Winter Wonderland was presented by the ARC of San Diego on Dec. 2 at the US Grant Hotel Downtown. Guests were able to purchase gifts at the vendor boutique and the silent auction for Holiday shopping. At noon all the attendees moved to the main ballroom for the luncheon and fashion show. Maria Stanl

Rosita Beaty debuted The Black R.A.C. (Rosita Alexander Collections) at Marina Village in Mission Bay on Dec. 3. The guests streamed into the Bayview Room all wearing white. They definitely were dressed to impress and all one could see was a sea of white.Beaty partnered up with Ramon Ivey Co. to pro

In 1936, artist Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu painted a colorful Works Progress Administration lobby mural installed in the La Jolla Post Office (built in 1935) at 1040 Wall St., which is still intact; the building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.The painted oil-on-canvas mural