean estate with the modern luxury of an elegant resort. The result: a destination unparalleled by San Diego hotels and lauded by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the "World's Best Places To Stay". Little wonder, given the sun-drenched climate, stunning natural beauty, championship golf course and irresistible dining – epitomized by Addison, Southern California's only Five-Star and Five Diamond restaurant. And no visit would be complete without an afternoon of pampering at Spa magazine's "Favorite New U.S. Spa."

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Summer Pops roster holds big names, diverse talent

By By John Lydon SPECIAL TO THE Union-Tribune

Friday, February 26, 2010 at midnight

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2009 file photo, pianist and vocalist Michael Feinstein poses for a photograph in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, file)

Summer Pops 2010

Weekend concerts

July 2-4: Star Spangled Pops with Marvin Hamlisch

July 9, 10: Kool & the Gang

July 16, 17: ABBA Mania

July 23, 24: Michael Cavanaugh sings the music of Elton John … and more

July 30, 31: Motown’s Greatest Divas starring Radiance

Aug. 6, 7: Bravo Broadway Rocks!

Aug. 13, 14: LeAnn Rimes

Aug. 20, 21: Jodi Benson sings animated movie classics

Aug. 27, 28: Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Project

Sept. 3-5: 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular with violinist Chad Hoopes

One-night specials

June 26: Tux ’n Tennies Summer Bash

July 11: The Flying Karamazov Brothers

July 15: Viva Mariachi!

July 22: Distant Worlds: Music from “Final Fantasy”

July 29: Sha Na Na — 40th Anniversary Celebration

Aug. 1: Tiempo Libre — sizzling Cuban salsa

Aug. 8: Burt Bacharach

Aug. 15: Symphony on the Wild Side, special Centennial event at the San Diego Zoo

Aug. 19: Jodi Benson sings animated movie classics, On the Green at Grand Tradition, Fallbrook

Aug. 22: Pops Goes Classical — Passport to the World: A Night in France

Aug. 26: The Music of Queen: A Rock Symphony

Aug. 28: Symphony at Salk

Sept. 2: Symphony of Freedom, special Centennial event aboard the USS Midway Museum

Free concerts

July 3: Star Spangled Pops with Marvin Hamlisch for San Diego’s military, 1 p.m. at Embarcadero Marina Park South

July 18: Target Family Concert, 5:30 p.m. at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion

Tickets and information

All weekend concerts are at 7:30 p.m. at Embarcadero Marina Park South.

All Friday, Saturday, and Fourth of July and Labor Day weekend concerts will conclude with fireworks.

Weekend concert subscriptions — ranging from $150-$720 for 10 concerts and $75-$375 for five concerts — are on sale now.

Single tickets ($17-$76) go on sale May 3. Ticket prices vary for the special concerts.

Call (619) 235-0804 or go to sandiegosymphony.com

It has been almost a year in the making, but the San Diego Symphony, about to celebrate its centennial, is ready to announce its Summer Pops programs.

With more than 30 Pops performances, the symphony is “going all out” this summer, from the dress-up, dress-down “Tux & Tennies” gala June 26, “all the way through to Labor Day, when we finish up with our 1812 Tchaikovsky spectacular,” said Edward “Ward” Gill, the orchestra’s executive director. In between come a host of old friends, variations on successful themes and bold initiatives.

A striking example of the latter is “Distant Worlds: Music From ‘Final Fantasy’ ” on July 22. This concert, which coincides with San Diego’s Comic-Con convention, will celebrate the music of the popular “Final Fantasy” video game.

And if you’re free Aug 1, you might head to Marina Park South, behind the Convention Center, to hear the Cuban salsa band Tiempo Libre performing from its latest CD, “Bach in Havana.”

“We want everybody to come down and share this whole great period of having a symphony (that’s) the first one in California to become 100 years old,” Gill said.

After the Tux & Tennies gala comes a highlight of the traditional Pops, the July 2-4 “Star Spangled Pops” programs led by composer and Winter Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

Hamlisch is enthusiastic about the Summer Pops roster.

“There is something for everyone throughout the entire summer,” he said.

“Of course, my personal favorite is that I get to spend the Fourth of July weekend in San Diego and our great patriotic lineup of guests.”

