October 2003
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*** Freeway commuters in San Diego are noticing new names, or numbers in this case, added to exits. Caltrans has been busy posting numbers to exits. This is a federal government requirement that San Diego is actually a little behind in executing due to a lack of funding. The numbering starts at the beginning of the freeway and increases south to north and west to east. The numbers help drivers navigate their mileage. Exit 1 is one mile from the beginning of the freeway; the border for I-5 and the beaches for I-8. If an exit number is followed by the letter A, it is not quite one mile from the previous exit. California is lagging in the signage; it is common elsewhere in the country. *** More than 600 girls are expected to attend the second annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference set for Oct. 11 at UCSD’s Price Center. The 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. conference is expected to draw 600 middle and high school girls and 200 parents. It will offer 120 hands-on workshops, led by industry professionals, which will expose San Diego-area students to math, science and technology. Dr. Padma Nanduri of UCSD will be the event’s keynote speaker. A more detailed listing of workshops, speakers and sponsors can be found online at www.sdsa.org/eyh. *** When the WUSA folded last month, USD was left with a much-improved Torero Stadium, the home of the league’s now-disbanded San Diego Spirit. The Spirit and Cox Communications spent about $3.4 million on stadium improvements that included expanding it from 3,000 seats to 7,000 seats, two press boxes, improved lighting, a better sound system and a view scoreboard. In return, reports Ted Gosen, USD’s associate director of athletics for media relations, the Spirit played at the field for free and collected all the gate receipts. *** Away With Clutter Inc., the Del Mar-based company that dispatches well-trained employees to organize offices, homes and lives, plans to dispatch “Chairman of Order” Dana Korey and her new partner Michaela Kuchenhoff to organize the women of the YWCA’s Becky’s House during Get Organized Week Oct. 5-11. “We want to empower them to be self-sufficient — since many of them have been dominated by men and probably never paid a bill or had access to much information,” says Korey, who maintains a Web site at awaywithclutter.com. Kuchenhoff donated her time and supplies similarly last March, prompting Becky’s House executive Arlene Dalton to comment, “You were able to not only show them a simple method for getting everything organized, but motivate them to get it all done.” Recently incorporated, Korey says she’s discussing investment opportunities so the company can expand. *** San Diego Padres owner John Moores will headline an all-star panel at the San Diego Advertising Club’s next luncheon program, titled “Keys to Success In Marketing Professional Sports,” on Oct. 16 at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa. Moores will be joined by Steve Violette, the Padres’ executive v.p. of business affairs, John Lynch, president of XPRS-AM (The Mighty 1090), and Dan Novak, Channel 4 Padres’ vice president of programming. Also appearing will be representatives from San Diego-based Petco Animal Supplies Inc. and Petco Park. Topics on the table include the Padres’ advertising strategies, community outreach successes, strategic marketing partnerships, corporate sponsorships, season ticket sales progress and new ballpark construction, along with predictions for the 2004 season. Open to the public, the lunch costs $40 for members and $50 for others. Reservations are required. Call Helen Baker at (858) 576-9833. *** For the second year in a row, Events Concepts Inc., with help from an independent group of judges in Spanish journalism, has named Patrick Osio Jr. as one of the top 50 Hispanics in media in the United States. Osio has been writing his “The Connection” column for San Diego Metropolitan since 1996 and is editor of the always-informative HispanicVista.com. The winners will be honored Oct. 17 during a dinner at the historic St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. *** Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory has opened its sixth law office in California. Located at 12348 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100 in Del Mar Heights, the office will service the firm’s growing corporate and securities and emerging companies/venture capital practices as well as its traditional clients. Allen Matkins will maintain its Downtown San Diego office. “North San Diego County is an attractive location because it has one of the largest concentrations of medical device, biotechnology, telecommunications and other high-technology companies in the nation,” says Brian Leck, the firm’s managing partner. “It is increasingly becoming a hotbed for corporate and securities work and we are seeing a rise in the number of clients and opportunities in the region.” Attorneys working from the new office area will be Joe Davidson, Peter Townshend, David Marion and George Colindres, corporate and securities; Ray Gliner, Tom Crosbie and Sean Southard, real estate; and Mike Pruter, taxes and real estate. ***
