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The Solana Beach Schools Foundation will host a festive Holiday Lights Tour on Friday, Dec. 17 to benefit enrichment programs at Solana Vista and Skyline Schools.

The latest opportunity for longtime chef Pam Schwartz came about by “happenstance” in Solana Beach. Schwartz, a Florida native who first came to San Diego years ago as the San Diego Marriott Del Mar’s Arterra Restaurant and Lounge training manager, had been enlisted by an investor as a consultant for a restaurant idea that turned into Ranch 45 on Via de la Valle. “I did some consulting work and he said ‘Hey, do you want to open the restaurant?’ Nobody’s going to say no to that,”...