Summer Pops conductor Matthew Garbutt is equally upbeat.

“We pulled out a lot of stops,” Garbutt said. “There’re some really big name artists and really diverse talent coming this summer.”

A giant among popular composers will be coming Aug. 8. Burt Bacharach and a trio of singers will perform hits from his songbook, including “Walk on By,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “This Guy’s in Love With You,” “That’s What Friends Are For.”

Country-crossover star LeAnn Rimes will perform Aug. 13-14.

“I’ve been looking forward to that for a long, long time,” Garbutt said.

The Summer Pops also will bring Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid,” singing Disney classics, and Michael Cavanaugh singing the music of Elton John; Sha Na Na with a 40th anniversary celebration; Kool and the Gang; the Flying Karamazov Brothers, with an evening of comedy, juggling and music; Mariachi Champaña Nevin and Mariachi Chula Vista; Radiance singing a program called “Motown’s Greatest Divas”; ABBA Mania doing an ABBA tribute; Michael Feinstein with a Sinatra program; and a Queen tribute band.

Broadway fans will be happy to hear that Hugh Panaro is returning — after stealing the “Bravo Broadway Now” show last year — to do a new show with three other actor-singers.

For classical music lovers, there is “Passport to the World: A Night in France,” an evening of music by Saint-Saëns, Bizet and Fauré. As a special treat, the 15-year-old violin prodigy Chad Hoopes will perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in the Summer Pops closer.

“This is a real rising, up-and-coming young star, and we’re very, very fortunate to be able to get him,” Garbutt said.

Were all of this not enough, the San Diego Symphony will perform a flurry of summer concerts in addition to the Pops. On July 1, it will present a Pops preview for donors, and Hamlisch will conduct a free military concert July 3. On July 18, Target will sponsor a concert at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. “Symphony on the Wild Side,” a special centennial event with a concert, buffet dinner and activities, is planned for mid-August at the San Diego Zoo.

The Jodi Benson concert will be previewed Aug. 19 in Fallbrook; a Salk concert is scheduled for Aug 28; and, in another centennial event, the orchestra will perform in a gala on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum on Sept 2.

Gill said that good things keep coming the orchestra’s way.

“Bridgepoint Education has come on as a major sponsor,” he said. “So the Summer Pops will now be called the Bridgepoint Education Summer Pops.”

Last year, the San Diego Symphony was re-categorized by the American League of Orchestras into its top tier, which includes ensembles like the New York or Los Angeles Philharmonic, “and that brings certain obligations,” Gill said.

“Now is the time to really make a statement, get out there. We don’t think that cutting back is the way to build a stronger and better symphony. … We push all the time. We’re constantly moving forward, and the community seems to be stepping up.”

Wygods To Disperse California Bloodstock

By Lenny Shulman

Updated: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:54 AM
Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:41 PM

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Marty and Pam Wygod have announced they will be dispersing their California breeding stock at Barretts in Pomona, Calif., in October.

The dispersal involves about 100 head, including broodmares, yearlings, and weanlings. The Wygods also plan to sell their River Edge Farm near Buellton, Calif., with stallions Bertrando  , Benchmark  , Tribal Rule  , and Dixie Chatter   moving to other California breeding facilities in time for the 2011 breeding season.

“We have confidence that these mares and stallions will continue to do well in the future, and we will continue to support the stallions,” Marty Wygod stated June 16. “But going forward our primary focus will be breeding and raising horses in Kentucky.”

River Edge Farm, encompassing 250 acres, was started by the Wygods and farm manager Russell Drake in 1975. One of the Wygods’ first stakes winners, Pirate’s Bounty, stood his entire 19-year stud career at River Edge, and got the farm off to a flying beginning. He was California’s leading freshman sire, topped the state’s 2-year-old sire list twice, and California’s general sire list three times. The Wygods bred and raised 44 of his 63 stakes winners at River Edge.

More recently, in 2006-2008, the Wygods were the leading California breeders, with progeny bred and raised at River Edge earning more than $10.5 million over those three years.

“Although I am saddened that the era of River Edge Farm as one of the dominant and most successful breeding operations in California is coming to an end, I am very proud of our achievements,” noted Drake. “But we have determined that the opportunities for the Wygods’ breeding operation are far greater in Kentucky. We intend to continue to pursue our goal of producing and racing top-quality homebreds.”

