A search continues off the coast of Somalia for two Navy Seals lost at sea since last Thursday. We have more on what happened and the possible San Diego connection. In other news, updated guidance from the California Department of Public Health no longer requires people to isolate if they have COVID, but are asymptomatic. Plus, San Diego officials marked an important milestone Wednesday in the years-long restoration of the Botanical Building in Balboa Park.
San Diego's 109-year-old Botanical Building has been adorned once again with its original copper dome as crews continue construction work that is now expected to wrap up in August.
Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10 a.m.January 13, 2024, 10 a.m.Balboa Park Tours: Eucalyptus Origins, Invasion, and Urban TalesRoughly 95% of the 800 eucalyptus species are native to Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Southeast Asian Islands. How and why did they become one of the most common coastal trees in California, and why do they inspire such passionate and contradictory love and hate emotions in their new home?February 10, 2024, 10 a.m.Balboa Park Tours: Flora of the International CottagesBuilt for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, the now 32 single-story cottages known as the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages occupy an area of less than two acres. The variety of cultures represent
Balboa Park’s Botanical building and gardens are now entering the second phase of its restoration project after hiring Spurlock Landscape and Architects to.