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Free concert series at Clairemont Square. Every Friday from Oct. 2- Nov. 6 from 6-9 p.m. Bring chairs and enjoy food and drinks for purchase at food court. Special Halloween Spooktacular and Clairemont birthday Oct. 16 from 4-6 p.m., followed by Love is a Rose, a Linda Ronstadt and Tom Petty cover band. Oct. 16 family activities include free pumpkin decorating, trick or treating in the mall, costume exchange, strolling magician, and food for sale. Thriller flash mob performance and adult costume contest!

First, the EPA was in Imperial County to meet with the public over the New River crisis. They say they’ll bring the same urgency to the New River crisis, as the Tijuana River crisis. Then, a campaign to teach patients and families about hospice care. And, a new website to help find child care. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with anti-corruption measures. Plus, The Midnight Pine is playing its last show.

The pop-up restaurant inspired by the Hasbro board game offers candy-themed decor, nostalgic food and interactive experiences inside Bayside Kitchen.

Illustrators Patrick Ballesteros and Genevieve Santos collaborated on a Comic-Con print that reimagines beloved characters through the traditional Filipino dance tinikling.

California’s wildfires are destroying forests faster than the state can replant them, and federal cuts are making the gap worse. One expert says the crisis is barely known — even though it could reshape half the state’s forests by 2071.

Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Rafael Payare, conductor Tasha Hokuao Koontz, soprano Nikola Printz, mezzo-soprano Viktor Antipenko, tenor Hansung Yoo, baritone JIMMY LÓPEZ: Symphony No. 6, "Monarch" BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral” Two symphonies – one newly written, one timeless – come together in a celebration of nature, humanity, and hope. Peruvian born composer and San Diego Symphony Composer in Residence Jimmy López draws inspiration from the natural world that unites the Americas along the Pacific coast. In his Symphony No. 6, he turns to one of nature’s most wondrous phenomena: the migration of monarch butterflies. López transforms their journey into sound—a vivid meditation on transformation, endurance, and the fragile harmony between life and environment. The program culminates with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a work that forever changed the symphonic form with its visionary finale setting of Friedrich Schiller’s "Ode to Joy." Written in defiance of personal struggle, the work transcends boundaries of time and culture, uniting orchestra, chorus, and audience in a single voice of exaltation. Its words and music – celebrating joy, brotherhood, and freedom – remain an anthem of shared humanity. Together, these two symphonies embody an unbroken continuum: López’s reflection on nature’s resilience and Beethoven’s immortal affirmation of the human spirit. In both, we are reminded of music’s power to lift us beyond division and reconnect us to wonder. San Diego Symphony on Facebook / Instagram

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Jeff Thayer, violin KLEIN: Partita for Strings BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 1 DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World” Joshua Weilerstein leads an East European journey of remembrance and rediscovery. The program opens with Gideon Klein’s Partita for strings, adapted from the young Czech Jewish composer’s 1944 "String Trio," written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp shortly before his death at age 25. Its Moravian folk song variations – tender, haunting, and defiant – are both a farewell and an elegy of hope. Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1, never heard in his lifetime, was written in 1907 as a love offering to violinist Stefi Geyer. Its two movements chart the arc of passion – from glowing lyricism to dazzling virtuosity – with music that reveals the composer’s heart at its most vulnerable. San Diego Symphony concertmaster Jeff Thayer performs as soloist. The concert closes with Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”, one of the world’s most beloved symphonies. Written during the composer’s American sojourn, it fuses Czech lyricism with the rhythms and spiritual depth of Black American music shared with him by composer Harry T. Burleigh. For some, it embodies the American experience; for others, it expresses the longing of exile. Whatever one’s perspective, its timeless melodies remind us that great music speaks across cultures – connecting memory, identity, and the universal human spirit. San Diego Symphony on Facebook / Instagram

We preview two featured books coming to the KPBS San Diego Book Festival — with topics ranging from mindfulness in motherhood, to the power of a good laugh.

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Osmo Vänskä, conductor Alessio Bax, piano SIBELIUS: "Pojhola’s Daughter" GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 Finnish maestro Osmo Vänskä returns to San Diego with a thrilling Nordic program featuring music by Sibelius, Grieg, and Nielsen – three towering voices of the North. Sibelius’s tone poem "Pohjola’s Daughter," inspired by the Finnish epic Kalevala, tells of a white bearded hero who glimpses the radiant daughter of the God of the North weaving gold on a rainbow. When she sets him impossible tasks, she vanishes into the sky, leaving him to journey alone through the frozen landscape. Sibelius translates this myth and the glow of the Northern Lights into orchestral poetry. Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor remains one of the most beloved Romantic concertos – lyrical, exuberant, and steeped in Norwegian folk-dance rhythms. Its soaring melodies and dazzling piano writing have captivated audiences for over a century. The program concludes with Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5, a gripping, two movement masterpiece written in the aftermath of World War I. Defiant and visionary, it contrasts serene lyricism with eruptive power, culminating in a blazing resolution in E flat Major. Its notorious snare drum battle still electrifies audiences, as chaos ultimately yields to radiant order – a breathtaking testament to human resilience and renewal. San Diego Symphony on Facebook / Instagram

Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos brings their energy to Jacobs Music Center, joined by the dazzling Ballet Folclórico Chiquina Palafox in a joyful celebration of Mexican traditions. Please Note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this Jacobs Music Center Special Presentation. Mariachi Los Camperos on Facebook / Instagram