The premier of “Return To Dwight and Nile: The Crash of PSA Flight 182” will be at 8 p.m. on April 7 at UltraStar Cinemas Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Dr., Mission Valley. The film by David Fresina documents the collision of a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner and a small private plane over North Park on Sept. 25, 1978, killing 144 people. Tickets for the film are $10 at ultrastarmovies.com.

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North Park resident and former San Diego City Council candidate Stephen Whitburn announced last week that he will challenge Ron Roberts in his bid for reelection to the County Board of Supervisors. Joining Whitburn and Roberts in the primary June 8 will be Shelia Jackson, Margaret Moody and Juan del Rio. Roberts represents District 4, which includes Uptown.

Meanwhile, in City Council District 2 (Old Town, Mission Hills, Bankers Hill), incumbent Kevin Faulconer will face Patrick Finucane and Jim Morrison.

North Park resident Kevin Beiser and Steve Rosen are vying Katherine Nakamura for her San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees seat.

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At its March 9 meeting the Hillcrest Town Council authorized its steering committee to make a selection for a “resident seat” on the Uptown Partnership board. Applications for the three-year term are at hillcresttowncouncil.com. Deadline is March 29 at 5 p.m.

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Cinderella’s Attic Prom Boutique will be March 28 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Wood Room Performing Arts Studio, 3800 30th St., North Park. The annual event offers new and lightly used formal dresses, shoes and accessories – including shawls, purses and jewelry – free of charge. Fashion experts will be on hand to assist shoppers, and all high school girls will be entered into a drawing for gift certificates.

“Prom has become an expensive event, so we’re doing what we can to help girls feel confident, look like the belle of the ball, and at the same time make prom a little more affordable,” said Kerry Spark, president of Cinderella’s Attic.

For more information, go to cinderellasattic.org.

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The Mission Hills Garden Club will meet March 24 at 6 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, 4070 Jackdaw St. Special guest Carvil Veech will lead a workshop on floral arranging for home and competition, using inexpensive materials and simple ideas. The program is free for members and $10 for guests. For more information, go to missionhillsgardenclub.org.

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The North Park Planning Committee elected eight members and appointed officers at its March 16 meeting. Sal Arechiga, Robert Barry, Steve Chipp, Cheryl Dye, Lucky Morrison, Christy Scannell and Rene Vidales were named to two-year terms, while Brandon Cohen was selected for a one-year term. Officers are Rob Steppke, chairperson; Vicki Granowitz, vice-chair; Christy Scannell, secretary; and Steve Chipp, treasurer.

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Best-selling book editor Laurie Gibson will lead “Book Publishing 1-2-3: From the Writer’s Fingers to the Reader’s Hands,” March 28 from noon-1 p.m. at Cafe Libertalia, 3834 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest. The workshop is designed to help aspiring authors get published and market their work. Fee is $10, which includes handouts and discounts on Gibson’s manuscript review services. For more information, call (858) 635-1233 or e-mail [email protected].

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The San Diego Art Department, 3830 Ray St., North Park, will host an open house March 20 from 6-9 p.m. featuring an instructor exhibition. The free event will include several artist demonstrations and interactive projects for youth and adults. Instructors will be available to answer questions about their artwork, process and class offerings. For more information, go to sdartdept.com or call 299-4278.

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The Save Our Heritage Organisation’s annual Historic Home Tour is March 21. Five Seventh Avenue private homes, rarely open to the public, will be on view, plus participants can bet on a silent auction, browse the Marston House Museum Shop’s sale and purchase food from North Park’s Cardamom Bakery in the Marston House formal garden. The self-guided tour is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $24 for members, $30 for non-members and $35 the day of the tour. For tickets or more information, go to sohosandiego.org or call 297-9327.

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A scoping meeting for the University Avenue Mobility Plan will be March 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the North Park Recreation Center, 4044 Idaho St., North Park. The City of San Diego Planning and Community Investment Department will present the project, which proposes to calm traffic on a 1.25-mile long segment of University Avenue between Florida and Boundary streets at a cost of $3.4 million. The meeting is open to the public.

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The quarterly South Park Walkabout will be March 27 from 6-10 p.m. with South Park shops open late – many offering specials and refreshments – and live musical entertainment. A trolley will supply rides and stops at the main South Park shopping areas (Juniper, Grape and Beech streets). Free parking is available at Christ United Presbyterian Church (30th Street between Elm and Fir streets) and Gala Foods (corner of Grape and Fern streets). For more information, go to southparkscene.com.

