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Poet laureate Jason Magabo Perez hopes to empower communities across San Diego to tell their stories through poetry and language.

Qualcomm and the San Diego Workforce Partnership brought the world of science and engineering to Hoover High School.

Academic researchers and student employees are demanding improved pay and working conditions.

John Singleton Copley began his career in Boston painting portraits which contributed vitally to the forging of a social identity for the American merchant class. While the American Revolution was brewing, Copley was busy painting portraits and expanding his reputation as the premiere artist in pre-Revolutionary America. His portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage was an unusual example. She was the wife of Thomas Gage, commander in chief of the British forces in North America. The beauty of her portrait was undisputed. The artist himself deemed it “beyond compare the best lady’s portrait I ever drew.” When he sent it to London, there were those who criticized it because they expected that a portrait of the distinguished wife of a British commander would be less artistic, less informal, a more rigorous likeness. Was there more to Margaret Kemble Gage than her beauty and her languid pose? Join us for this docent-led talk to learn more. Date | Thursday, June 2 from 11 a.m. to noon Location | Online Register here for free! For more information, please visit timkenmuseum.org/free-virtual-talk-john-singleton-copley-forger-of-american-identity or contact Alexandra Riley at ariley@timkenmuseum.org or by phone at (619) 550-5955.

This year’s San Diego Distillers Guild Festival returns at The Lane by Moniker Group, an exciting and expansive indoor-outdoor venue in Downtown San Diego highlighted by its panoramic views of sparkling San Diego Bay. Join us for this social and sensory experience featuring the best of San Diego distilling, including complimentary spirits and cocktails from 20+ craft distilleries, and live music —plus, the rare opportunity to meet expert distillers who have collectively received hundreds of industry awards. Gather your friends, grab your tickets and mingle among hundreds of cocktail connoisseurs (and plenty of people who simply love a great drink) at San Diego Distillers Guild Fest, the city’s first and only upscale spirits festival. Date | Saturday, August 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location | The Lane Get tickets here! Designated Driver Pass: $30 Super Early Bird Connoisseur Pass: $60 The San Diego Distillers Guild Fest is presented by the San Diego Distillers Guild. For more information, please visit sddistillersguildfest.com or email sddguildtreasurer@gmail.com.

Medicaid enrollment swelled during the pandemic. And some states are being especially aggressive at policing their rolls.

California lawmakers say they'll investigate why the state's gas prices are the highest in the U.S.

Record-breaking levels of rainfall in New York City, parts of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania flooded roadways and impacted travel throughout Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.

The vast majority of data collected from license plate readers are unrelated to criminal investigations. But to members of law enforcement, they’re a valuable tool with countless success stories. To activists, they offer the government an unrestricted view into people’s daily lives.

The onetime Silicon Valley has surrendered herself to federal authorities at the Bryan, Texas, prison camp, an all-female facility about 100 miles outside of Houston.