*** Pedicab drivers who earn better tips by driving customers through the pavement-level fountain on the plaza at the foot of Fifth Avenue are about to lose that option. This month the city will install 18-inch-tall granite bollards perfect for use as seating around the Gaslamp Quarter fountain. But the stones will be placed close enough to prevent the cabs, which regularly damage the fountain, from driving beneath the globs of water hurled in the air. *** American Banker in its Sept. 4 issue has high praise for George Haligowski’s ITLA Capital Corp., ranking it fourth in a list of the nation’s 500 most efficient bank holding companies. *** Property for new home construction is so hot that USA Federal Credit Union has sold its old Scripps Ranch headquarters on Erma Road to DR Horton Homes. DR Horton, which paid $5.8 million for the 42,000-square-foot building on 3.9 acres, will demolish the commercial building and build housing. The credit union is moving to a newer and nicer building on Willow Creek Road, also in Scripps Ranch. Rick Sparks, Jeb Bakke and Doug Lozier of CB Richard Ellis represented USA Federal in both deals. *** Since founding Televideo San Diego in 1976, Linda and David Stepp have grown the audiovisual technology firm into the top independent dealer in the country and one of the country’s largest Hispanic-owned businesses. Part of their story was told in August 1999 when Linda Stepp appeared on the cover of San Diego Metropolitan. Now the pair have merged their Kearny Mesa firm with AVI Systems, a national provider of communication and presentation systems. Televideo is AVI’s sixth regional office. *** With more than $3 billion of new residential, commercial and public development taking place Downtown, the urban core is poised to change its role as part of the San Diego economy. Hal Sadler, the chair of the Centre City Development Corp. board and veteran architect with an urban resume that goes back more than three decades, will discuss Downtown investment’s role in regional prosperity at the Oct. 14 meeting of BOMA San Diego. Luncheon tickets are $35 to $75. Call (619) 243-1817 for details. *** The Unified Port of San Diego and it’s nearly 500 businesses on the tidelands generated more than 59,000 jobs, $1.8 billion in total wages and $8.4 billion in economic activity in 2002 — the last year the Port operated Lindbergh Field but the first for the expanded refrigerated operation at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal used mainly by Dole Fresh Fruit Co. *** National City mayor Nick Inzunza and Port Commission Chairman Jess Van Deventer announced the creation and launch of a new corporate and community alliance program, Rediscover National City, calling upon local organizations to provide financial and civic support for a positive public awareness campaign. Individuals and/or companies interested in supporting the program have been asked to prominently display the new Rediscover National City logo on storefront windows and/or in advertising efforts, in addition to providing financial and civic support. For information, contact the National City Community Development Commission at (619) 336-4250. *** For the up-to-date scoop on Downtown construction as it relates to torn up streets and the like, call CCDC’s Paradise In Progress Hotline at (619) 533-7150 or e-mail ohlson@ccdc.com to be put on an e-mail list. *** Bayside Community Center observes its 71st anniversary with the Celebrating Success banquet Nov. 8 at the Doubletree Hotel in Mission Valley. Dr. Alice B. Hayes, recently retired president of USD, will be keynote speaker. Bayside is the human resources leader and social advocate for the Linda Vista community, providing support programs and services for the multicultural residents. Tickets cost $70; call Nancy Coate at 858-278-0771 or visit www.baysidecc.org. *** At its annual tardeada on Oct. 18, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. will recognize three San Diegans for their lifetime of commitment to securing equal rights for all people. Activist Rachel Ortiz and community leaders Carlos and Linda Legerette have been selected respectively for the Don Quixote and Jessie De la Cruz Awards. The event will be held at the Natural History Museum in Balboa Park from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and for the first time is open to the public. For more, call Kim Stuart (415) 492-8065. ***
*** San Diego’s newest place to indulge in one’s self has opened Downtown. Studio on J at 435 J St. provides a full-service salon for a pampered clientele. This salon is the second beauty venture of Laura Cappelletti, owner of Studio 486 in Newport Beach. Cappelletti is a cut and color specialist and a native