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President Joe Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The rocket cleared the launchpad and separated from its booster, surpassing the first attempt. But minutes later, controllers lost contact with the vehicle.

With Congress increasingly polarized, there are growing calls to replace the winner-take-all approach for House elections with a system that advocates say could better reflect the country's diversity.

It can be heartbreaking to let go of a hand-made rug or sweater that a loved one didn't quite finish. A group of volunteer knitters, quilters and other crafters offer some closure.

From the gallery: Quint Gallery is thrilled to announce Swank, a forthcoming installation by Jean Lowe. Lowe will repurpose Quint Gallery’s La Jolla location into an unauthorized GMC auto dealership. The centerpiece of this simulation is the HUMMER EV, the recently-revealed electric reboot of the Hummer H2. Despite the H2’s loyal following and association with American military power and poor gas mileage, the era of this off-roading truck came to a close in 2009, ceasing production amid an economic recession and gas crisis. Enter the SWANK TANK: Lowe’s to-scale sculptural reproduction of the new electric Hummer SUPERTRUCK. Painted in Lowe’s immediate style, it measures 18 feet in length and is constructed from cardboard and wood supports centered on the gallery floor. Characteristics true to a car dealership are also manufactured through Lowe’s filter and immerse viewers in a caricature of luxury. Here at SWANK, customers are invited to lounge on precisely reproduced modernist furniture, where they may enjoy some light reading while waiting to be attended to by a knowledgeable team member. In Lowe’s reimagining, the Quint Gallery staff is cast as Hummer representatives, the gallery walls lined with their portraits as well as other recent paintings by the artist and her husband, Kim MacConnel. Lowe’s dedication to craft is invariably matched by her cleverly incisive approach to content, eschewing exact replicas for surreal interpretations of everyday objects that poke fun at our consumerist impulses. Read more here. Related events: Opening reception: Oct. 1, 4-6 p.m. La Jolla Art and Wine Festival: Oct. 8-9 Jean Lowe received her MFA from the University of California, San Diego, and was a lecturer there until 2008. She has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. A survey of Lowe’s work, Your Place in the Multiverse, opened at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University in 2021 and traveled to the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, in March 2022. Lowe lives and works in Encinitas, CA. Swank will be on view from October 1 until November 26. There will be an opening reception on October 1st from 4 to 6 PM. On October 8th and 9th, Quint Gallery will host an interactive booth and immersive experience during the La Jolla Art and Wine Festival. Related links: Quint Gallery on Instagram

Join the Living Coast Discovery Center for a fangtastic after-hours evening full of food, fun, and ghouls! Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, from 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Celebrate the spooky season with an evening of trick-or-treating, mysterious animal encounters, a Folklorico performance, Dia de Muertos stories, eerie night hikes, a haunted graveyard, arts & crafts, and more! Food will be available for purchase featuring Simply Fresh. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Throughout the evening: 4:30 - 7 p.m. Mad Science Lab Trick or Treating Broken Bones Discovery Table Haunted Graveyard Experience Spooky Animal Encounters Dia de Muertos Stories Arts & Crafts Backyard Games Eerie Night Hike: 5:15 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Folklorico Performance: 5:30 p.m. Costume Parade: 6:45 p.m. PRICING: MEMBERS: $25 NON-MEMBERS: $30 *Children 2 (two) and under are free Visit: https://www.thelivingcoast.org/programs-events-upcoming-events/owl-o-ween/ Living Coast Discovery Center on Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

Acrylic pour is also called fluid art or liquid art. Participants create abstract masterpieces by letting pigment run amok. September 23 from 2-3:30 p.m. September 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $20/M, $30/NM Register Now: www.ljcommunitycenter.org/art-receptions La Jolla Community is on Facebook

To woo workers, Kentucky made child care free for child care workers. It's been an effective way to keep child care centers open and staffed.

From the KPBS weekend arts preview: The Nunavut Inuit indigenous community in Canada follows at least six seasons on their calendar, based on hunting and migration cues. This calendar informed a new work from composer and UC San Diego professor of music Lei Liang, based on a long collaboration with Scripps Institute of Oceanography scientists — specifically recordings made from the floor of the remote Chukchi Sea by oceanographers. In a live performance, Liang weaves new music with those sounds from the ocean, including water noises, the movement of ice and the sounds of belugas and other ocean creatures. The composition's title might suggest Vivaldi, but Liang's piece explores the transitions and journeys found in the sea, inspired by each Inuit season. The piece is for electronics (the recordings) and strings (primarily in response to the recordings), commissioned by Mivos Quartet, and they'll perform the work in a unique and immersive concert presented by ArtPower UCSD. Details: 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Conrad Prebys Music Center, 9500 Gilman Dr., UC San Diego. $9-$30. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From ArtPower: UC San Diego Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor, composer Lei Liang has been collaborating with Scripps oceanographers John Hildebrand and Joshua Jones in exploring the sound of the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic—one of the most inaccessible places to humans on earth. The resulting composition, Six Seasons, combines the sound of the ambient environment (ice, waves, wind), its inhabitants (beluga whales, bowhead whales, bearded seals)—captured by hydrophones deployed at the sea floor—and creative response from one of the world’s leading contemporary music string quartets, Mivos Quartet. Related links: Event information from ArtPower Mivos Quartet on Instagram

San Diego’s housing shortage is a problem that has dogged city leaders for years, and it’s increasingly becoming a flash point for residents.