
Whether cheering up deployed military members with care packages, holding food drives or cleaning up the environment via hair clippings, Powegian Ronnda Michaelis said she’s always finding a cause to support.

There are lots of things that teenagers do for fun after school: watching television, skateboarding, playing video games. Working on 100-year-old steam engines, however, is a little more unusual.

Del Sur resident Debjani Chakraborty is sharing her life-long love of Indian classical dance with locals through performances and free lessons taught at area libraries.

Since retiring in 2005, Rancho Bernardo resident Andre LeCault has become more active in veterans’ organizations, something he said is important to help younger war veterans.

A love of biplanes has led longtime Poway resident Wally Dier to make restoring World War II-era Stearman biplanes both a hobby and a passion.

A lifetime of teaching and counseling has led to Poway resident Linda Laurie’s true passion: helping World War II veterans get the honor and remembrance they deserve.

Children in South Africa will soon be playing soccer with real soccer balls instead of homemade balls made out of plastic grocery bags because of efforts by Del Norte High freshman Alexa Alyeshmerni.

By Emily Sorensen Although tennis is Ray Smith’s first love, a growing interest in skiing marathons has him attempting to raise money for New Zealand earthquake victims. A Poway High School graduate and former tennis coach for Poway High School and Rancho Bernardo High School, Smith can now be found giving private tennis lessons at [...]

While Amy Armenti says she and husband, Tom, are a failure as cat foster parents because they keep any cat that enters their home, the Poway resident has still found a way to help cats find forever families.

Though she’s long been bringing music to children, this time Erin Culp is hoping to do it on a school-wide basis.