of San Diego. Studio J is a full-service salon with eight stylists, an esthetician and manicurist. It includes a boutique that sells lingerie, aromatic candles and skin and hair products. *** Now San Diego has seen it all — literally. Coming to the stage at the newly renovated Spreckels Theatre is the off-Broadway hit “Naked Boys Singing!” This is the first time the New York musical production will tour the nation. Since the show’s opening, it has raised more than $125,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and other related AIDS charities. The boys will sing without their clothes Oct. 7 - 12. Tickets are $15 to $50. Call (619) 220-8497. *** The Financial Planning Association of San Diego will celebrate national financial planning week Oct. 6-12 by sponsoring a series of educational public events to help individuals understand the process. For information on the events, visit www.fpanet.org. *** Fans of Garrison Keillor and “A Prairie Home Companion” will welcome the entertainer to San Diego in November, thanks to PBS and Broadway San Diego. A live performance of the celebrated variety show is scheduled at 3 p.m. Nov. 22 in Civic Theatre, Downtown. It will feature San Diego artists and comedy skits by Keillor and the Prairie Home cast, including Keillor’s signature monologue, “The News From Lake Wobegon.” Tickets go on sale Oct. 3 at the Civic Theatre Box Office. To order, call (619) 570-1100. *** Leo Hamel, founder of Leo Hamel & Co., is seeking to improve literacy in San Diego by donating to San Diego schools copies of L. Ron Hubbard’s “Battlefield Earth.” “It seemed like an overwhelming objective — what can one person do?” Hamel says. “But if everyone did something, a lot could be accomplished.” *** Peter Barron Stark & Associates Inc. has introduced its newest book, “The Only Negotiating Guide You’ll Ever Need: 101 Ways to Win Every Time in Any Situation.” The author says the positive, practical philosophy views “counterparts” as participants instead of opponents and stresses the goal of negotiation is to achieve an outcome that benefits both parties. *** Runners and walkers alike are welcome to participate in the Pardee Ocean View 5K Run & Walk on Oct. 4 at the Ocean View Hills neighborhood park. The run begins at 8 a.m. followed by the walk at 8:05 a.m. Contact Elite Racing Inc. at (858) 450-6510 or visit www.eliteracing.com. *** Nominations are due by Oct. 31 for the annual Director Of The Year awards issued by the Corporate Directors Forum. The event is set for March 2, 2004, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Awards are given in six categories including Corporate Governance, Enhancement of Economic Value, Companies in Transition, Corporate Citizenship, Not-For Profit and Lifetime Achievement in Corporate Governance. Nominees may be from any industry or nonprofit organization and may serve on any board, regardless of location. The candidate must be a resident of the San Diego area. Awards are based on the director’s recent achievements, except for the lifetime achievement awards. For information, call (858) 453-9915. *** The Ninth Annual United Jewish Federation Men’s Event will showcase a community united by Jewish values and steadfast support for Israel. Co-chairs Eric Gardiner, Todd Kobernick and Alan Viterbi are committed to gathering the largest Jewish men’s audience ever convened in San Diego to hear keynote speaker George Stephanopoulos, and to raise funds for the local and global Jewish community on Jan. 13, 2004. The event is from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. *** Celeste Dunn-Hilling, former CEO and president of the San Diego-based Steiner Day Spa Group, has launched Skin Authority, a new company that partners with medical and skin care professionals to administer and manage patients’ home skin care, synchronized with cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries and in-office skin treatment. “In the day spa industry, our clients who were undergoing cosmetic and skin procedures came to us asking for help with the often confusing and dizzying array of products, regimens and advice about before- and after-cosmetic surgery and medically supervised skin care,” says Dunn-Hilling, founder and CEO of Skin Authority. For information, call (858) 597-0382. *** Starbucks Coffee Co. has opened a new coffeehouse in Chollas View, 1722 Euclid Ave., that is part of the Urban Coffee Opportunities program, a joint venture between Starbucks and Johnson Development Corp., headed by CEO Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. Formed in 1998, UCO’s mission is to operate retail locations in underserved urban communities across the country. UCO Starbucks locations feature a special mural designed for the store and a framed photograph of Johnson. ***
*** Stone Brewing releases this month Sawyer’s Triple, a very special beer to raise funds for an important cause and honor a boy who is close to the hearts of employees at Stone. The inspiration for