On Friday, November 13, 2015, Ferry attended a concert by the “The Eagles of Death Metal” at Le Bataclan Theatre in Paris. A terrorist attack during the concert took the lives of 89 fellow attendees and left 300 wounded. The emotional scars are felt by everyone who was there, including Ferry.  It was a night…

Entering its 15th year, the annual International Youth Symphony is a partnership program between the San Diego Youth Symphony and Rotary District 5340 International Youth Exchange. It brings musicians from across the globe together with SDYS’ most advanced musicians for a two-week intensive music experience. This summer, twenty-four international musicians representing ten countries will join…

Dr. Peter Hanson came home to La Mesa and joined Grossmont Orthopedic Medical Group in August of 1992 and has enjoyed all aspects of his orthopedic practice, which includes sports medicine, arthroscopy, shoulder reconstruction and lower extremity total joint replacement including introducing the anterior hip approach to East County. He has been Chief of Orthopedic…

Robert S. Brewer, Jr., a decorated Vietnam War veteran, former prosecutor and prominent San Diego litigator for decades, was sworn in on January 16, 2019, as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz. As the United States Attorney, Bob is the chief federal…

Celebrating Where San Diego and California Began This is an important year for the City of San Diego. On April 11, 1769 the first seaborne contingent of a Spanish settlement arrived at a quiet harbor in San Diego aboard the ship San Antonio.  Just a scant three months later, these Spanish soldiers and missionaries, led by a…

Brian Steffy has worked in biotechnology for the last 21 years. He is currently an Associate Director of the Illumina Solutions Center, and has been with Illumina for the last 9 years. His responsibilities at Illumina include designing labs for Next Generation Sequencing, leading a team of scientists who provide their clients with customized solutions…