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Artists and community organizers are seeking to transform a stretch of Imperial Avenue in San Diego's Encanto neighborhood into the state's first Black Arts and Culture District.

Protesters in Sri Lanka who spent the weekend occupying the president's palace have now entered and torched the prime minister's private mansion as well.

Businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker is the latest to join Barbie's line of Inspiring Women dolls. Walker's great-great-granddaughter said she hopes the doll will show kids they too can be entrepreneurs.

A new play written by Tony Award® nominated artist Charlayne Woodard gets its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse. Co-directed by Patricia McGregor and Delicia Turner Sonnenberg A Co-Production with Baltimore Center Stage Written by the Tony Award® nominated artist Charlayne Woodard, this moving world-premiere play explores the complex relationship between two “alpha” women: Claire Rose, an elderly Black woman, and her middle-aged daughter, Cassandra. After not speaking to each other for the past three years, Cassandra shows up unexpectedly at her mother’s garden gate, attempting to reconcile old wounds. Both women give as good as they get, taking us on a rollercoaster ride unearthing conflicts and secrets of the past, and creating magic in the process. Production Sponsors: La Cuisine Custom Catering The Paula Marie Black Endowment for Women’s Voices in the Art of Theatre September 21 – October 17, 2021 Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre COVID-19 safety information can be found here. As of Aug. 18, 2021, LJPH requires proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 48 hours of your performance, and that masks be worn for all patrons inside the theater. ACCESS Performance (ASL interpretation): Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ACCESS Performance (audio description): Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

They include a ban on chokeholds, requiring officers to intercede if they see colleagues overreacting, and ending the careers of officers under some circumstances.

How to not just survive the pop culture convention but enjoy it.

In a race that could decide the fate of the Senate, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is facing retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, a Republican who falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen.

Our weekend picks for the arts include plays by emerging Black playwrights, Bryan Ali Sanchez's solo exhibition at Bread and Salt, San Diego Symphony's innovative performance, a virtual dance performance, contemporary trumpet, harp and percussion.

Our picks for the arts this weekend: Tom Driscoll at ICE Gallery, Anne Mudge, Kline Swonger, Marisol Rendón and Bianca Juarez at Cannon Art Gallery. Plus Sine Kwento Filipino stories and film, Camarada's Latin chamber music and ArtWalk Liberty Station is back.

The IRS is delaying the 2020 tax filing deadline until May 17. How will provisions in the latest stimulus bill will affect your taxes? Plus, Moderna has begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12, another step to getting everyone protected. Then, San Diego’s freeways and public transportation were empty in the early days of the pandemic. Traffic and transit ridership are now recovering, but will they ever come back all the way? And, Carlsbad’s GenMark Diagnostics, developer of rapid COVID-19 testing kits, was sold for $1.8 billion — a testament to the San Diego region’s biotech industry innovation during the pandemic. Also, the controversy over how to safely move millions of pounds of nuclear waste from the shuttered San Onofre power plant is back in the headlines. And, efforts to improve the environment around the Salton Sea were widely expected to begin at Red Hill Bay in 2015 but the project remains undone. Finally, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with Turner Classic Movies host Eddie Muller about contextualizing classic films that might be problematic and often downright offensive for contemporary audiences.