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A San Diego woman is using a home kitchen program to turn her 88-year-old mother’s recipes into a business while cooking them together.
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Scientists say we’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to understanding and mapping the plants around us. In this episode, we meet the everyday people using an app called iNaturalist to help discover, document and protect biodiversity — sometimes even ending up in scientific papers. -
KPBS Midday EditionMother-daughter duo Zoe and Susie Ghahremani join Midday Edition to talk about their latest book, "Celebrate Nowruz." Then, a preview of the San Diego Latino Film Festival. And, your weekend preview.
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The film will focus on chapters in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring that were left out of the first movie in the trilogy. -
In his Prime Video series, Ahmed plays a struggling actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. Ahmed says Bond is a "symbol of aspiration, this unattainable kind of self" his character is pursuing.
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As Nowruz, the Persian New Year marking the start of spring, begins Friday. Zohreh and Susie Ghahremani share its traditions in "Celebrate Nowruz," a new children's book told through a young girl’s perspective. -
Encinitas Art Commission proposes cultural goals for the city’s general plan after disagreements over which sculptures qualified for installation left pedestals empty for months.
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Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations. -
The story is fundamentally hopeful, just like Andy Weir's The Martian.
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The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser. -
Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.
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Inside the park, the Padres added two new video boards to the first- and third-base towers. They will display real-time pitchers' statistics. -
Lucille Miller was convicted of killing her husband in 1965. Now her daughter Debra reflects on her own traumatic childhood and its lingering effects in The Most Wonderful Terrible Person. -
Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection. -
At the new Soil Health Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, scientists are developing a probiotic that could give plants the microbes they need to grow healthier and stronger. -
The groups, which include the American Institute of Architects, are asking for compliance with historic preservation laws and to secure approval from Congress.
Latest Arts Events
Teen Short Story Club
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 4 PM to 5 PM
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Mission Valley Branch Library
Free
Exhibition Reception for 'Cartographies of Loss: Parallel Cities' - Monica Arreola and Jackie Castillo
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 4 PM to 7 PM
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San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery
Free
Film Forum Coronado: 'The Birds’
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 6 PM
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Coronado Public Library
Free
Piper x Uka Sake Dinner
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 6 PM
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Piper at The Seabird Resort
$107.10
March Mingle - San Diego's largest tech networking event
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 7 PM to 10 PM
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Novo Brazil Mission Valley
40
The Motet
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 8 PM
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Belly Up Tavern
$35.80
One Direction Trivia at The Duck Dive
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 8 PM to 10 PM
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The Duck Dive
$7.18
Kids Eat Free Monday Through Wednesday at The Shores Restaurant
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 7 AM
Ongoing until April 29, 2026
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The Shores Restaurant
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