See things at the creek you don’t like? Put the Get it Done! App on your phone and use it. Let’s hold the City’s feet to the fire. Besides reporting problems with trash, illegal activity, and impassible bike paths, the app creates statistics. Let’s show the City how many problems Read more
The results are in. San Diego County came in first place for the total increase in the number of volunteers from last year. The city that added the most new iNaturalist participants to their region through the City Nature Challenge: San Diego, California with 733 new observers added during the Read more
As a reminder, because Rose Creek flows through the traditional lands of the Kumeyaay, every month we spotlight we spotlight an aspect of Kumeyaay culture, history, news, arts, etc. This month, take the time to read this excellent article Borders and Baskets: How the Creation of Borders Changed Kumeyaay Life Read more
A huge thanks to those who came out to Rose Creek and helped document the amazing diversity of life in this urban creek. In San Diego county, over 1,100 Citizen Scientists made over 30,000 observations and documented over 2,700 species. To see San Diegan’s obeservations, click here. Looks like San Read more
Adults and kids welcome (we recommend ages 9 and up) Walks are easy, and you may leave at any time No bathrooms or water in Rose Canyon Park or at the trailhead parking area Meet: Trailhead at intersection of Regents Road/Lahitte Court, University City. From intersection of Governor Dr./Regents Rd., Read more
66 volunteers worked very hard along Rose Creek on April 21 pickup trash, getting down in the creek to pull out tires and muddy sleeping bags, and we enjoyed ice cream provided by Campland on the Bay. A few lucky winners took home books and t-shirt raffle prizes, and Friends Read more
CBS News broadcast a story on the issues of trash and differentially housed individuals in the section of Rose Creek between Garnet Avenue and Mission Bay Drive. Click here to read the article.
Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the Friends of Rose Creek as we cleanup Rose Creek from the Mike Gotch Bridge to Interstate 5. The cleanup runs from 9 a.m. until noon and we’ll meet at Mission Bay High School. Registration is now open. Click here to register Read more
The Kumeyaay are the people who were living in this region when the Spanish arrived. For hundreds of years, their culture was under attack but times are changing. Cuyamaca College and the Tribes of San Diego sponsor Kumeyaay Community College in El Cajon with information on Kumeyaay history, language and Read more
The Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association publishes the monthly TANF Newsletter with articles of interest to the First Nations of Southern California. The newsletter features historical information, cultural goings on, as well as a calendar of events. For those of us whose ancestors did not live along Rose Creek, taking Read more