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The evening after the Miss California’s Outstanding Teen title went to a Latina – Canyon Hills’ Maya Álvarez-Coyne – Miss Los Ángeles County Jazmín Ávalos became the third Latina to win the Miss California crown in the pageant that dates back to 1924.
In her fourth effort to win the crown (she competed twice in the teen pageant), the 24-year-old Ávalos accepted the sash and crown from Miss California 2019-20 Eileen Kim on June 25 and got herself a ticket to the Miss America Pageant scheduled in December in Connecticut.
Miss Calaveras County Katherine Sharp finished fifth and also won the preliminary Red Carpet (which combines evening wear with state presence) and won a $2,500 scholarship in the 94-year-old competition.
Monday many of us will be remembering the Indigenous men and women who died in the military with prayers, patriotic music and readings, and the laying of
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Monkey Bar, a new outdoor bar and lounge serving cocktails and small bites, opened earlier this month at the Town and Country Resort in Mission Valley.
The new bar specializes in craft cocktails and Asian-inspired shareable plates, with items such as sticky short ribs, shrimp shu mai, lamb meatball, burger and wood-fired pizzas. Monkey Bar is hosting happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays with select $5 wine and beer, a $7 Drunken Monkey cocktail and $9 pizzas. Live music is presented from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays.
The resort is at 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego. Visit towncountry.com/dine/monkey-bar.
Chef Richard Blais, left, and Rubio’s Coastal Grill founder Ralph Rubio introduce the three new street tacos Blais created at a San Diego event Tuesday.