The Wygods’ homebred grade I winners include Private Persuasion, Key Phrase, Pirate's Revenge, Silent Sighs, Sweet Catomine, After Market  , Life Is Sweet, and Idiot Proof  . They have raced, alone or in partnership, additional grade I winners Pharma, Exotic Wood, Tranquility Lake, and Twice the Vice, and have bred grade I victors Octave, Officer  , and Unfurl the Flag.

“Pam and I have enjoyed our breeding program in California, and we are very proud of the results of our progeny over the last 35 years,” said Marty Wygod. “What Russell Drake has accomplished with these mares, and raising the foals, is unprecedented, and we could have never done it without him.”

Both natives of New York, the Wygods moved to California in 1995 and live in Rancho Santa Fe near Del Mar.

THE 20TH ANNUAL WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD JUNE 19TH AND 20TH 2010

SATURDAY 9:00AM-5:00PM SUNDAY 9:00AM-4:00PM

FOOD, MUSIC, RAFFLE, ALL THINGS WOODEN BOAT!

Father's Day Weekend 2010
Wooden boat owners are invited to display their craft at The San Diego Wooden Boat Festival, held every Father's Day Weekend at Koehler Kraft. More than 80 wooden craft, ranging from row boats to regal schooners, are on hand for viewing by the public.

This year proceeds will go to Challenged America-check them out at: www.challengedamerica.org

Download our online application here and e-mail it to info@koehlerkraft.com.

 

Interested in volunteering for the San Diego Wooden Boat Festival? Contact us at: koehlerkraftwbf@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Switchfoot Bro-Am

(Encinitas, CA) - The Switchfoot Bro-Am surf contest and concert returns to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas on Saturday, June 26, 2010. An annual event near and dear to Switchfoot's hearts, the Bro-Am was created to give back to the San Diego community while benefiting a local children's charity through funds raised at a pre-event auction night set for Friday, June 25, as well as from vendors on the beach day-of, sponsorships, and an after-party at the Belly Up Tavern.

The 6th Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am presented by Hurley will benefit the San Diego and Oceanside chapters of StandUp For Kids, a national nonprofit volunteer outreach organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of at-risk, homeless, and street kids. (www.standupforkids.org)

"The Bro-Am has been my favorite day of the year ever since we started it back in '05," notes Switchfoots's Jon Foreman. "To see our hometown come together to help out a deserving group of kids is an incredible experience - surfing, music, and the San Diego scene at its best. We feel truly honored to again partner with StandUp For Kids, an incredible organization serving at-risk youth here in San Diego and across the country. Last year was our biggest year ever, and we hope to top it again this year."

"StandUp For Kids is extremely proud that Switchfoot has chosen our Southern California programs as the beneficiary of their Bro-Am again this year," notes Rick Koca, founder and CEO of StandUp For Kids. "Their dedication, support, and commitment to the homeless and street kids of Southern California is unequaled. For Jon and the band it isn't just about raising funds, but getting to know the kids and the volunteers. Their impact in Southern California is felt long after the last surfboard is put away, the last song has been played, and the last fan has left the beach."

The Switchfoot Bro-Am will again work with San Diego-based Sustainable Waves to offer cutting-edge solar-powered sound and staging. Sustainable Waves utilizes the renewable energy sources of the sun to deliver 100% pollution-free concerts. By using solar power rather than a diesel generator or grid power, the Bro-Am will avoid emitting approximately 1,000 lbs of CO2 into the atmosphere (the equivalent of not driving your car approximately 1,100 miles or the annual sequestration of 66 trees).

In addition to the surf contest and live music performances, the beach day will also feature a nerf surf jousting exposition between surf contest heats and an expression session.

This year's surf contest participants so far include riders representing Hurley, Billabong, Surfer Magazine, Jedidiah, Surf Ride, Macbeth, Jet Pilot, and AKA, as well as professional surfers Rob Machado, Tom Curren, and Timmy Curran, and members of Switchfoot.

A free concert on the beach will feature performances by a number of well known local as well as national bands. The lineup will be announced June 7. Past performers have included Jason Mraz, Tristan Prettyman, Timmy Curran, Tom Curren, The New Archaic, Jane Carrey Band, Switchfoot, and many more.

