🌱 How a Bonita Museum art hunt sparked an unexpected family reunion
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Bonita Museum art hunt sparked an unexpected family reunion
Also on today's calendar: Real Estate & Economic Update Webinar: A Look Ahead to 2026 and 6 more events.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Hazy sun, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Hazy sun, temps: high: 73, low: 50.
- Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• San Diego man's search to find father's lost artwork ends in unexpected family reunion (10news.com) — A touching art exhibit at the Bonita Museum is reconnecting two Navy families, as a San Diego man tracks down and displays his father’s long-lost paintings there. His search recently led him to the grandson of the captain who first recognized his dad’s talent, turning a preservation project into an unexpected multigenerational reunion rooted in Bonita. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Real Estate & Economic Update Webinar: A Look Ahead to 2026
Online Zoom,
6:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
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Holiday Fun @PH
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego -
Creative Thursdays: LEGO, Chalk, & Perler Beads
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego
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Holiday Fun @PH
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego -
Movie Hangout
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego
3:30 pm -
Holiday Fun @PH
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego -
STORYTIME & CRAFT
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego
10:00 am -
Holiday Fun @PH
Paradise Hills Branch Library , 5922 Rancho Hills Drive , San Diego -
NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 2026
Caribe Restaurant & Bar , 5080 Bonita Rd Suite H-k , Bonita
8:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Tuesday December 23
Wednesday December 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Burnout Paradise
Sheila & Hughes Potiker Theatre , 2965 Theatre District Dr , La Jolla
9:00 am -
Dance It Out! Bilingual Storytime /¡Baila! Hora de cuentos bilingüe
Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 S. 28th St. , San Diego
10:00 am -
Teen IDEA Lab /Laboratorio de Ideas para Adolescentes
Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 South 28th Street , San Diego
2:30 pm -
DO YOUR HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY
Logan Heights Branch Library , 567 S. 28th St. , San Diego
3:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Grand rising,
Hoping everyone had a great weekend and is coming into this Monday ready and refreshed… I spent arguably half of my adult life choosing the “easy… (Nextdoor Bonita Willow St) - Thank you to the anonymous kind person that found my Amazon package on the road several
Miles away from my house and delivered to me!!! Kind people exist!! It was unopened and intact- must have dropped off Amazon truck; wonder how… (Nextdoor The Hill Road)
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Chula Vista. Apply here.
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Chula Vista. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bonita here.
🗞 Nearby News
Chula Vista
- Parole assists in San Diego gun safety event (ca.gov)
- Local Law Enforcement Professionals Graduate from FBI National Academy — FBI (fbi.gov)
- A Page from History: Arena y Fango — The battle for Dutch Flats (sandiegouniontribune.com)
National City
- With financial challenges ahead, San Diego County gives out bonuses (kpbs.org)
- 138 Firearms Turned In During Gun Safety Event In San Diego's South Bay (patch.com)
- Port approves plan for 8,000 acres of expanded territory in San Diego Bay (sandiegouniontribune.com)
San Diego
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