SEAN DuFRENE / Union-Tribune Elizabeth Holland didn't know her husband, Earl, when he was 20 and in the Army Air Corps (family photo, inset), but she said he was proud of his military service and wanted Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery to be his final resting place. “We thought we were going to have a place to come visit him,” she said.

Earl Holland, a World War II veteran, had long thought of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery as a dignified place to be buried. When he died two years ago, his wife, Elizabeth, wasn't ready emotionally for a funeral. She scattered half of his cremated remains from a plane over the ocean off Carlsbad, then kept the other half in an urn by her bed.

The Carolina Herrera brand came to Mission Valley about a month ago in the form of a new CH boutique at Fashion Valley mall. The store is a stiletto's throw from Bloomingdale's and features Herrera's more affordable line of clothing, accessories and lifestyle products.

Beginning next week, there will be a new section in your Sunday newspaper that combines the best of Sunday Currents and Passages. On Dec. 23, Currents Passages will focus on engaging people profiles as well as bringing you the other familiar Passages features – Wedding Portrait, Snapshots, How They Met.