This year's beach vendors include the Surfrider Foundation, Pizza Port, Nika Water, Harney Sushi, Surf Ride, Keep A Breast, Quiver Boardworks, California Quivers, Love Nail Tree, INT, Surf Aid, Jedidiah, So Cal Kettle Corn, Walking On Water, the Belly Up, 91X, To Write Love On Her Arms, Life's Rad, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, Outside The Bowl, Le Grand Cru, Hurricane Olympics, Project7, Zinka, Water For Christmas, We Minus Me, Vitamin Water, GenerateHope, Tonic, Green Cruiser, Inc., Clif Bar, Nature's Agave, First Light Surf, Christian Surfers Encinitas, and more. Clothing brand Hurley will also have its "Phantom Truck" on location, allowing beachgoers to customize boardshorts, win prizes, and potentially win an all-expense-paid trip to Indonesia with Rob Machado and the Hurley Team.

"The Bro-Am has always been about good times and good causes and I'm proud Hurley is a part of it," says surfing icon Rob Machado. "Plus, it's always interesting to surf with my left foot forward. I can't wait."

An after-party hosted by Teva and Switchfoot featuring Silent Comedy, The Howls, and special guests will take place that night at The Belly Up Tavern to help raise additional funds for StandUp For Kids.

"This is the event of the year," Koca concludes. "Switchfoot comes home to tell these kids that they care about them, that the kids count, and they'll keep talking about America's homeless and street kids for as long as it takes."

Making a better place to learn

Campus renovation brings a host of improvements

By Bruce Lieberman, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

John Gastaldo / UNION-TRIBUNE

The Rancho Santa Fe School District has big plans for the R. Roger Rowe campus renovation. A multipurpose room under construction will be used as a performing arts center that can seat 300 to 350 people, designed with theater acoustics and a loft for theater performances.

Photo by John Gastaldo - UNION-TRIBUNE

The school construction is funded by a $34 million bond measure that voters passed in February 2008 and $3 million left over from a bond measure voters passed in 2004 to renovate the R. Roger Rowe campus.

For more than eight years, educators in Rancho Santa Fe have sought a new public school campus with modernized classrooms and more space.

The school district finally has that place. This fall, a new campus for 700 students in kindergarten through eighth grade will open at the site of the former 52-year-old R. Roger Rowe campus.

The school, completely re-imagined for up to 850 students, is a compact addition to the Rancho Santa Fe Village.

“I think we’ve maximized use of our funds to make a focal point for the community for years to come,” said Lindy Delaney, superintendent of the Rancho Santa Fe School District.

The school is styled after the Spanish colonial architecture that characterizes the area. The campus is dominated by two-story stucco classroom buildings topped with red tile roofs.

The school cost $37 million to build. A total of $2.5 million in construction aid has been held up by the state, requiring a handful of scaled-back plans — at least temporarily. The project has been funded by a $34 million bond measure that voters passed in February 2008, plus $3 million left over from a bond measure voters passed in 2004 to renovate the R. Roger Rowe campus.

San Marcos architect John Trittipo designed the school, but Delaney said the school district worked hard to incorporate suggestions from many people in the Rancho Santa Fe community. Construction began in May 2009.

The front of the campus, facing La Granada, is centered by a two-story administration building, flanked on each side by two-story classroom buildings that include science and technology labs. Directly to the right of the administration building sits the campus library. Second-story walkways connect classroom wings, allowing students to circulate from class to class above ground level.

Courtyards and outdoor amphitheaters, meanwhile, will provide places for students to congregate.

The most prominent structure on campus will likely be the multipurpose room, which is being built to be used also as a performing arts center that seats between 300 and 350 people. Designed with theater acoustics, enhanced lighting and a loft for theater performances, the performing arts center is expected to be a community focal point for musicians, dancers and actors.

While a multipurpose room was budgeted to cost $3.5 million, a community campaign has raised an additional $1 million to outfit it as an arts center. Another $1 million is still needed to complete it, Trittipo said.

As portable classrooms are removed this summer, more space for a new parking lot and blacktop space will be available.

Bruce Lieberman: (760) 476-8205; bruce.lieberman@uniontrib.com