Rancho Santa Fe Fire Dept. pulling out of services contract
RANCHO SANTE FE — Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar, along with Rancho Santa Fe, contracted to share fire personnel services in 2009. Beginning July 1, Rancho Santa Fe will be struck from the contract. The coast cities and Rancho Santa Fe inked the agreement to unify the departments, get rid of duplications and save [...]
RSF School Board agrees to expand iPad use in classrooms
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe School Board agreed May 1 to expand the use of iPads in fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms for the coming academic year.The board unanimously voted to spend $117,000 on 246 new iPad 2 devices, including associated cables and cases. Each device has 16 GB of storage and Wi-Fi [...]
Cornerstone Wealth Management expands into Rancho Santa Fe
RANCHO SANTA FE — Cornerstone Wealth Management, an independent San Diego-based wealth advisory firm, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office, located in Rancho Santa at 6105 Paseo Delicias, Suite 6-C. Members of the community are invited to an Open House at the Rancho Santa Fe office on either May 7, between [...]
Author hosts celebrity walking tours in Rancho Santa Fe
RANCHO SANTA FE — Local celebrities, artists, designers, filmmakers, architects and photographers came out for the invitation-only inaugural Diane Welch Celebrity Walking Tour on Sunday afternoon.The event spotlights stars from the Golden Era of Hollywood who called Rancho Santa Fe “home” during the 1920s and 30s. Welch is the official biographer of master architect Lilian [...]
RSF jeweler and artist Todd Krasovetz host May 2 event
Rancho Santa Fe — Coleen Freeman, owner of Rancho Santa Fe Estate and Fine Jewelry and Fine Art artist Todd Krasovetz along with his business partner and Rancho Santa Fe resident Steve Brower will host an event May 2, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the courtyard behind Rancho Santa Fe Estate and Fine [...]
Fire fee collection halted, heated opposition continues
RANCHO SANTA FE — The collection of fire prevention fees for rural areas of California, including Rancho Santa Fe, has been postponed this year due to thousands of complaints challenging its billing and legality. Several legislative bills aiming to eliminate or replace the fee have been presented to state Senate and Assembly committees as well. Authorized [...]
Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club clears roadblock on quest for covenant modifications
RANCHO SANTA FE —The Rancho Santa Fe Association board unanimously approved the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club’s request to count property it owns toward a two-thirds consent requirement for covenant modification, bringing the club one step closer to being purchased by the association. As a stipulation to the impending purchase, the association required the Garden [...]
Mayor Filner inaugurates new farmers market at Canyon Crest Academy
COAST CITIES — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner attended the grand opening of the CCA Foundation Carmel Valley Farmers Market last month. The farmers market officially re-opened under new management in February. Raquel Pena, who also manages the Rancho Santa Fe Farmers Market, is the new manager. “This grand opening signifies the partnership that we [...]
Couple is bringing new experience to Bach’s music
RANCHO SANTA FE — For more than 200 years now the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been performed in concert halls and churches worldwide. His music has been etched onto a record made of gold that is still today hurtling through interstellar space on the Voyager spacecraft in the hopes that if intelligent life [...]
