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The Olga Stevens Group Starts a New Chapter By Sydney Zoehrer Olga Minvielle Stevens and her son, Patricio Lavalle, at the Coronado Shores. For over 34 years, Coronado has entrusted Olga Minvielle Stevens with finding our friends and family properties to call home on the island — a legacy now entering a new chapter as her son, Patricio Lavalle, steps into a more active leadership role as the new face of the Olga Stevens Group (OSG). Adopting the tagline “Specializing in the

By Amy Forsythe, Military Affairs Reporter Photo courtesy of NASCAR & the US Navy In June 2026, Coronado will find itself at the center of motorsports history as NASCAR brings a landmark race weekend to Naval Air Station North Island. From June 19-21, the roar of race cars will echo across the “Birthplace of Naval Aviation,” marking the first time NASCAR has ever raced on an active U.S. military installation. Timed with the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary, the event blends s

By Stephanie Glegg There is a reason we bring flowers to people we love. We lay them at altars, press them into the pages of books we never want to forget, and plant them where we need beauty most. Long before we had words for what flowers did to us, we already knew: they opened something, softened something, and healed we didn’t even know was asking to be healed. Ari Salazar up a floral meditation class at Monarch Soul. This month, as Coronado prepares for its beloved 104t

By CFA Co-President, Colby Erickson Freer Photos By Joel Ortiz https://www.coronadoflowershow.com/ A Welcome from the Coronado Floral Association Full Bloom Board Every spring, something quietly extraordinary happens in Spreckels Park. The white tents go up, the volunteers, designers, and artists arrive before dawn, and Coronado does what it has done since 1922: it gathers around something beautiful. The show has brought neighbors together since that very first year, when l

By Greg Curtin Photos by Joe Curtin Introduction At 7:30am, the Pacific Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) of Coronado starts another day. PAWS staff greet each new day with the animals in the shelter: dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, parakeets, tortoises, and bearded dragons. Morning routines include breakfast, medical needs, potty breaks, exercise, room cleaning and more. This is how each day starts at PAWS … every morning, 365 days a year PAWS doesn’t take a day off du

By Samantha Bay Adrienne Kravchuk Interior Design — luxury interiors & home styling Nestled against an upholstered headboard, surrounded by light blue painted walls, and cuddled up with her mom in their weekly perusal of the Sunday funnies, local interior designer Adrienne Kravchuk knew the true meaning of “home” from a very young age - and that it was about so much more than design and aesthetic. “My mom always made such a lovely home wherever we were - but above all she c

By Jessica Nicolls + Karyn Molina Bungalow56.com A Charming Spring & Easter Tablescape in Bloom Spring is all about fresh starts, lighter days, and gathering with the people you love — and this Easter Tablescape captures that feeling perfectly. Inspired by a blooming garden, the table mixes soft florals, natural textures, and sweet bunny details for a look that feels festive, welcoming, and effortlessly pretty. A Table Full of Spring Blooms The centerpiece of the table is f

A Victorian Mistake That Became a Classic by Clyde Van Arsdall VI Food stories fascinate me, and the story of Worcestershire sauce is a good one. This fermented sauce has roots in India, where an English Lord served as a governor. He fell in love with this exotic sauce and, upon returning home to Worcester, England, in 1835, he contacted two local chemists, John Lea and William Perrins, to try to recreate it. The chemists reverse-engineered the sauce, but upon tasting it, th