Sawyer’s Triple comes from namesake Sawyer Benjamin Sherwood, the 8-year-old son of Stone brewer Bill Sherwood. Sawyer was recently diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy, also known as ALD, a rare neuro-degenerative disease. Sawyer is in a fight for his life. “Sawyer’s Triple is dedicated to Sawyer and the courage in all of us,” says Greg Koch, CEO of Stone. “For those with indomitable spirit such as Sawyer, giving up is not an option. And they inspire others.” Proceeds go toward ALD causes and charities. Single 22-ounce bottles of Sawyer’s Triple will sell for $6, plus tax and CRV. Full cases of 12 22-ounce bottles will sell for $60, plus tax. *** Patterned after the world-famous Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca, the Chrysler Classic races will wheel through the Naval Air Station North Island Oct. 11-12. Featuring more than 200 of the world’s top racing machines from years gone by competing wheel-to-wheel on a 1.6-mile runway course, the event is presented by North Island Financial Credit Union as a Pacific Life Holiday Bowl production. The $17 admission — $22 for a weekend pass — includes grandstand seating, an open paddock, an antique auto collection, aircraft flyovers, military static displays, a vendor village and car club corral. For tickets and information, visit www.coronadospeedfestival.com. *** Does San Diego need another boat show? Of course, if it will be in summer and with plenty of everyday craft available — two differences from the city’s two other major boat shows. “We’ve had a lot of makers asking us to produce a show in San Diego. Our biggest area of resistance was finding the right venue,” says Dave Geoffrey, executive director of the Southern California Marine Association, which also produces boat shows in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Pomona. The group — with 600 members, including many San Diego companies — is the country’s largest marine association. It will produce the inaugural San Diego Summer Boat Show set for July 22-25 at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina. “We’re trying to offer a little different idea ... during the boating season itself. We’ll have a lot of family boats,” Geoffrey says. He expects more than 200 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors. Tickets will be $9 and accompanied kids under 12 are free. For more, call (888) 262-8463 or visit www.scma.com. *** After a six-month national search, Sam Woodhouse and Karen Wood have filled three key positions at the San Diego REPertory Theatre, including hiring as g.m. Tom Parrish. Hailing from the Dallas Symphony and Cleveland Playhouse, Parrish recently completed the master of business and arts programs at Southern Methodist University, placing first in his class. Also new are John Anderson, production manager; and Susan Chicoine, PR liaison. She will work with the marketing director, Michael Gepner, who joined the REP last spring. A native San Diegan, Chicoine spent the last 23 years hustling theater PR in New York City. Anderson comes to the REP from Berkeley where he was production manager for the California Shakespeare Festival. *** Fueled by luck, Donna Alm has been jetting around the world. Last year she entered a raffle during the Festa in Little Italy. She won a trip to Italy, where she and her husband, Bob, vacationed in spring. Participating in the Westfield Shoppingtown annual fund-raiser, where you pick your charity, Alm spent three hours with her daughters picking out gifts for her 18 grandchildren (soon to be 19). Her $5 admission fee also put her in a raffle. She won, and this month she is off to Australia, the birthplace of her grandparents. “The trip to Australia is first class all the way — not exactly our normal travel mode of RV trips with multiple kids,” she says.
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Pete Davis is wooing Kate Seiber Jeffery and Cynthia Vicknair to run his possible mayoral campaign. The duo (CynKat Communications) worked with John Kern in getting the underdog Judge Dick Murphy elected three years ago. “We’ve talked to him but nothing has been finalized,” says Seiber Jeffery. “We got to know him on the campaign last time and he is a classy guy. We are evaluating whether we have time to take on the commitment.” Has Kern, now Mayor Murphy’s chief of staff, tried to talk them out of working for Davis? “No,” says Seiber Jeffery.
Nearly 500 people showed up Sept. 15 for the fourth annual 40 Under Forty luncheon at the San Diego Convention Center. Guests and winners were treated to a champagne pass as they arrived, fun facts about the winners from Tim McClain (left) and Gary Shaw, San Diego Metropolitan’s editor and publisher, respectively, and balloons and celebratory music when it ended 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Next year’s 40 Under Forty luncheon is Sept. 14. Nomination forms will go online and in the magazine in March.
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