Carmel Valley

Hands-on truck show supports cancer research

CARMEL VALLEY — The Touch-A-Truck San Diego fundraiser for childhood cancer research is rolling out from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 4 at Torrey Pines High School, 710 Del Mar Heights Road with the generous help of a host of public-safety, military and vehicle-related businesses. The interactive display will include vehicles from the U.S. [...]

Children’s play to tour schools

CARMEL VALLEY — Canyon Crest Academy High School’s Envision Theater will tour an original children’s play, “The Magical Adventures of James and Sabina” through local elementary schools. The play was premiered May 20 and May 21 at the Black Box Theater on campus. When Uncle Ahab’s talking vegetables go missing, siblings James and Sabina go [...]

Academy fundraiser to support computers

CARMEL VALLEY — The Canyon Crest Academy High School Foundation has launched something a little different for this year’s fundraising, with its $50K for CCA college fund raffle. This raffle will raise money for new computers campuswide, while providing two grand prize-winners with a $25,000 cash prize that can be used toward their student’s college [...]

Auxiliary gives Rady’s great gift of support

CARMEL VALLEY — Planners created a nightclub right out of the 1960s with plenty of vintage cocktail dresses, carefully coifed hair (lots of hairspray!) and gentlemen sporting bow ties and fedoras. The stylish seventh Sounds of Hope for Children concert, presented by Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary’s Carmel Valley Unit, raised $660,000 to benefit the Hospital’s [...]

CCA swim and dive team on winning streak

CARMEL VALLEY — Canyon Crest Academy’s Swim and Dive Team came home dripping records and trophies from their last two meets. The first was on March 25 at Escondido High School, and the second was on April 1 at Del Norte High School. During the Escondido meet, Annabel Tomes broke the CCA school record in [...]

Lacrosse team spiffs up TPHS stadium

CARMEL VALLEY — March was spring-cleaning time at Torrey Pines High School, with the help of the TPHS lacrosse teams. The young athletes put down their lax sticks and picked up rakes, shovels and brooms to beautify Falcon Stadium. Scholar-athletes from both the boys and the girls lacrosse programs, as well as parents, worked enthusiastically [...]

Local man continues wife’s legacy with annual cancer walk

CARMEL VALLEY — Even though the number of smokers has declined, the incidence of lung cancer has not. Today, 75 percent of all lung cancer cases are diagnosed in those who have never smoked or who quit decades ago. Most will not survive beyond five years. For La Jolla resident Mike Stevens, it began with [...]

Summer hoops camps open

CARMEL VALLEY — Again this summer, Torrey Pines High School basketball coach John Olive is hosting summer basketball camps and registration is available now. The camps will be held at Torrey Pines High School, 3710 Del Mar Heights Road. The schedule will offer camps for youngsters 6 through 12 years old from 8 a.m. to [...]

Torrey Pines gets ready to pump it up

CARMEL VALLEY — Tickets are now available for the Torrey Pines High School 18th annual Spring Dance and Auction, also known as, Pump Up The Volume. This year’s event will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. April 2 at the Belly Up on Cedros in Solana Beach. Ticket prices are $75 each or $150 [...]

Workout for mind at Congregation Beth Am

CARMEL VALLEY — Congregation Beth Am’s Center for Life Long Jewish Learning and the Mizel Family Foundation present the Jewish Ultrafit Challenge, A Workout for the Mind, starting at 7 p.m. March 6 with all classes at Congregation Beth Am, 5050 Del Mar Heights Road. To register, contact Debra at (858) 481-8454 , ext. 22 [...]