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Grammy-nominated artist Jack Johnson will perform live at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on Friday, October 7 at 6 p.m. WHEN | Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 ‣ This event starts at 6 p.m. WHERE| North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre ‣ 2050 Entertainment Circle, Chula Vista, California 91911 ADMISSION | Tickets can be purchased here! ‣ Tickets start at $50+ SOCIALS| Follow Jack Johnson on Facebook | Instagram |Twitter

Police in Willowbrook, Ill., responded to gunfire coming from a Juneteenth celebration shortly after midnight on Sunday. Officials said multiple people were rushed to area hospitals.

State lawmakers are racing to extend emergency statewide eviction protections that are set to expire on Thursday. Plus, the California Taskforce on Reparations has finally answered one of its thorniest questions– who will actually be eligible for those reparations. The decision came after a long day of heated debate. After, as health officials prepare for what could be the next wave of COVID-19 infections what do we know about the BA.2 variant compared to other omicron variants? Later, newly arrived Afghan immigrants are settling into their lives in San Diego, while thousands of others wait inside Afghanistan. Next, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California has introduced a bill to help get rid of student loans for front line health care workers. Finally, a new report on safety inspections at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County has found failures by inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Celebrating 50 years of Oktoberfest in El Cajon, this is a family-friendly festival that began in 1972, promoting traditional German culture, including entertainment provided by our popular band Guggenbach-Buam, who join us from Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Enjoy folk dances, games, and contests, vendor booths, and let your youngsters go crazy in the Kids’ Zone! On Saturday nights, the clubhouse is also open for dancing (8 PM to midnight), with live German music. On Friday, September 30, at 6:30 p.m., join us for our opening parade and ceremonial "Tapping the Wooden Keg." And at 8 p.m. Sunday, October 9, we’ll draw the ticket of the winner of our Grand Prize, a round-trip ticket for two to Germany! Raffle tickets can be purchased throughout the entire festival, with frequent door prize drawings, too. Try authentic German food such as bratwurst, ox-on-the-spit, potato salad, potato pancakes, pretzels, sauerkraut and red cabbage, plus a mouth-watering variety of German pastries. Soft drinks and adult beverages are sold, featuring a fantastic selection of German beers on draft, plus wines and a full bar. Bring your family and invite your friends to join you at the real German Oktoberfest in El Cajon! For more information, phone (619) 442-6637 or visit www.OktoberfestElCajon.com. Follow us on Facebook for updated information. See you there!

Garibaldi, the Southern Italian-inspired rooftop hotspot in downtown San Diego, has recently partnered with acclaimed local photographer and ocean activist Oriana Poindexter. Sharing a common love of all things oceanic, Garibaldi is proud to feature Oriana’s art as part of their refreshed design. To celebrate this partnership, and the opening of the site-specific cyanotype installation, Giants of Point Loma, the community is welcome to join Garibaldi and Oriana on Saturday, September 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a complimentary, non-ticketed happy hour on Garibaldi's expansive deck that overlooks the San Diego bay. Guests can watch the sunset and enjoy Sardinian cheeses, crudités, and charcuterie while interacting with Oriana and asking questions about her work. Limited pieces of Oriana’s art, which have been featured by the Getty Museum and The Wall Street Journal, will be available for purchase. Follow Garibaldi on Instagram!

Everything Must Go Sept. 10 - Oct. 15, 2022 Opening Reception 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10. From the gallery: BEST PRACTICE is pleased to announce the opening of Everything Must Go, an exhibition of an ongoing body of paintings by Keaton Macon. In these works, the artist has rendered in oil on canvas one to one scale images of album covers from his personal record collection. The paintings in Everything Must Go continue Keaton’s interest in tactile media. Each record derives from an impression of a master copy; the grooves deepen and often are ruined by use and misuse. Despite their delicate surface the records’ robust bodies allows for them to be circulated and recirculated over decades entering and exiting the lives and spaces of many people. These paintings, each composed with the signs of use and recirculation (price tags) of the objects they depict serve as a document of that process. The eclectic nature of the artist’s record collection, amassed over the last two decades by rifling through dollar bins and as gifts from friends and family, speaks to the wide range of his musical interests. The selection of records as subjects for paintings is nuanced and is made based on a personal and intuitive relationship to form and text. About the artist: Keaton Macon is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator working in drawing, painting, and installation. He uses images, objects, and sound to allude to historical events and collective memory, and the gaps in knowledge and experience that they produce. These arrangements often skirt attempts of piecing back together events, in favor of producing sensory experiences that ground the viewer in the now. His work has been exhibited at 356 Mission, Queens Los Angeles, Laurel Doody, PØST, RAFFMA at California State University San Bernardino, Shosanna Wayne Gallery, and was part of the KChungproject series at The Hammer. Recently, Macon was included in the MexiCaliBiennial and The Other Places Art Fair. Related links: Best Practice on Instagram Best Practice visiting information

In response to our callout, you shared (and crooned) bedtime musical selections that work magic. (Well, except for the mom who tried an Enya song and whose kid begged, "Stop singing!")

John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost.

Bangladeshi-Irish author Adiba Jaigirdar's latest YA romance promises a spoonful of drama and a dash of deception, leading to a well-baked resolution.

Local non-profits say they are stretched too thin to take on extra cases and some community leaders have said more migrants are not welcome.