An eye-catching cover, highlighted San Diego college scene and San Diego's next generation of civic leaders.

Escondido goes through a cycle, surfing shows its therapeutic side, and The San Diego Foundation studies changing views of San Diego’s climate.

Studies show that walking has many benefits, from improving your cardiovascular health to reducing abdominal fat.

By Jorge Cruise

Margherita and Vittorio Missoni attended a cocktail reception and fashion show fund-raiser at the La Jolla home of Joan Waitt.

The 79th annual Candlelight Ball raised in excess of $3 million to support Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

More than a dozen San Diego chefs rolled up their sleeves for Gingerbread City 2008.

The Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA hosted the 18th annual Paul Ecke Jr. Poinsettia Ball at its Encinitas campus.

Friends of the East County Arts presented the annual Holiday Tea at the Ronald Reagan Community Center in El Cajon.

Robert Chavez and Dennis Voorheis hosted an extravagant reception to celebrate the opening of the Hermès boutique at Fashion Valley.

St. Germaine Children’s Charity hosted the silver-anniversary edition of the Silver Tea at a private La Jolla estate.

Olivetto Café & Wine Bar’s Italian menu and ambitious wine list draw a high-energy dinner crowd whose conversations fill the room and spill out into the night.

By Robin Kleven Dishon

Our budgets these days may be suited more to beer and carnations than wine and roses, but that’s no reason to start bringing a sack lunch to work.

By David Nelson

Local theaters forge ahead with ambitious scheduling for tough times.

By Tom Blair

The forecast for the year ahead includes glimpses of sun amid the murk — and some tips for navigating through uncertainty

By RICH ACELLO

By Jamie Reno

By Tom Blair

By Eilene Zimmerman

When people think of Tucson, they think of a cute town in the desert, not knowing this description barely scratches the surface.

By BY CHRISTIANNA RAPHAEL

We surveyed consumers, financial service professionals and our subscribers to find the best in client satisfaction wealth managers in the San Diego area for 2009. Here they are.