San Diego marathon was just concluded and we have a winner. Khalid El Boumlili of Morocco, who dropped out of the LA Marathon on Monday at mile 18 due to hamstring problems, came back today to San Diego and became the winner of the 2009 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. Yuliya Gromova of Russia, the defending women's champion, won her second straight San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon with a personal best of 2:27:36.

We have a new place to meditate in San Diego, CA at Holistixs of San Diego. The Center is located on Pacific Beach at 2004 Hornblend St. (Hornblend and Morrell) Meditation is at 7:30 PM on Wednesdays. All are welcome! No Charge!

On Saturday July 19, members of the internationally renown anti-Scientology activism group Anonymous marched in the San Diego Pride Parade as their own contingent, while another Anonymous rode in the motorcycle group Dykes on Bikes. Anonymous appeared in front of over 180,000 celebrants to show their support for the LGBT community–and to alert them to Scientology’s bigoted and biased attitudes towards the lesbian, gay, bi- and transgendered population.

In San Diego you’ll get a second home for free with the purchase of another (more expensive home).

Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum will get a glimpse of six aircraft representing a cross section of modern unmanned flight technology in the new “Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” exhibition. UAVs are used by all four military branches for missions ranging from reconnaissance and surveillance to attack; and each branch is represented in this exhibit: Predator, DarkStar, X-45A (Air Force); Shadow 200 (Army); Dragon Eye (Marine Corps); and Pioneer (Navy).

The Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego will kick off its 16th Anniversary Season of Singing Out with its spring concert, "Heart and Soul – Music of the 50s." This hip and hilarious trip down memory lane will be presented on Saturday, April 12, at 8:00 pm and then again on Sunday, April 13, at 2:00 pm. Both performances will take place inside the beautiful David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, located within the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center at 4126 Executive Drive in La Jolla.

The San Diego Chamber Orchestra plans to kick off their 25th year with their biggest annual fundraiser event ever on Saturday, March 8, 2008, at the Hyatt La Jolla Regency, San Diego, for a magical night to remember! With a theme of "The Magic of Music," the black-tie evening will honor long-time Orchestra supporter Frances Hunter, and will include a cocktail reception, a silent auction, a performance by the SDCO musicians, a live auction, dinner and dancing to the music of the Nu Vision band.

CITY BALLET OF SAN DIEGO, under the direction of Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich, continues its 15th anniversary season of performances with "Carmina Burana," March 7-9, 2008, at the Birch North Park Theatre.

Five more children have tested positive for measles in San Diego, bringing to 11 the total number in the recent outbreak, authorities reported. Health officials are awaiting test results on a twelfth child.

250 passengers of a San Diego – Honolulu flight are searched by Hawaiian health officials on suspicion of measles infection. The pesthole of the disease was named an infected baby, later isolated at a military hospital in Hawaii.

“In Plane View,” an exhibition of 56 large-format photographs by Carolyn Russo showcasing the aesthetic quality of some of the National Air and Space Museum’s iconic aircraft, will be on display March 21, 2008 through Jan. 2, 2009.

The 17th annual Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade Presented by San Diego County Credit Union will be nationally televised on the USA Network.