Members of Congress have launched an investigation into Oceanside-based Frontwave Credit Union. In other news, San Diego is looking to add tens of thousands of new homes in Hillcrest, and with the neighborhood short on open space, some are looking to the 163 freeway for a new park. Plus, coming up at San Diego Civic Theater this weekend, is San Diego Opera’s Madama Butterfly. We get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into making the grand production.
This weekend in the arts: Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego Museum of Art's annual floral show, the San Diego Book Crawl, plus opera, street festivals, choral music and some live music picks.
The San Diego Book Crawl is back for its 7th year with 13 participating bookstores! The Book Crawl lasts three days and stretches from Coronado to Del Mar, starting Saturday April 27, in conjunction with Independent Bookstore Day. This year the SD Book Crawl announced Susan Lee as the official Author Ambassador.Book Crawlers receive a Book Crawl ‘Passport’ at their first bookstore stop and receive a stamp in that passport when they spend at least $10 at any of the participating stores. The more stamps you collect, the more prizes you win. (While supplies last.)Prizes are given out at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 13th stamps.This year, a new addition to the crawl is the shuttle service, where crawlers can sign up for a ticketed shuttle option.Participating bookstores:View a handy map of store locations and hours here.Bay Books: www.baybookscoronado.comBluestocking Books: www.bluestockingbooks.comDIESEL: www.dieselbookstore.comJoyride Bookshop: www.joyridebookshop.indielite.orgLa Playa