San Diego Magazine / September 2011 / Noted: Around the City in 297 Words

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Noted: Around the City in 297 Words

Job News

Gale Filter has been named the new chief of San Diego Coastkeeper, after a year-long search.
• The San Diego Symphony and the Musicians’ Association of San Diego County union have agreed to continue operations through June 2016. • The Chargers’ free safety Eric Weddle will be the highest paid safety in NFL history at the start of the 2011 season ($40 million for five years with $19 million guaranteed).

Winner

Matthew Barahura from Chula Vista beat 19 other foamers for his latte art at Caffé Calabria’s first regional Barista Throwdown.

Kudos

Running coach, exercise physiologist, personal trainer, and San Diego Magazine contributor Jason Karp, Ph.D.,  of North Park won the 2011 IDEA International Personal Trainer of the Year award (Aug. 13). • Thedailybeast.com ranked San Diego the 13th longest-living city, with average male life expectancy at 76.85 years. Females here make it to 81.37 years, on average. • PETCO and the Padres set a Guinness World Record for most dogs in a costume parade, with 337 dogs participating in the annual Dog Days of Summer event. • Gina Freize, founder and "Cheese Wiz" at Venissimo Cheese and her sister Anna completed a 2,300-mile Vespa trek from Seattle to San Diego, and blogged their two-week journey on schnitzelwithnoodles.com (2 Sisters, 2 Scooters, 2 Weeks”).

Published

Encinitas resident Rob Bignell released his book, Hikes with Tykes: A Practical Guide to Day Hiking with Kids.

Charities

Promises2Kids’s annual Promises Summer Concert Gala raised $410,00 to help fight child abuse. • Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams and the Training, Education & Research Institute kicked off a campaign to raise $5 million by New Year’s Eve to finish the Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality, serving children and families with special needs.