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More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently.

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forgo bonuses.

Some consumers sign up for Obamacare and find out later they actually purchased a membership to a health care sharing ministry. But regulators and online advertising sites don't do much about it.

This 5-week session provides an opportunity to develop that idea in your head into a script, or hone and develop your current play-in-progress. Playwriting format and essentials will be covered in the first class. Both group and individual feedback is offered to writers throughout the workshop. Aleta Barthell is a playwright and teaching artist in the San Diego area and a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the San Diego region. Aleta received her Bachelor of Science in Theater from Northwestern University and trained at the British American Drama Academy and Shakespeare & Company. Aleta studied playwriting/screenwriting at UCSD. Her stage play, WINDOW OF SHAME, is a finalist with the 2020 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and was a finalist for the 2016 HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize. Aleta is currently developing a television series about the 12th century queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Note: This hybrid session will be held via Zoom for the first four classes and IN PERSON for the last class on February 13, 2022, at our Liberty Station space (2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Barracks 16, Suite 204). If you cannot attend the final session in person, there will be a Zoom link available. To attend the in-person session, please submit either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of the event using this Google Form. Masks are also required for everyone except the instructor/presenter. Thank you for your compliance! For more information on this event and class registration please visit HERE!

What do a railway in Iran, a mountainous national park in Thailand and a spa town in the Czech Republic have in common? They're all part of a newly announced group of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The humanitarian aid group Border Kindness leaves water and other aid in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say people are ill-prepared for conditions on uncharted trails.

All Boys Aren't Blue, a memoir for teens and young adults about growing up Black and queer, appeared on many "best books" lists when published in 2020. It's being challenged in some U.S. counties.

Residents said they have struggled to stay sober in the face of widespread drug use inside the treatment center.

Online searches for the word "gaslighting" on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before, leading the reference publishing company to name it the word of the year.

Russia's communications regulator says it will fine Wikipedia up to $47,000 for not complying with requests to take down information. It has made similar warnings to Google about YouTube videos.