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Culinary Historians of San Diego will present “Treasures of the Past: Lost Restaurants of San Diego,” with Martin S. Lindsay, at 10:30 a.m., May 21, in the Neil Morgan Auditorium of San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., San Diego. What makes a restaurant memorable, even years after it’s gone? Is it the location, food, the people, or the good times you had there? Join author Martin Lindsay as he takes us on a visual tour of some of the keepers — San Diego’s loved (and not so loved) long-lost restaurants. Martin S. Lindsay, AIGA, is an art director, author, and currently serves as board chair of Culinary Historians of San Diego. He blogs about food and history at ClassicSanDiego.com, and is author of “Ninety Years of Classic San Diego Tiki,” and has contributed to Tim Ferris’ bestseller “The 4-Hour Chef.” Martin has over 40 years experience in branding and design. His design firm serves the San Diego arts community, foodservice and restaurant industries. And, Martin has just been awarded the 2022 People in Preservation Award for Cultural Preservation from SOHO (Save Our Heritage Organization). The event is free and open to the public. A tasting and book signing will follow the presentation. Culinary Historians of San Diego is on Facebook

Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by federal regulators on Friday, capping a spectacular collapse after the lender suffered a run on deposits.

From the organizers: David Borgo, accomplished saxophonist, improvisor, and professor at is joined by Fullbright Scholar Pedro Sollero from Brazil and electronic musician Tornike from Georgia (the country). Together they have been experimenting with new electro-acoustic sounds, performing with a wind-synth, modified guitars, and the implementation of live coding. This concert at Public Square will be their first live public performance as a group. Christopher Adler will also be joining this bill. Professor of music and southeast Asian studies at USD will be debuting a new piece from the khaen, a southeast Asian mouth-organ that Adler is one of the few living masters of. Watching him perform and manipulate this rare instrument is a spectacle worth seeing. Opening the concert will be Lexi Pulido and Julien Cantelm, a first call vocalist and drummer respectively, will be playing original and improvised music. The duo will be followed by ambient music experimentalist Johann Fuchs who live samples folk recordings and instruments his practice. Particle FM’s Who? radio will be DJing the opening of the show. Will be a one-of-a-kind night. $5-20 pay what you can. You can RSVP for free now, payment will be taken at entry. Doors at 6:00 p.m. May 12, 2022 Public Square 8278 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa Related links: Event/presenter website Croakus Pokus on Instagram

Firefighters are often "woefully under-equipped" to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials. Most of those serious enough to cause evacuations happened near small towns.

About the program: Rafael Payare, conductor Veronika Eberle, violin Repertoire: Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Nyx Serge PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 Maurice RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Claude DEBUSSY: La mer (The Sea) Description: Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in a program that begins with Esa-Pekka Salonen’s virtuosic symphonic poem, Nyx. The quiet and intimate lyricism of Serge Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, written in the middle of the Russian Revolution, is brought to life by German violinist Veronika Eberle. Two contrasted masterpieces by the greatest French composers of the early 20th century, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, show the San Diego Symphony Orchestra at its most brilliant and virtuosic. Note: on both concert dates gates open at 3:30 p.m.

In a new book, the author and former refugee explores her own relationship with being believed — and believing others.

Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.

The closure this Saturday and Sunday — followed by another March 25-26 — will mean no COASTER service in San Diego County.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Experience Academy Award nominee David Strathairn as reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness, Jan Karski, in this one-man true story of moral courage and individual responsibility.

At least 13 people have died since a series of storms hit. Officials are investigating the cause, but one resident feels the weather is to blame.