You are invited to join us for Cocktails in Historic San Diego! This group is for anyone interested in the history and architecture of San Diego. The goal is to provide a comfortable social happy hour in historically significant surroundings, and increase awareness of some of the triumphs of preservationists in the San Diego area. Our events are held monthly in historic hotels, restaurants/lounges, and other special event venues in metropolitan San Diego.   At nearly every event, a local histori …

Village Laguna is a group of active Laguna Beach residents that works to promote and protect the unique village character of our town. Starting with a 1971 citizen's initiative to prevent high-rise construction, the organization has been involved in creating Main Beach Park, preserving the Greenbelt, historic preservation and many other aspects of preserving and improving Laguna. Our annual Charm House Tour showcases beautiful homes throughout the city that exemplify the variety and unique desig …

Dear Volunteer Diggers, Calico Early Man Site is the only archeology site in the Western Hemisphere ever deemed important enough to be worked by Dr. Louis S.B. Leakey. Project Director from 1964 until his death in 1972, Dr. Leakey knew that the thousands of artifacts found in this barren desert environment were eerily similar in appearance and manufacture to those he found in Africa. This striking similarity intrigued and mystified him. The implications for the presence of some of the earliest …