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The USO has been closing dozens of airport lounges and on-base hospitality centers, but it's also opening others, including some in the military’s most remote locations. Then, San Diego hospitals are preparing for what could be a busy winter, as there are still worries of a triple-demic with COVID, the flu and RSV cases surging at once. Plus, a new 195-unit affordable housing complex is now open in City Heights.

With the passing of CA SB-107, making CA a sanctuary state for kids seeking gender-surgery from all over the USA, the rites of Cybele and Attis are now the law of the land. Some public discussion seems warranted. Opus Generis uses classical poetry to sketch the gender-identity formation process from Cybele and Attis, the boy unable to escape the mother-goddess, through the ups and downs of good and bad male role-models, to the Valentine's Day moment when Apollo, shot by Cupid's Arrow, turns from loving boys (Cyparissus) to girls (Daphne.) The show is intended to catalyze productive discussions about gender in the 21st century. To what extent is the Cybele and Attis story a model for how to live, and to what extent is it a nightmare from which we must learn to awaken? What would "conversion therapy" look like in Classical terms? How do we guide young men between the excesses of too-little and too-much male role-modeling? Greek & Latin will be performed by a professional reciter; scripts with illustrations and English translations will be provided; audience is invited to participate by reciting the English translations. OPUS GENERIS will be performed monthly in CA, to afford concerned citizens a chance to speak their minds. The highest standards of civilized and respectful discourse are expected. Time as been allotted for audience to tell their own stories of gender-success and gender-failure moments. OPUS GENERIS is operating in the same space as DQSH, but presents a forward-moving dialectic, from Cybele and Attis to Daphne & Apollo. Opus Generis consists of: • Catullus 63, Cybele & Attis (No male role-modeling at all; Attis is unable to pull away from the mother-goddess.) • Pindar Olympian #1, Poseidon & Pelops (Too much male role-modeling; Ganymede and Pelops aggressively pulled away by powerful male gods.) • Homer, Odyssey II: 1-128. Telemachos without Odysseus (Too little male role-modeling; Odysseus is completely absent from Telemachos's life.) • Ovid, Metamorphoses, Apollo and Cyparissus, and Daphne and Apollo. (Apollo now grown up enough to try to act independently. He turns away from boys and pursues a girl his own age. Unfortunately, both Apollo & Daphne are too father-bound to make a go of the relationship. But the moment of dawning heterosexuality is preserved in poetry.) (I note in passing that tensions seem to be rising on this issue. Cybele and Attis (Trans) is not the whole story, nor are young people born ready to choose their mates and marry. OPUS GENERIS is a map for crossing the territory. It looks like many young people are getting lost on that journey.)

Amini's family was attempting to board a flight to France to collect the prize, but authorities told them that they aren't allowed to leave Iran. Their passports were also confiscated.

The City of Carlsbad is bringing back the past at the Hot Rods & Cool Treats carnival and classic car show. Grab the family and come on out for some good old-fashioned fun. It’s an old-fashioned carnival at Pine Avenue Park with activities for the young and young at heart. Test your game skills in Can-Knock-Down, Ring Toss, Frog Hopper, and more. Enjoy crafts, face painting, and a Fun Zone. Build your own sundae at the ice cream bar and vote on your favorite car in the classic car show. Enjoy live music covering decades of sounds. Carnival tickets, food, and drinks are available for purchase at the event. How to enter your car: Cars are eligible to win in only one category. Entries will be limited to automobiles 1980 or older, no buses or semi-trailer rigs. All participants will receive an event collectors dash plate. Awards will be given out in seven categories: ‣ Best of show ‣ Best interior ‣ Best paint ‣ Best wooden car/wagon ‣ Most original car ‣ Kids’ choice ‣ Spectator’s choice There is a maximum of 30 cars for this event. Entries will be taken in the order received. Event may modify or cancel due to inclement weather.

A missing tomato sparked a lighthearted mystery for the astronauts on board the International Space Station — and it's finally been solved after months of accusations and intrigue.

Rick Rubin could have written about the music industry and insider stories. Instead, he spent eight years writing what is basically a spiritual text about making something meaningful.

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

In what’s being called a “binational collaboration exercise,” beginning Tuesday Mexican immigration officers will begin screening northbound traffic at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Then, San Diego could soon be saying farewell to styrofoam. The city council is set to hear a proposal Tuesday that would ban the sale and use of the product within the city. Plus, ever since museums have existed, directors have tried to imagine the best way to arrange and illuminate the objects on display. Now art museums are getting some help from science. Later, a maximum security prison might not be the first place you think of to celebrate a wedding. But it's where Edmond Richardson is marrying the love of his life, Avelina. Also, in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It,” Rosalind and Orlando meet at court but don’t truly find love until they’re banished to the forest. The La Jolla Playhouse offers a re-imagined play where identities can be fully explored through a cast of trans, non-binary and genderqueer performers. Finally, as we head into the season of joy, a new children’s book tries to capture the spiritual quest for joy and contentment.

Thousands of San Diegans turned out to participate in this year's Pride Parade, the first since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Democratic Texas State Senator John Whitmire defeated Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to win the nonpartisan election for Houston's mayor.