Avenue A Brings Craft To A Neighborhood Pub [Restaurant Review]

My father lost about half of his teeth in a childhood football game, a fact that didn’t deter him from enjoying all team sports. He’d watch professional leagues, college ball, or the neighborhood kids playing a pickup game. He cherished time spent explaining rules to his own un-athletic children around the TV, and as a […]

Mira Costa scout honored for self-defense program

Mira Costa senior Pooja Nagpal (left) demonstrates self-defense to 54 students on the Times of India stage in Gurgaon, Delhi.

In 2013, Mira Costa student and second degree black belt Pooja Nagpal created a three-week self defense program she called For a Change, Defend, and began teaching it to at-risk women and children.