If you visit the Rhythm Yoga and Dance studio in the Del Rayo Shopping Center in Rancho Santa Fe chances are you’ll find co-owners Frank and Serpil Iszak hanging around — literally.

When their daughter Natalie was born six-weeks premature in December 2002, Rancho Santa Fe resident Marjan Daneshmand considers herself “blessed” that she was as well equipped as one could be for such an unexpected and stressful birth.
“I love getting out and meeting readers,” author Jess Walter said enthusiastically from his Spokane, Wash., home, and, as a result, he’s trekking on a book tour for the next few months that will take him all over the country — including an April 22 reception at the Rancho Santa Fe Library where he will talk about his most recent novel, “Beautiful Ruins.”
Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben is Deputy Chief of Navy Chaplains and Chief Chaplain of the Marine Corps. Kibben, is involved in many important issues of our military today, including matters such as: women in the military, the ever prevalent issue of PTSD in the active duty and veteran population, the integration of veterans into the civilian world, and the role of ethics and religion in the military. Kibben has said of herself, “I am the Chaplain of those with various religions, and those with no religion, I do not just represent Christianity.”

Coming to the stage of the Village Church Community Theater is an entertaining show for all ages. “Dr. Manikin and the Cybernetic Imaginarium” will be presented on Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at 2 and 4 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be available and ice cream floats will be included in the ticket price of $2 per person or $5 for a family with children. The Village Church Community Theater is located at 6225 Paseo Delicias in Rancho Santa Fe.
The Rancho Santa Fe Community Center’s largest fundraiser, May 18, will be held at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. This year we are reviving the Roaring ‘20s at our Gatsby Gala. Join us for live Jazz, cocktails, a live auction, dinner and dancing. Visit our website, www.rsfcc.org, for sponsorship opportunities and tickets.
The Rancho Santa Fe Republican Women, Fed. is holding a day-trip tour of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library on Saturday, April 27, at 8 a.m. Departure will be from the western parking lot of the Village Presbyterian Church, 6225 Paseo Delicias, RSF. Return by 6:30 p.m.

Three juniors from The Bishop’s School won awards and/or have been selected to represent San Diego and the United States at science and engineering fairs state-wide and internationally. Tina Huang, Kamran Jamil, and William Nahm, from Bishop’s Class of 2014, competed at the 59th Annual Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. Huang and Jamil have been given a chance to move forward grouped with 114 San Diego high school students. Nahm received third place in both health sciences and medicine categories.

The stories of lives ripped apart by acts of terrorism in Israel often start out as any normal day: a father taking his sons to lunch, a man gardening in his own front yard, children waiting at a bus stop.

March 25, 2013. On leave from a recent deployment in Afghanistan, Private First Class (PFC) Alexander Popescu sat across the table from me in his beautiful Rancho Santa Fe home and shared the stark reality of what it is to be an Army Infantryman.