Serena Neumeyer

Jan 16, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Serena Neumeyer

The San Diego Foundation has announced the opening of two 2025 scholarship opportunities for high school and college students — one making its debut and another that has a longstanding history in San Diego. The National Rainbow College Fund will be the first of its kind, offering a total of $500,000 in scholarships, exclusively for LGBTQ+ students living in California, regardless of the public nature of their sexual identity.

Jan 14, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Serena Neumeyer

Patrons in a library in San Diego County. (Courtesy courtesy of County News Center)The San Diego County Library is guiding readers into 2025 with its newest top ten lists that reveal which items residents were checking out the most in 2024. The five different lists reveal a wide selection of books for all ages, downloadable audiobooks and blockbuster movies now available to borrow at one of the library’s 33 branch locations across San Diego.

Jan 13, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Serena Neumeyer

Bodhi Tree Concerts is now entering its 14th season with a fresh new lineup. The annual concert series, which says on its website that it “strives to create a community of local artists presenting music that celebrates and honors people across race, class, gender, communities, and other differences,” features local Afro-Cuban jazz and Mexican artists, as well as the return of the “Music en la Calle” street music festival.

Jan 13, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Serena Neumeyer

The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.7 million to a group of six community organizations known as the Leadership Collaborative. The leadership group plans to use the grant money towards a four-year initiative that will create a platform for local stories surrounding science, technology, engineering, and math.

Jan 8, 2025 | timesofsandiego.com | Serena Neumeyer

To start off the new year, Westfield UTC mall is bringing shoppers new flavors to experience at its two newest dessert venues, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream and Melo Melo. On Tuesday, Melo Melo opened its doors to customers with a unique selection of coconut jellies, a dessert harvested from coconuts served with Greek yogurt and fresh fruit. Their coconut desserts range from a variety of tropical fruit flavors for guests to choose from including mango, red dragon, durian and golden kiwi.