Who was Edith Purer?

Great question.  Here is the amazing answer! Edith Abigail Purer was California’s First Woman Professional Ecologist of 1930s, an advocate for California State Parks, an author as well as a San Diego Resident and San Diego Teacher. The California natural ecosystems that Edith Purer studied (coastal sand dunes, vernal pools Read more

20th Birthday Bash Celebration

On Wednesday, December 4th, the Friends of Rose Creek and their friends gathered with assemblymembers Tasha Boerner and Council President Joe LaCava at the Kendall Frost Marsh Community Learning Center in Pacific Beach to celebrate twenty years of habitat restoration, trash pickups, advocacy, and collaboration with out groups in our Read more

Kumeyaay Placenames Project

This amazing project identifies the Kumeyaay names of Kumeyaay cultural spaces and natural resources in the Kumeyaay language. It also provides archaeological information where available and other interesting details. The research presented here was made possible by grants from the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming and the UC Office of Read more

Preserving Kumeyaay Language

From KPBS “Port of Entry” Ojeda and Melendrez are members of the Kumeyaay community in San José de la Zorra, Baja California, which is located roughly an hour north of Ensenada and seven miles from Ejido El Porvenir. The journey from the Tijuana border to this location takes approximately three Read more

Kumeyaay Design at City College

San Diego City College invites everyone to their exhibit reception and events for our Kumeyaay Design Exhibit over the next two months. All events are free and all workshops are drop-in style where the Kumeyaay artists are making and good conversations can happen. In conjunction with the San Diego and Read more

South Shores Mission Bay

The City of San Diego kicked off a redevelopment project for the South Shores area of Mission Bay Park. They have an on-line survey and additional information on the South Shores Project webpage. Not sure what area this refers to? The areas in green in the map below are in Read more