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Join us for UC San Diego's 24th Annual César E. Chávez Celebration Kickoff. The signature kickoff event will feature keynote speaker María Dolores Águila, a Chicana poet and author of "Barrio Rising," the KPBS 2024 “One Book, One San Diego” kids selection. Deeply inspired by Chicane history and art, she seeks to write empowering and inclusive stories about everything she learns. Time: Thursday, April 3 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Location: Price Center Ballroom Hosted by the César E. Chávez Celebration Month planning committee. For more information, please contact cesarchavezcelebrate@ucsd.edu.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A Dolly Parton memoir, the show Reacher, the game Dredge, and the song "Bittersweet" by Semma.

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.

When Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had a genetic condition, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. "My relationship with technology became so much more intense," she says.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.

The storms were part of a severe weather system Friday that caused damage in Missouri, left hundreds of thousands without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a heat wave to Texas.

Massachusetts Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade authorities more than seven years ago. Her case is still unresolved.

The fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria returned to San Diego Thursday after a seven-month deployment to the western Pacific.

County health officials have recorded 98 probable and confirmed cases of people who fell ill with salmonella symptoms after dining at a Clairemont restaurant, a county health spokesperson said Thursday.

An attempt by DOGE to assign a team to the independent Government Accountability Office was rejected Friday. The GAO is part of the legislative branch and not subject to DOGE's request.