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There's intense fighting in the east of Ukraine, new information on a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation, and a possible cholera outbreak in Mariupol.

From books about the history of AIDS activism and affecting personal narratives to cozy mysteries and plenty of romance, we've rounded up eight books to help you mark Pride Month.

Trees have been encroaching on the Great Plains, shrinking grazing acres and contributing to an increase in wildfires. But private landowners are working to restore grasslands with controlled burns.

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

In this character series brought by San Diego Writers, Ink., students will work with the instructor to learn key concepts in characterization, such as motive, desires and how life differs and overlaps with fiction and learn to both analyze character interior in literary works as well as apply these learning to their own writing projects. Each session will be accompanied by a few optional reading and writing practices that help student solidify concepts and techniques discussed. Read and critique: students are strongly encouraged to submit pages (1-5) from their writing projects to share and critique on elements of craft (e. g, characterization.) Session 1. Character Motive—Staging • Discuss and give a brief overview of character arc. • Study character motives as demonstrated in literature and in life. Reading and writing practices. Session 2. Genres and Characterization • Brief review and recap material from prior session(s). • Examine mechanisms genre fiction employ to build, develop and dismantle their protagonists. Reading: (bring your favorite genre fiction passage) and writing practices. Session 3. Character Vulnerability—Secrets and Taboos • Brief review and recap material from prior session(s). • Discuss secrets, taboos and other ways that make characters vulnerable. • Study and analyze routines and other ways characters may use to maintain control. Reading and writing practices. Session 4. Character Transformation–Breaking Points • Brief review and recap material from prior session(s). • Study and analyze ways characters might let go of their secrets or in other ways relinquish control. • Discuss, write and understand ways they might resist and/or embrace this change. Reading and writing practices. Date | Tuesdays, October 12, 19, 26 and November 2 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location | Online Register here! SDWI Members: $144 Non-SDWI Members: $168 For more information, please visit sandiegowriters.org or call (619) 696-0363.

Neda Toloui-Semnani shares the story of her parents, two Iranian students who met at Berkeley in 1969 and later, in Iran, worked to build a more democratic nation. Her father was executed in 1983.

Some California lawmakers want to use taxpayer money to purchase water rights from farmers.

Cinema Junkie has been on a quarantine break but I decided that July, the month of Comic-Con, would be a great time to make a comeback. My first guest is someone who not only fits the spirit of Comic-Con, but also is a longtime friend and frequent Cinema Junkie guest and that is Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg, a.k.a. Doctor of the Dead. We've bonded over zombies in the past and now I want to tap into a different side of his expertise to talk about comic book movies. Join the KPBS Cinema Junkie LIVE Relaunch Twitch Party at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 15. The party is being hosted on Twitch by DJ (and neuroscientist) Eric Leonardis. Details here: www.facebook.com/events/1799194123584814 Follow Cinema Junkie online at www.kpbs.org/cinemajunkie or on Facebook (www.facebook.com/cinemajunkieblog). Follow Beth Accomando on Instagram and Twitter as Cinebeth. If you would like to be considered for a Share Your Addiction or Cold Turkey segment then send an email to baccomando@kpbs.org and put "Rant" or "Rave" in the subject line. Cinema Junkie was created and written by Beth Accomando with help from Kinsee Morlan, Emily Jankowski and Rebecca Chacon.

Adventures by the Book® was created to offer worldwide opportunities to connect readers with authors and their books through unique, innovative and interesting events and travels. And if ever there were a book to represent our mission, Around the World in 80 Books is the one! This is your opportunity to virtually travel around the world with David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University’s Department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature. Join us live on Fireside to journey through the places, times and people who have made our world literature. Get ready to travel the globe on a unique adventure where you can chat live with Damrosch to discuss his book and world literature, ask questions, and converse with him “on stage.” Date | Tuesday, November 9 at 4 p.m. PST Location | Virtually through Fireside Join here! Admission to this event is unique, as Fireside is open by invite only. Simply purchase a book below and we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. Additional information: • If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can be in the virtual audience to converse live with the author. For other apps, you will have the opportunity to listen to the live broadcast on our Fireside public profile page. • Your adventure includes a hardcover copy of Around the World in 80 Books, tax, shipping within the U.S. and Canada, a live Fireside chat with David Damrosch, Q&A session, and the opportunity to virtually travel around the world with a renowned Harvard University Professor of Comparative Literature. For more information, please visit AdventuresByTheBook.com or call (619) 300-2532.

The change comes after inewsource reported that people without photo IDs were denied COVID-19 vaccines.