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Each year, some of our powerful radio stations, WOKQ,WPKQ, WHOM and WSHK/WSAK (The Shark,)  partner with several non-profits to receive an extensive advertising campaign on the air and on our digital products.  The "Year of Service" has been running on these stations for decades and the organizations are chosen by applications that we receive from non-profits from all over our listening areas. Before we get to this year’s winners, I would like to say a heart-felt thank you to all those who applied through our station websites. The members of our Year of Service committee have said that th...

Print People are always telling you to do what you love, but for Francis Parker students and longtime dancers Alena Callahan and Isabella Haack, extraordinary times called for exceptional measures. So instead of just doing what they love in a time when the world seemed stuck in place, they decided to share what they love. The happy result is Distant Dancers, a new program offering free virtual dance classes to kids in underserved communities. The 40-minute sessions, held Fridays at 4 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m., usually include a stretching warm-up, a fun “Simon Says” game to teach dan...

Print As the executive director of Words Alive, Rachael Orose knows the power of a great story. But she didn’t expect to be living in one right now. When the pandemic shutdown hit San Diego in mid-March, pretty much everything the local literacy organization was doing to get books and reading help to at-risk and low-income communities had to change. And quickly. Its long-running Read Aloud program, which had volunteers reading books to more than 4,000 children at early-childhood programs and Title 1 elementary school sites every week, moved online. So did its outreach programs for teens. A...

Taylor Guitars employees, now owners, at the El Cajon factory prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor Guitars transfers ownership to employees El Cajon-base

Genealogy buffs hold online class Tuesday An Intermediate Genealogy Class, presented in a live online webinar by the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Jeanette Shiel will discuss “Researching New York State Records.” The webinar is free; registration required at nsdcgs.org. For questions, call (949) 310-1778. Advertisement GIA offers virtual activities for gem buffs The Gemological Institute of America offers a number of free virtual activities and resources that are available to the community. For example, folks can learn about the l...