San Marcos Steve

Young Adventurers is a day-trip program in San Marcos-Escondido-Vista. The founder of the Young Adventurers was Lyle Davis of the Kiwanis Club of Hidden Valley. The purpose was to divert kids from joining gangs. Many of the members of that Kiwanis Club as well as the Kiwanis Club of San Marcos be...

 Every June 14th (Flag Day) the Kiwanis Club of San Marcos conducts a flag retirement ceremony.  Tattered, worn and dirty American flags are not to be simply discarded and thrown in the trash.  Any American flag that it is such condition that it can no longer be displayed must be destroyed in a d...

FLAG DAY - JUNE 14th The Kiwanis Club of San Marcos is collecting U.S. and CA flags that have flown proudly over homes and businesses in San Marcos and are now ready for retirement. If you have never been to a flag retirement, you must not miss this opportunity. If you have attended then you kno...

American Cancer Society At this year's Relay for Life in San Marcos, we raised over $70,000.00 for cancer research and programs to help people through the tough process of fighting cancer. Survivors are the guests of honor at Relay. Prior to the Survivors Lap everyone celebrates with a birthday ...

San Marcos Rock, Blues and BBQ Festival 2011 Presented by the City of San Marcos and Allen's Wrench Walnut Grove Park 1950 Sycamore, San Marcos CA Saturday, June 11 2011 12-8pm $10 presale, $15 door under 10yrs $5 .                This year's Rock, Blues and BBQ event will include:  Notas Antig...

Last week FHA mortgage insurance premiums increased for all loans processed after April 18th    . FHA loan borrowers who are putting less than 5% down will have a monthly mortgage insurance premium of 1.15%    FHA borrowers who are putting 5% or more down will have a 1.10% factor for mortgage in...

Save the date and visit the Museum and Heritage Park Sunday May 1st, 2011 Last year the San Marcos Historical Society was the lucky recipient of an Arts & Culture Grant sponsored by the City of San Marcos. The grant funded a  28 picture photo history exhibit entitled “San Marcos – A Well Rounded...

Opportunity  Increasing water rates and decreasing water availability in Southern California creates a wonderful opportunity.  The opportunity to expand our thoughts on what types of flora to display in our yards that are much less dependant on supplemental watering.  I have several Aeoniums in...

Here in Southern California there are many, many (too many) green lawns that require a very high volume of water.  It's nice to see that there are some homeowners out there changing their yard landscapes to include drought tolerant plants.  I snapped this photo early this morning of a California...

Here in North San Diego County, we can grow a wide variety of beautiful flowers but the tulip has always been a challenge for us.  We planted several bulbs years ago and they all leaf out great in the spring but never seem to produce flowers.  That is until this year.