Sister League of San Diego has housed women since 1942. One former resident, facing a terminal diagnosis, still returns to tend its garden.

The $37 million Santee facility will replace the county's 60-year-old Bonita shelter; county shelter operations remain under review.

Christ the King Lutheran Church marks four decades of its Fall Faire on October 10, with proceeds aiding six local and global charities.

North County's premier networking night lands at a restaurant with a 1970s stone fountain and a 46-year backstory.

The Pointers, unbeaten at 4-0, host Del Norte Friday as the century-old campus throws a boy-band-themed homecoming week.

Dogs from 1 to 86-plus pounds hit Del Mar Dog Beach Sunday for a fundraiser benefiting Helen Woodward Animal Center.

Colby was found flea-ridden and matted at a Kincaid Road homeless services site before a microchip scan brought him home.

Free workshops, raffles, and 40 vendor booths await seniors and caregivers at Carlsbad's Pine Avenue Community Center.

More than 100 participants will carry tribute cards for fallen special operators as they race from Coronado to the USS Midway on Sept. 19.

Beverly Mansion hosts music, jewelry and a motor-home memoir on September 18, with childcare thrown in free.

Harbor Drive hosts the West Coast's largest Veterans Day parade this fall, with Verizon sponsoring a tribute to Desert Storm's 35th anniversary.

Groundswell Community Project expects up to 200 people at Mission Bay for surfing, sound baths and a decade of trauma-recovery work.

The long-boarded-up youth center returns with a recording studio, pickleball court and a countywide anti-crime program based inside.