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The San Diego City Council will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to select their next president. In other news, a mother is suing the City of San Diego after a high-speed chase by police ended in the deaths of her sons. Plus, the Botanical Building in Balboa Park reopened on Dec. 6. Reporter Katie Anastas takes us inside the renovated building.

Please join us for interesting and informative talks on a wide variety of topics!! Each week we offer something new! LIFE= Learning Is For Everyone At 1 p.m. “Three Coins" by Dr. Russell Low, CSUSM* "Three Coins” tells the true story of Ah Ying, who in 1880 was kidnapped and brought to America as a 9-year-old child slave. Her indomitable spirit takes her from one trial to the next as she is rescued, elopes, and is kidnapped yet again on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown. At 2:30 p.m. "Balboa Park: Preserving San Diego's Crown Jewel" with Roger Showley, Balboa Park Committee 100* The Balboa Park Committee of 100 has been the oldest preservation group in the park. Hear Roger Showley's great story about their nearly 60 years of work in San Diego's crown jewel. Come early for a good seat! Refreshments, too! Visit: https://www.miracosta.edu/community/life.html MiraCosta College on Instagram and Facebook

Our roundup of arts and culture to discover in San Diego this month: Visual art, music, theater, dance, outdoor festivals, books, film and more. Up next: Art Alive at San Diego Museum of Art; WOW Festival at UC San Diego; San Diego Symphony's "The Mountain That Loved a Bird"; San Diego Book Crawl, Fern Street Circus Neighborhood Tour; Natalie Gonzalez at Oceanside Museum of Art; Sídro Saturdays at The Front; "Harvest & Gather" at the Athenaeum and more.

The San Diego Excursion is a repeat of the 1915 San Diego Road Race Centennial Celebration. Please join us on January 12th from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. to see over 50 vintage cars driving through Bankers Hill and Mission Hills as they travel to Point Loma to reenact the route used in the 1915 Point Loma road race, which was put on in conjunction with the start of the Panama-California. We'll leave the Automotive Museum in Balboa Park at 9AM and travel along the streets shown on the attached map. We’d love to wave and honk our old horns as a way of saying thanks for coming out to view the cars go by. You can stage anywhere along the route shown on the attached flier. Visit: San Diego Excursion and Centennial Race through Point Loma San Diego Automotive Museum on Instagram

The Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park will introduce you to an umbrella monster and more.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T is an electrifying tribute celebrating the music of the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. This concert experience takes audiences on a journey of love, tragedy, courage, and triumph. Starring a live band and supreme vocalists, come experience a night of music by one of the greatest artists of all time. The concert features all your favorite hits in one evening, including "Natural Woman,” “Think,” “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me,” “Chain of Fools,” “Respect,” and many more. You’ll be out of your seat and dancing in the aisles as you lose yourself in the music that inspired a generation. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is proudly presented by San Diego Theatres at Balboa Theatre on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Tickets are available via San Diego Theatres and Ticketmaster. Visit: https://sandiegotheatres.org/event/2025/02/respect

The Trump administration says it plans to layoff about 80,000 workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Experience the outdoor horror that is simply too big to house indoors! Located in San Diego's world famous Balboa Park, The Haunted Trail is a stroll through the park you will never forget. Make your way out of the eXperiment Maze before entering the mile long Trail through the grove of twisted pines and gnarled oaks. Visitors watch your back, you never know which way the scares will hit you! True to it’s reputation, these haunts are not for children under 10 or the faint of heart. Featured Haunts The eXperiment Maze To earn your passage through the mile long Trail, you must first make your way through the horrifying 3,500 square foot eXperiment maze. Brace yourself as your childhood Fairy Tales turn into adulthood SCARY TALES. Moldy Locks and her 3 Bears come out of hibernation looking for a tasty human morsel! But alas, Little Dead Riding Hood is actually the one to be most afraid of and of course the wild hungry wolves. Your other favorite childhood characters are lurking in the dark corners waiting just for you, including a cluster of Evil Queens buzzing all about and the 3 “not so little” pigs who circle you to get you confused, turned around, repulsed and ultimately devoured. The Haunted Trail If you make it through the Experiment Maze, you have earned the next adventure and begin the mile long journey through the Haunted Trail. Feel your way through the dark dense fog of the ghost filled graveyard, meander through the Demented Doll Island fishing village and see the Doll Keeper assemble his creepy creations. Climb aboard the Ghoul Bus where zombie prisoners share the horrifying ride with you, push your way through the adrenaline crazed clown house. Check in to the Haunted Hotel and visit the possessed girl in room number 666. Louisiana zombies have slithered up from the slime of the bayou to chase you through the swamp with their chainsaws blaring. It’s no “walk in the park”!! Visit: The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park on Instagram and Facebook

Enjoy a uniquely-San Diego experience at one of our city’s most iconic historic landmarks. Make the climb on a guided tour that highlights the origins of Balboa Park and the histories of some of the many diverse communities that call the region home. All tours culminate in breathtaking 360-degree views of San Diego from the Tower’s eighth-floor viewing deck–from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Cuyamaca Mountains in the east, and beyond. California Tower Tours are offered Wednesday through Sunday at the Museum of Us. Tours are 40 minutes long and accommodate up to six (6) people. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Museum admissions desk. Capacity is limited and tours sell out fast, so we recommend booking your tour online ahead of time to plan your visit. Visit: California Tower

The City of San Diego invited young people from its federally designated Promise Zone — from Barrio Logan to Encanto — to sample jobs and training programs.