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“When the Earth Shook,” a fundraiser and information session about the Haiti earthquake, will be March 28 at Kensington Café, 4141 Adams Ave., Kensington. Chris Bessenecker, director of programs at Project Concern International and a Kensington resident, will offer his first-hand account of the earthquake’s effects and the efforts to rebuild. PCI is a non-profit health and humanitarian aid organization based in San Diego dedicated to preventing disease, improving community health and promoting sustainable development. Kensington Café will donate proceeds from food and drink purchases during the event to PCI’s Haiti relief fund.

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The North Park Farmers Market at University Avenue and 32nd Street has extended its hours on Thursdays, opening at 3 p.m. and closing at 8 p.m. County Supervisor Ron

Roberts’ office is providing $16,500 through the county’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Program for improvements to the market’s promotional materials. North Park Main Street, which operates the market, plans to use the funds to publicize the market and to extend its banner program, incorporating the expanded North Park business improvement district. As a further enhancement to the market, North Park business owners Alma Rodriguez of Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center and Dang Nguyen of Bar Pink have volunteered to coordinate live entertainment from local musicians for each week’s market.

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The Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group elected seven to its board on March 10. Bob Coffin, John M. Garrison, Gail Greer, Guy Hanford, Sean Harrison, Sherry Hopwood and Pam Hubbell were elected to two-year terms. The group also approved a request to the City of San Diego to increase notice requirements from 300 to 1000 feet for specified development projects.

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The Robin Henkel Band with Horns will play at 8 p.m. on March 28 at Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. Tickets are $8 for all ages. For more information, go to lestats.com or call 282-0437. Lestat’s is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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The National Foundation for Autism Research (NFAR) is holding its sixth annual San Diego Race for Autism in Balboa Park on March 27. The 5K run/walk raises funds for programs that benefit San Diego children diagnosed with autism. For more information, go to nfar.org.

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Camarada, a chamber music ensemble, will perform a set of Irish tunes at 6:30 p.m. on March 20 at the Perry L. Meyer Fine Art Gallery, 2400 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. Founded by Mission Hills resident Beth Ross-Buckley (flute), the group also includes Fred Benedetti (guitar) and Mary Ann Carr (soprano). Selections will feature popular Irish and English melodies such as “Scarborough Fair,” “The Irish Waltz” and “Keltic Karma.” For more information, go to camarada.org.

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Sullivan Solar Power will host a solar energy workshop at noon on March 27 at Balboa Park’s Mingei International Museum. Homeowners can learn about the city’s new Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) solar financing program and other rebates and incentives for installing renewable technology systems. The seminar is free. For more information, go to sullivansolarpower.com.

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Women Empowered Living Life (WELL), a support group for Type 2 or pre-diabetic adult women, will have its first meeting from 10:30-noon on March 27 at the St. Brigid Parish Hall, 4735 Cass St., Pacific Beach. Speakers will be Dr. Christine Eros; Andy Eros, exercise physiologist; and Elizabeth Podsiadlo, San Diego Opera’s “Singing Chef.”

Information will be available for creating neighborhood groups throughout the city. The meeting is free, although participants are requested to RSVP by calling Mary Hyde at (858) 274-4933 or e-mailing [email protected].

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San Diego Coastkeeper, an organization seeking to protect coastal waters, will launch its quarterly Signs of the Tide public forum with a panel discussion on April 1 from 6-8 p.m. at the Elementary Institute of Science, 608 51st St., Emerald Hills. Journalist Emily Alpert will moderate a panel consisting of San Diego Unified School District Board President Richard Barrera, San Diego Science Alliance Executive Director Nancy Taylor and a Clean Tech representative, followed by a session of small group discussions.

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California Assembly Member Lori Saldaña (D-San Diego) is introducing a bill to ensure that professional sports teams who receive public funding provide local broadcasts of their games, even when tickets remain available.

“When professional teams receive public funds for facility upgrades and new stadium construction, it is because taxpayers and elected officials recognize the economic ‘ripple effect’ from their games,” Saldaña said.

While Major League Baseball games are rarely blacked out, the National Football League’s rules say games can be blacked out in a team’s home television market if the stadium is not sold out 72 hours before kickoff. Under fire last fall for imposing the decades-old blackout rule in the middle of a historic recession, the NFL refused to lift the rule even temporarily.

Saldaña said the NFL isn’t hurting financially from broadcasting their games, with network and cable contracts amounting to tens of billions of dollars.

“The least the NFL can do in exchange for the hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer support is to make a commitment to broadcast all home games,” Saldaña said. “But since they’ve made it clear they aren’t willing to do that, we’ll have to consider pulling the plug on public subsidies.”