From western outpost to Navy Town, USA, San Diego’s history is tightly woven with the military’s

1975: The San Diego amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa helps evacuate refugees from the U.S. Embassy during the fall of ...
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Balboa Park’s historic Timken Museum exploring underground expansion

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park is looking to expand. The historic fine art museum, located in the Plaza de Panama, presented plans to the city’s Balboa Park Committee ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Here Comes the Science: Balboa Park's Fleet museum getting a makeover

Balboa Park's Fleet Science Center will break ground next month on a major renovation project as part of its Science Starts Here Capital Campaign, it was announced Tuesday. The project will increase ...
Times of San Diego

Young history buffs help plan Declaration of Independence party in Balboa Park

Identical twin sisters Lilah and Ava Daniels, 17, are helping the House of U.S.A. in Balboa Park celebrate Independence Day’s 249th anniversary. The event, on the park’s HPR International Lawn Stage ...
Times of San Diego

The Nat opens new Paleo Center inside its Balboa Park basement

The new center on the Balboa Park institution’s basement floor is named after longtime employee and paleontologist Tom Deméré, who has headed up the museum’s paleontology division since 1994. BALBOA ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Here's how much it may cost you to park in Balboa Park

With the good old days of free parking in San Diego's so-called crown jewel coming to an end, the San Diego mayor's office released details Wednesday of a proposal it's working on for Balboa Park. In ...